Lenovo ThinkPad 600E ThinkPad 600 Suppliment to the User's Guide - Page 87

Enter, Formatting Memory Cards, Attention

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You need to know which drive letter to use to access the memory card. Note Drive letters are shared by memory and Flash memory cards. If you insert a memory card in slot 1, it will be assigned drive E; if you insert a Flash memory card in slot 2, it will use drive F. If you remove the memory card from slot 1, and insert a second Flash memory card in slot 1, it will be assigned drive E, because that is the drive letter assigned to slot 1 for memory and Flash memory cards. Type the following and press Enter: MTDDRV /? Information similar to the following is displayed: Drive E is partition number Drive F is partition number Drive G is partition number Drive H is partition number for slot number 1. for slot number 2. for slot number 3. for slot number 4. This example shows a system with four PC Card slots, configured for one partition per card. You can use the memory card in your first PC Card slot (slot 1 in this example) as drive letter E. The number of drive letters listed depends on the number of PC Card slots in your computer, and whether MTDDRV is configured for multiple partitions. Formatting Memory Cards Attention Make sure you are using the correct drive letter when formatting a memory card, because any information on the specified drive is erased. Refer to the previous section if you need to know which drive letter to use. Chapter 5. Using Your Computer with a PC Card 81

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You need to know which drive letter to use to access the memory
card.
Note
Drive letters are shared by memory and Flash memory cards.
If
you insert a memory card in slot 1, it will be assigned drive E; if
you insert a Flash memory card in slot 2, it will use drive F.
If you remove the memory card from slot 1, and insert a second
Flash memory card in slot 1, it will be assigned drive E, because
that is the drive letter assigned to slot 1 for memory and Flash
memory cards.
Type the following and press
Enter
:
MTDDRV /?
Information similar to the following is displayed:
Drive E is partition number
for slot number 1.
Drive F is partition number
for slot number 2.
Drive G is partition number
for slot number 3.
Drive H is partition number
for slot number 4.
This example shows a system with four PC Card slots, configured for
one partition per card.
You can use the memory card in your first
PC Card slot (slot 1 in this example) as drive letter E.
The number of drive letters listed depends on the number of PC
Card slots in your computer, and whether MTDDRV is configured for
multiple partitions.
Formatting Memory Cards
Attention
Make sure you are using the correct drive letter when formatting
a memory card, because any information on the specified drive is
erased.
Refer to the previous section if you need to know which
drive letter to use.
Chapter 5.
Using Your Computer with a PC Card
81