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HP LX200 - how do I use a SD->CF->PCMCIA adapter to have more storage?

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First post, by theshinyknight

Posted on 2024-08-18, 17:20

theshinyknight Offline

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I got a SD to CF card and using a 16 mb and 128 mb SD card formatted in FAT, but it seems that the LX200 won't see these as drive A. I get an error that the drive A is not ready, and when I try to format the card on the LX200 I get an error in DOS. I tried to use fdisk100 on the LX200 but it says that the card does not need it; so I am stuck.

Is this because I am using a SD to CF adapter, or because my card is not compatible? I know I need a driver for large capacity cards but I just need something small to move few files for now 🙁

Reply 1 of 2, by rasva

Posted on 2024-08-18, 19:07

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I tried this with some no-name CF-SD adapter and several SD cards. It did not work in 200LX, while 256MB CF cards works without issues. I would find some CF card - even those Sandisk fakes from Aliexpress work in 200LX.

Reply 2 of 2, by theshinyknight

Posted on 2024-08-18, 19:18

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rasva wrote on 2024-08-18, 19:07:

I tried this with some no-name CF-SD adapter and several SD cards. It did not work in 200LX, while 256MB CF cards works without issues. I would find some CF card - even those Sandisk fakes from Aliexpress work in 200LX.

Thanks, so it is not the size of the card the problem, but the fact that it is a SD->CF adapter? I will need to dig and see if I have anything smaller than 1 GB, but I doubt about it

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