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Who needs high-speed Compact Flash memory?
Professional photographers using professional-grade cameras should use high-speed flash.
If you are serious about your photography and own a camera with a pixel rate above five megapixels, you will benefit from a flash card with a higher speed rating.
If you think you may upgrade to a high performance camera in the future, it may save you money to buy a fast Compact Flash card now rather than purchasing another later.
But, if you're like most of us, and your camera has a resolution of less than five megapixels, you'll still get great performance from cards rated between 8X and 12X.
Why must I format my memory card?
Before using your new memory card with your digital device, you must format the card in the device. Instructions on how to format the card in your device can be found in the users guide for your product.
Always format your flash memory card in your electronic device before using it. Your memory card must be formatted for your electronic device prior to using it in that device.
Why is it that the Memory card formatted size and advertised size can be sometimes different?
When you format a memory card, the size indicated by your device or PC may appear smaller than the advertised capacity of the memory card.
Computer Operating Systems commonly define 1 Megabyte (MB) as 1,024 Kilobytes (KB). Flash Memory Card Manufacturers commonly define 1 Megabyte (MB) as 1000 Kilobytes (KB).
Therefore, a memory card with an advertised capacity of 128MB may show a smaller formatted size on a PC. This is standard for all memory cards.
How do I know this card works with my camera/phone/device?
Check the existing card and see what is written on it. Then click on the category down the left hand side that matches your card.
You can choose any size of card, so even if your current card is only 128MB you can choose a 1GB card (1024MB) and it will be compatible.
Also, all the Ultra cards (these are faster versions) such as Ultra CompactFlash will also work with devices that currently use just CompactFlash (and the same applies to Ultra Secure Digital and Ultra Memory Stick).
The only exception is with MemoryStick. If your existing card is for example a 64MB MemoryStick, then you may also be able to take MemoryStick Pro (check the compatability tool below in this case).
When installing a SmartMedia or CompactFlash card into Windows 2000, the computer hangs. Is there a fix?
This is usually caused by a resource conflict in the I/O range. Try resetting the I/O ranges to 0110-011F or 0160-016F as follows:
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Insert the card and wait a few minutes.
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After the system recovers, check My Computer for a removable drive letter.
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After verifying that there is no removable drive letter, then navigate to Device Manager. (Device Manger can be found in My Computer…Control Panel…System…Hardware…Device Manager.)
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In the Device Manager, navigate as follows: IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers…PCMCIA IDE/ATAPI controller; double-click on Properties, then click on Resources.
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Uncheck the "Use Automatic Settings" box. Highlight the Input/Output range, and click on Change Settings.
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Update the I/O range to 0110-011F or 0160-016F.
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If these I/O ranges do not work, try the remaining I/O ranges in Basic Configuration. If there are no I/O ranges that work, ranges 0110-011F or 0160-016F must be freed up to use the SmartMedia or CompactFlash card.
While transferring data from a two-partitioned drive using DriveLink to a new drive, TwinDisk hangs.
TwinDisk does not support transfer of data from a drive that contains a NTFS partition. In this case, it is best to backup the data via tape or or network, followed by a restore to the new drive.
When using Windows NT, the ATA Flash card is mapped to drive C.
Re-map the ATA Flash card as follows:
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Go to Disk Admin and reassign the ATA Flash card from drive C to another unmapped drive letter.
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After reboot, return to Disk Admin and map the fixed disk to drive C. Reboot again.
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After reboot, return to Disk Admin and map the ATA Flash card to the desired drive letter. | 
