Have I been ripped off?

[hucsman]

I recently bought a 64 MB compact flash card in an auctions website (advertised as new). I don't have an NX, I bought it for my camera. The thing is that it showed over 13 MB of space used, and after inserting in my brothers ipaq, it showed some weird info. I know that sometimes media is not the same size as advertised for different reasons, but 13 MB is too much. What's the usual available space in 64MB CF?

[Jim Cooke]

Well, if it's really new then you got ripped off. There should be about 62 mb's available on a 64 mb card. It sounds like this card was used in some other device that had a different OS. You should be able to reformat it either in the camera or your Sony and reclaim the space however.

[hucsman]

Thanks, that guy will hear from me.

[Egalus]

Just reformat the card and check the values afterwards.

[hucsman]

I'll reformat after this guy answers my email. I just converted the data to windows 32 bit and it looks work related. Maybe he needs it back and will ship me a new one, then again, may be not.

[seraphim_9:11]

Hucsman : good thing that you plan to get in touch with this guy - only recently a guy who ordered a MP3 player got a .5 calibre Smith and Western :) .. imagine that :rolleyes: ... ideally I think Jim is right - it should be 2MB max. Hope he replaces it ... :)