What is the difference between formatting a card and initializing a card?
An SRAM PC Card must be formatted before files can be stored on it. This is directly comparable to the way a floppy disk or hard drive must be formatted before files can be stored on them. An SRAM PC Card must also be initialized for use in a dataPAC instrument. Special files are copied to a newly formatted card in order to initialize the card for the dataPAC. Without these files the dataPAC will not be able to use the card. Note that on EMONITOR Odysseys Data Collector Functions dialog box (accessed through the Load/Unload dialog box) there is a button named Initialize data collector. This button does not initialize the dataPAC memory card. This button will delete all the routes from the dataPAC memory card.
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