Re: CE 5.0, TFAT, and Desktop readers

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Yes, it's not fully desktop compatible, as I read the previous messages on
the topic, but details on what that means, exactly, aren't jumping up and
shouting. The help page TFAT Implementation in the help indicates to me
that it should be FAT-readable, at least, on the desktop, although the
desktop may not update things correctly if it writes to the card. I can't
find anything that looks to me as though it would cause data on a
TFAT-formatted volume not to be readable on the desktop.

Paul T.

"Sid Price" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eWAolV$VFHA.2572@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks Paul. I guess I am a little confused about TFAT then. Is the actual
> formatting of the media the same as FAT and just the more controlled
> access the only difference? I have read the Platform Builder docs and it
> is a little vague in this area, leaving me to think that the formatting
> was different and therefore a special driver might be required on the XP
> system.
>
> Sid.
>
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> "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <ptobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT com>
> wrote in message news:OXDLnN$VFHA.2520@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>I don't know that we can prove that this is the case, but several of our
>>devices use CF ATA Flash cards as either boot devices or for transferring
>>new versions of the OS to devices, and they are certainly readable just
>>fine on my desktop with a USB card reader. They're in FAT format, FAT12
>>or BIGDOS FAT16, depending on the capacity.
>>
>> Paul T.
>>
>> "Sid Price" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:e8AgwC$VFHA.3152@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> We are specifying a new custom single board computer, ARM based, that
>>> will use CE 5.0. The hardware will have removable CompactFlash and we
>>> are considering using TFAT FS. I have been unable to find any data that
>>> tells me if a Windows desktop (XP) system will be able to read/write the
>>> CompactFlash cards from the CE 5.0 system. Can someone shed some light,
>>> and perhaps point me to some documentation.
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>> Sid.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sid Price's Software Tools.
>>> http://www.Softtools.com
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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