Tips on P2 Drive (AJ-PCD10)

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fhammond

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Hi all,

I don't think the P2 Drive is very common (it's too darn expensive) but I've got two tips about it I thought I'd pass on:

1. On the Macintosh, in order for the card(s) to be recognized by the OS, they have to be write-protected. I get some odd errors when I put an unlocked card into the drive: it appears to attempt to mount it on the desktop but fails and gives an error about ejecting devices correctly. If the card is write-protected everything works well. Now I'm just waiting on P2 Genie to get updated so I can combine P2 cards!

2. On the PC, I've not been able to get the P2 Drive to work correctly. I have to boot the computer with P2 cards in the reader's slots in order for the cards to be regonized by the OS. I can also unplug the P2 Drive, put the cards in, then plug the Drive back in. Panasonic tech support hasn't been able to tell me why. I've tried it on a couple of computers with no success. Fortunately, I'm mostly a Mac guy.

Regards,
fh
 
I have one of those not so common P2Stores . . .
I'm a PC guy (so far) and have had no problem with either my workstation or laptop recognizing the P2 cards in the camera, as files on the P2Store, or in the PCMCIA slot of the laptop.

Perhaps you're not holding your tongue rights ;-)
 
Well, I'll be darned! Does the drive recognize cards if they are inserted without write protect turned on? If you turn on your PC without any cards in the drive, do you still have a bunch of drive letters in My Computer?

oh...rats:

We're talking about two different things. You've got a P2 Store; I've got a P2 Drive. Oh, well, glad to hear the P2 Store works well.

fh
 
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