Viking CF card size anomally

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I just got a used but new-looking Viking CF card in 256mb size according to
the label. When I try it in a couple of different palm and laptops though,
it reports itself as almost exactly 50mb.
Anyone got any idea what is going on here, and how I might recover the
"missing" 206mb ??

Thanks
Neill

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I just got a used but new-looking Viking CF card in 256mb size according to
the label. When I try it in a couple of different palm and laptops though,
it reports itself as almost exactly 50mb.
Anyone got any idea what is going on here, and how I might recover the
"missing" 206mb ??

Thanks
Neill



try formatting it, see if that helps

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It came as a "freebie" in a Jornada ebay auction. I tried reformatting it in
a Psion Series 5 (their OS has a CF reformat command) but it still read
50mb, then I reinserted it into the 680e and accepted the question to
reformat it again, which it did, but still only 50mb shows.
My next step is to find a laptop and try another reformat.



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>>I just got a used but new-looking Viking CF card in 256mb size according
>>to the label. When I try it in a couple of different palm and laptops
>>though, it reports itself as almost exactly 50mb.
>> Anyone got any idea what is going on here, and how I might recover the
>> "missing" 206mb ??
>>
>> Thanks
>> Neill
>>
> Maybe that's why it was sold...?
> Have you looked on the Viking website to see if they have help, or emailed
> their support?.
>