Problem With New Microdrive in Nikon D-70....

Bought a Seagate Microdrive 4gb today, tried to format it in my Nikon
D-70, but the camera will not format the drive. Keep getting a "cannot
use this card" error message when I try to format the drive.

Any ideas how to solve this??
Thanks,

Mark

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> Bought a Seagate Microdrive 4gb today, tried to format it in my Nikon
> D-70, but the camera will not format the drive. Keep getting a "cannot
> use this card" error message when I try to format the drive.
>
> Any ideas how to solve this??
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
Well you need to go back to the specs.
Just for fun, I formatted a 256mb card at fat32 in the computer, and it
seemed to write/read ok in my canon A95. Of course, this was just an
experiment, fat32 isn't recommended for drives lower than 512mb but 256mb is
the biggest card I have. I didn't try to fill the card so I can't say all
was well, just what I have stated.
The point of all this is you could try formatting using fat32 in the
computer. Note, the maximum size partition that can be formatted at fat16 is
2 gb.
If it write/reads then you could probably use it, but it may quit at less
than full capacity. You've nothing to lose and if you can't get it to work
try to exchange for smaller cards. No doubt Nikin D-70 owners will advise
what cards do work.
Dave Cohen