Altec Lansing ALTEC CARD FLASH CARD COPY STATION III CF - Manual (Page 5)

User Guide FlashCard CopyStation III CF 1.0 9 User Guide FlashCard CopyStation III CF 1.0 8
4.2 Optional: Creating a short image
This feature is only available if you have purchased the software option Short Image
Files (Item no. 31AL3102).
Memory cards often only need to be partly filled with data. The rest of the media is left
empty and can be used by the customer to store his or her personal files. The Short
Image Files software option significantly speeds up copying smaller amounts of data.
The short image files software option currently only supports the FAT16 file system,
which limits the maximum capacity of the cards to 2.0 GB. Support for the FAT32 file
system will be available soon.
The FAT (File Allocation Table) of the file system stores information on memory blocks
which contain user data. By analyzing the FAT, the CopyStation software can determine
the last block of memory which contains user data. If you create a short image file, it
will only contain data for memory blocks which are being used.
To maximize the speed benefit (minimize the size of the short image file), the master
(source) memory card should not have fragmented data blocks. Data blocks get frag-
mented if the card has often been written to since it was last formatted.
If necessary, format the source memory card and copy the data back on again before
using it to create the short image file.
This opens the "Create Image Options" dialog box (see figure below).
Click the "Select" button and enter the required name and location for the image file
in the "Save As" dialog box which is shown (see figure at the bottom). Use the file
extension ".img". Click "Save" to save your settings. Then specify the slot which con-
tains the master card by entering the slot number. Slot number 1 is on the top.
Click "OK" to read the card contents
and create the image file. Progress is
shown in the main window using a
progress bar. The color of the chosen
slot changes to yellow (slot is busy).
The image has been fully created
when the progress bar reaches 100 %,
the message "Operation done"
appears in the message panel on the
left of the main window and the slot
color changes to green again (see fig-
ure on next page).