cant format seagate 6gb St1 drive?

how do i format a seagate 6gb St1 drive to use on my canon 1d2n

i got 2 for christmas and cant format this either on my camera or computer?

any help is appreicated..

Sure they're intended for computer use? IIRC Seagate makes 'em with 2 different interfaces - one for computers, PDAs and digital cameras and the other for building into MP3 players.

yeh.. thanks for the info.. got them as christmas gifts... and i hate to return to them to the sender as i feel bad as they meant well.

what can i use for them? i am not an expert of MP3, etc.. is there something else i can put them in use?

how much are they on the used market?

Frankly, I don't know. What are the last 2 letters on the model number? If they're FX, it's called an ATA-Flex interface and devices supporting that would work; if it's CF, then they're designed to work like any CF device.

oh.. model ST660211CF

Then it should work. What reader are you trying to format it with, and what computer?

i have one of those standard USB CF reader (one with harddrive and mulitple reader slots) that connects to my laptop which is running windows XP

It may not have enough power to spin the drive. Have you got a powered hub you can run it through?

what is a power hub?

A powered USB hub is one with its own power supply. Your laptop may not be supplying enough power to run the disk. However, if the camera can't format the card either, it probably won't work for recording the photos. Microdrives (as these are called) aren't all that popular nowadays since flash memory's gotten reasonably low priced. It may be best to 'fess up to the gift giver and say your camera isn't "good enough" to use the cards they gave you, and ask if they can be exchanged for some of the "cheap" flash drives.