Dear Sandisk,

I accidently stumbled upon a new method for formatting my compact flash cards the other day.  The cards certainly are clean however my initial reports still favor formatting with a traditional method.  While your "Extreme" series cards certainly are robust and ultra fast for read / write speeds, they are certainly no match for my washing machine.   I am off to the store to purchase more of your fine products.

Cheers.

Brad Dorman