different number of reserved sectors on FAT16 formatted sd micro card

[jsahambi]

Hi

We have formatted a sd micro card with a single partition under FAT16
on 2 different pc's having

windows XP (with service pack 2). After the format is complete, if we
read the card with a Sector

Edit software, the boot sector on the card shows reserved sectors as
'01' in case of card formatted

by PC 1, and shows '02' in case of card formatted PC 2. Why is this
different?

Microsoft says that the number of reserved sectors as indicated in
boot sector are 'usually one'!

Any suggestions?

Thanking in advance

 

[Squeeze]

Franc Zabkar wrote in news:[email protected]

What's in the second sector? Is it empty? Did you perform a "full" or
"quick" format? If you selected a quick format, would this have
overwritten the entire boot sector or would it have left the BPB
intact? I suspect the latter, in which case you would be left with the
manufacturer's original BPB. Perhaps the manufacturer of the flash
drive allowed for a backup or security sector at sector 2 ??? For
example, FAT32 file systems usually have a backup boot sector at
sector 6 within the reserved area.

Franc, what part of

"We have formatted *a* sd micro card with a single partition under
FAT16 on 2 different pc's having windows XP (with service pack 2). "

did you not get exactly?