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Hey there. I just needed some clarification on a couple of things about the SD card reader on my new X60s.

From what I've been reading, an X60s running WinXP won't accept SDHC cards unless it has a certain hotfix applied to it; Vista natively has the correct drivers to allow SDHC cards to be read. Is this a correct assumption?

I'm looking at getting a large capacity SDHC card to store backups of my schoolwork and other critical files. I do have an Expresscard SSD that I use as well, but the adapter that I have to use to get it to work in the X60s sticks out quite a bit and is a bit ungainly. With the proper drivers applied, will I be able to read a 16/32GB SDHC card in this system? I'm not worried about the speed as much as I am having extra storage that's flush with my notebook.

For what it's worth, I've been able to pop in a 4GB SDHC from my camera and transfer files off of it in WinXP. I seem to recall applying a hotfix that mentioned SDHC, and I think it should be able to read the higher capacity cards as well.

I just use the Thinkvantage system update tool to download/install the Lenovo software.

force wrote:For what it's worth, I've been able to pop in a 4GB SDHC from my camera and transfer files off of it in WinXP. I seem to recall applying a hotfix that mentioned SDHC, and I think it should be able to read the higher capacity cards as well.

The SDHC standard covers most 4GB cards and all cards larger than that. This means if it accepts a 4GB SDHC, it will take an 8GB, 16GB, or 32GB.