IBM microdrive problem

[SAPD 1098]

Three weeks ago while hunting near Laredo I was taking some pictures of the wildlife. I had approx. 250 pics on my IBM 1 gig card and when I reviewed some of the pics I got an error 02 messge :(. I cleared the card and reformatted. Now if I take a burst of say 10 pics I get the error and only 7 or 8 pics are kept. I get no response from IBM.
I have purchased the Lexar 2g 80x and it works fine.

[gpgyo]

Stories like that scare me away from microdrives. Some people who use them have used them for years and swear they are great but it just seems like I hear more stories of microdrive failure than I do compact flash failure.

Large capacity CF cards are now reasonably priced so I don't think I'll ever buy a MD but I also would not use either one over 1 GB. 1 GB holds about 130 RAW images. The thought of having 500+ photos on one card, MD or CF, scares me. Imagine going on a vacation, taking 4 GB of pictures, and suffering a card failure or theft on the last day. I guess some of the action photographers with cameras capable of high numbers of burst shots have a need for larger cards but not me. I would rather have 4 1GB cards even if it meant spending a little more.

Greg