thanks so much william!!!! this is very good to know. kemal and i didn't know we could have two folders on our card. I appreciate you telling me about this and how to do it!!!! We will definitely do this if we need to share cards!!! Ok...kemal and i came to decision about this. My new cam permits use of both compact flash and memory sticks (well, you know this William but others might not). so, we figured out easiest way to solve this problem and not have to take time to rename images, would simply be for me to use compact flash and Kemal to use memory sticks!!!!! Whew Problem solved!!!!! Thanks so much everyone for brainstorming and sharing your ideas and suggestions!!!!! you guys ROCK!!!!!!!