Favian

If I insert a memory stick into my memory card hub, windows vista will
automatically assume that the stick is not formatted, and will suggest that
I format it. The problem here, is that there is data on the memory stick,
vista does not bother checking the contents of the memory stick. (Typically
in XP, it will scan the contents of the memory stick, and present me with
some options depending on the contents)

I foresee someone assuming there is no data on their memory cards/sticks,
even though there is, and taking vista's suggestion of formatting the card
and thus erasing their data.

This was never an issue in XP, only in VISTA.

Any comments/suggestions regarding this? Similar experiences?

Please fix it microsoft.