diff --git a/src/drive.c b/src/drive.c
index 0d0c63ea..871e1cdd 100644
--- a/src/drive.c
+++ b/src/drive.c
@@ -450,6 +450,23 @@ uint64_t GetDriveSize(DWORD DriveIndex)
 	return DiskGeometry->DiskSize.QuadPart;
 }
 
+/*
+ * GET_DRIVE_GEOMETRY is used to tell if there is an actual media
+ */
+BOOL IsMediaPresent(DWORD DriveIndex)
+{
+	BOOL r;
+	HANDLE hPhysical;
+	DWORD size;
+	BYTE geometry[128];
+
+	hPhysical = GetPhysicalHandle(DriveIndex, FALSE, FALSE);
+	r = DeviceIoControl(hPhysical, IOCTL_DISK_GET_DRIVE_GEOMETRY_EX,
+			NULL, 0, geometry, sizeof(geometry), &size, NULL) || (size <= 0);
+	safe_closehandle(hPhysical);
+	return r;
+}
+
 /*
  * Fill the drive properties (size, FS, etc)
  */
diff --git a/src/format.c b/src/format.c
index 5aebde8d..1961e393 100644
--- a/src/format.c
+++ b/src/format.c
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ DWORD WINAPI FormatThread(LPVOID param)
 	// Try to ensure that all messages from Format and Checkdisk, which we report in the log, will be in English
 	pfSetThreadUILanguage(MAKELANGID(LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US));
 	if (PRIMARYLANGID(pfGetThreadUILanguage()) != LANG_ENGLISH)
-		uprintf("Note: the formatting thread could not be set to English");
+		uprintf("Note: some formatting messages may still be localized");
 
 	PrintStatus(0, TRUE, MSG_225);
 	hPhysicalDrive = GetPhysicalHandle(DriveIndex, TRUE, TRUE);
diff --git a/src/localization.c b/src/localization.c
index e685ebe0..01e15573 100644
--- a/src/localization.c
+++ b/src/localization.c
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ static BOOL htab_create(uint32_t nel)
 		nel += 2;
 
 	htab_size = nel;
-	uprintf("localization: using %d entries hash table\n", nel);
 	htab_filled = 0;
 
 	// allocate memory and zero out.
diff --git a/src/rufus.c b/src/rufus.c
index 8c144025..71e71c07 100644
--- a/src/rufus.c
+++ b/src/rufus.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <commctrl.h>
 #include <setupapi.h>
 #include <winioctl.h>
+#include <shlobj.h>
 #include <process.h>
 #include <dbt.h>
 #include <io.h>
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@
 #define DBT_CUSTOMEVENT 0x8006
 #endif
 
-// MinGW fails to link those
+// MinGW fails to link those...
 typedef HIMAGELIST (WINAPI *ImageList_Create_t)(
 	int cx,
 	int cy,
@@ -86,6 +87,25 @@ struct {
 	UINT uAlign;
 } bi_iso = {0}, bi_up = {0}, bi_down = {0}, bi_lang = {0};	// BUTTON_IMAGELIST
 
+// ...and MinGW doesn't know these.
+typedef struct
+{
+	LPCITEMIDLIST pidl;
+	BOOL   fRecursive;
+} MY_SHChangeNotifyEntry;
+
+typedef BOOL (WINAPI *SHChangeNotifyDeregister_t)(
+	ULONG ulID
+);
+typedef ULONG (WINAPI *SHChangeNotifyRegister_t)(
+	HWND hwnd,
+	int fSources,
+	LONG fEvents,
+	UINT wMsg,
+	int cEntries,
+	const MY_SHChangeNotifyEntry *pshcne
+);
+
 const char* FileSystemLabel[FS_MAX] = { "FAT", "FAT32", "NTFS", "UDF", "exFAT" };
 // Number of steps for each FS for FCC_STRUCTURE_PROGRESS
 const int nb_steps[FS_MAX] = { 5, 5, 12, 1, 10 };
@@ -745,6 +765,13 @@ static BOOL GetUSBDevices(DWORD devnum)
 			}
 
 			drive_index = device_number.DeviceNumber + DRIVE_INDEX_MIN;
+			if (!IsMediaPresent(drive_index)) {
+				uprintf("Device eliminated because it appears to contain no media\n");
+				safe_closehandle(hDrive);
+				safe_free(devint_detail_data);
+				break;
+			}
+
 			if (GetDriveLabel(drive_index, &drive_letter, &label)) {
 				if ((!enable_HDDs) && ((score = IsHDD(drive_index, vid, pid, buffer)) > 0)) {
 					uprintf("Device eliminated because it was detected as an USB Hard Drive (score %d > 0)\n", score);
@@ -1512,10 +1539,18 @@ static INT_PTR CALLBACK MainCallback(HWND hDlg, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPA
 	char tmp[128];
 	static UINT uBootChecked = BST_CHECKED, uQFChecked;
 	static BOOL first_log_display = TRUE, user_changed_label = FALSE;
+	static ULONG ulRegister = 0;
+	static LPITEMIDLIST pidlDesktop = NULL;
+	static MY_SHChangeNotifyEntry NotifyEntry;
 	loc_cmd* lcmd = NULL;
+	PF_DECL(SHChangeNotifyRegister);
+	PF_DECL(SHChangeNotifyDeregister);
 
 	switch (message) {
 
+	case UM_MEDIA_CHANGE:
+		wParam = DBT_CUSTOMEVENT;
+		// Fall through
 	case WM_DEVICECHANGE:
 		// The Windows hotplug subsystem sucks. Among other things, if you insert a GPT partitioned
 		// USB drive with zero partitions, the only device messages you will get are a stream of
@@ -1528,7 +1563,7 @@ static INT_PTR CALLBACK MainCallback(HWND hDlg, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPA
 			switch (wParam) {
 			case DBT_DEVICEARRIVAL:
 			case DBT_DEVICEREMOVECOMPLETE:
-			case DBT_CUSTOMEVENT:	// This last event is sent by our timer refresh function
+			case DBT_CUSTOMEVENT:	// Sent by our timer refresh function or for card reader media change
 				LastRefresh = GetTickCount();	// Don't care about 49.7 days rollback of GetTickCount()
 				KillTimer(hMainDialog, TID_REFRESH_TIMER);
 				GetUSBDevices((DWORD)ComboBox_GetItemData(hDeviceList, ComboBox_GetCurSel(hDeviceList)));
@@ -1549,6 +1584,7 @@ static INT_PTR CALLBACK MainCallback(HWND hDlg, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPA
 		break;
 
 	case WM_INITDIALOG:
+		PF_INIT(SHChangeNotifyRegister, shell32);
 		apply_localization(IDD_DIALOG, hDlg);
 		SetUpdateCheck();
 		advanced_mode = TRUE;
@@ -1559,6 +1595,15 @@ static INT_PTR CALLBACK MainCallback(HWND hDlg, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPA
 		InitDialog(hDlg);
 		GetUSBDevices(0);
 		CheckForUpdates(FALSE);
+		// Register MEDIA_INSERTED/MEDIA_REMOVED notifications for card readers
+		if ((pfSHChangeNotifyRegister != NULL) && (SUCCEEDED(SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(0, CSIDL_DESKTOP, &pidlDesktop)))) {
+			NotifyEntry.pidl = pidlDesktop;
+			NotifyEntry.fRecursive = TRUE;
+			// NB: The following only works if the media is already formatted.
+			// If you insert a blank card, notifications will not be sent... :(
+			ulRegister = pfSHChangeNotifyRegister(hDlg, 0x0001|0x0002|0x8000,
+				SHCNE_MEDIAINSERTED|SHCNE_MEDIAREMOVED, UM_MEDIA_CHANGE, 1, &NotifyEntry);
+		}
 		PostMessage(hMainDialog, UM_ISO_CREATE, 0, 0);
 		return (INT_PTR)TRUE;
 
@@ -1600,6 +1645,7 @@ static INT_PTR CALLBACK MainCallback(HWND hDlg, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPA
 		switch(LOWORD(wParam)) {
 		case IDOK:			// close application
 		case IDCANCEL:
+			PF_INIT(SHChangeNotifyDeregister, shell32);
 			EnableWindow(GetDlgItem(hISOProgressDlg, IDC_ISO_ABORT), FALSE);
 			EnableWindow(GetDlgItem(hDlg, IDCANCEL), FALSE);
 			if (format_thid != NULL) {
@@ -1622,6 +1668,8 @@ static INT_PTR CALLBACK MainCallback(HWND hDlg, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPA
 				}
 				return (INT_PTR)TRUE;
 			}
+			if ((pfSHChangeNotifyDeregister != NULL) && (ulRegister != 0))
+				pfSHChangeNotifyDeregister(ulRegister);
 			PostQuitMessage(0);
 			StrArrayDestroy(&DriveID);
 			StrArrayDestroy(&DriveLabel);
diff --git a/src/rufus.h b/src/rufus.h
index cc5c723e..1592b542 100644
--- a/src/rufus.h
+++ b/src/rufus.h
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ extern void _uprintf(const char *format, ...);
 /* Custom Windows messages */
 enum user_message_type {
 	UM_FORMAT_COMPLETED = WM_APP,
+	UM_MEDIA_CHANGE,
 	// TODO: relabel "ISO" to a more generic "progress"
 	UM_ISO_CREATE,
 	UM_ISO_INIT,
@@ -329,6 +330,7 @@ extern BOOL DeletePartitions(HANDLE hDrive);
 extern const char* GetPartitionType(BYTE Type);
 extern BOOL GetDrivePartitionData(DWORD DriveIndex, char* FileSystemName, DWORD FileSystemNameSize);
 extern BOOL GetDriveLabel(DWORD DriveIndex, char* letter, char** label);
+extern BOOL IsMediaPresent(DWORD DriveIndex);
 extern BOOL MountVolume(char* drive_name, char *drive_guid);
 extern BOOL UnmountVolume(HANDLE hDrive);
 extern BOOL RemountVolume(char* drive_name);
diff --git a/src/rufus.rc b/src/rufus.rc
index 72125ea8..95ea958c 100644
--- a/src/rufus.rc
+++ b/src/rufus.rc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ LANGUAGE LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
 IDD_DIALOG DIALOGEX 12, 12, 206, 329
 STYLE DS_SETFONT | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_FIXEDSYS | DS_CENTER | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
 EXSTYLE WS_EX_APPWINDOW
-CAPTION "Rufus v1.4.2.359"
+CAPTION "Rufus v1.4.2.360"
 FONT 8, "MS Shell Dlg", 400, 0, 0x1
 BEGIN
     DEFPUSHBUTTON   "Start",IDC_START,94,291,50,14
@@ -288,8 +288,8 @@ END
 //
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION 1,4,2,359
- PRODUCTVERSION 1,4,2,359
+ FILEVERSION 1,4,2,360
+ PRODUCTVERSION 1,4,2,360
  FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
 #ifdef _DEBUG
  FILEFLAGS 0x1L
@@ -306,13 +306,13 @@ BEGIN
         BEGIN
             VALUE "CompanyName", "Akeo Consulting (http://akeo.ie)"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "FileVersion", "1.4.2.359"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "1.4.2.360"
             VALUE "InternalName", "Rufus"
             VALUE "LegalCopyright", "© 2011-2013 Pete Batard (GPL v3)"
             VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", "rufus.exe"
             VALUE "ProductName", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", "1.4.2.359"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "1.4.2.360"
         END
     END
     BLOCK "VarFileInfo"