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How to fix an SD card

  • 05-09-2007 8:18pm
    #1
    gary the great
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    I have a 512mb card for my camera. When i put it into my laptops card reader it doesnt pick it up. When i plug my camera in it doesnt pick it up. And when i put it into my camera and turn it on, my camera says it needs formatting. When i try format it it cant.

    BTW its a fujifilm SD card.

    Anyone know how i can save this or is it fecked?


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  • #2
    Conor108
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭Conor108


    Did you get it on eBay? Are you sure it's genuine? What's the error message it gives when the format fails?


  • #3
    gary the great
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,664 ✭✭✭gary the great


    Have had it about 6months and it always worked until recently.

    The error says: Unable to format card, thats all it says.

    If i could get it connected to the laptop im sure i could try fix it


  • #4
    pd101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭pd101


    Same thing has happened to me with two XD cards. They worked fine for over a year and then that happened. I couldnt get them to work in my laptop or camera. But when I put them in the printer they printed off.

    I have my suspicions that the camera is the cause.


  • #5
    alanjgrace
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    Have you checked to make sure its not write protected by mistake when you go to format it?


  • #6
    grahamo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 761 ✭✭✭grahamo


    I put an SD card into a nintendo Wii to look at photos. When I put it back into the camera it didn't work. Seems the Wii put some kind of programme onto it. I put the card into the camera. Plugged the camera to computer via USB then erased contents on SD card. It worked fine after that!


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  • #7
    gary the great
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,664 ✭✭✭gary the great


    grahamo wrote:
    I put an SD card into a nintendo Wii to look at photos. When I put it back into the camera it didn't work. Seems the Wii put some kind of programme onto it. I put the card into the camera. Plugged the camera to computer via USB then erased contents on SD card. It worked fine after that!


    Thats what i want to do but the computer wont recognise the camera when the SD card is in it!


  • #8
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    When you put it in the laptop's card reader is it possible to format it there? I believe there's a tool you can get for low-level formatting SD cards too. Failing that...just get another one. 512mb SD cards are very, very cheap. (£3.49 from 7dayshop.com)


  • #9
    gary the great
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,664 ✭✭✭gary the great


    Stephen wrote:
    When you put it in the laptop's card reader is it possible to format it there? I believe there's a tool you can get for low-level formatting SD cards too. Failing that...just get another one. 512mb SD cards are very, very cheap. (£3.49 from 7dayshop.com)


    No the laptop wont recognise it either. Nothing happens when i put it in!
    I know they are really cheap to buy, its just annoying me that i cant fix this one!


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