I spent all day at a NASCAR race and shot 500 pictures. My card is unrecognized by any system. The camera doesn't see the card, OSX/XP doesn't see the card.
What options do I have?
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what make is it ? give them a ring maybe ?
if not then you could try a data recovery service thing ?
if not then you could try a data recovery service thing ?
how come you even take 500 pictures even before your camera hasnt recognized the card?
chkdsk e: /f at the cmd prompt
Also update to Windows XP SP3 as there have been numerous post-SP2 updates to support memory cards > 4Gb
Also update to Windows XP SP3 as there have been numerous post-SP2 updates to support memory cards > 4Gb
Quote - (perochan @ Jun 22 2008, 20:22) 
how come you even take 500 pictures even before your camera hasnt recognized the card?
It took all of the pictures just fine. I could play them back on the camera's LCD as I drove home.
Quote - (Geoff_Vass @ Jun 22 2008, 20:23)
chkdsk e: /f at the cmd prompt
Also update to Windows XP SP3 as there have been numerous post-SP2 updates to support memory cards > 4Gb
Also update to Windows XP SP3 as there have been numerous post-SP2 updates to support memory cards > 4Gb
It's only a 2gb card.
sometimes some of the newer cards are like sdhc or something like that check into that and make sure everything is compatable
Does your camera have a usb interface you can connect to? You may need to use that if it is only your camera that can read the card
The Linux bootable CD RIP (Recovery Is Possible) (link) has tools to extract photos and such from drives (and this card would be a drive if you have it connected in a PCMCIA slot, or possibly even by camera).
These tools, like photorec, can even be added into a standard Ubuntu or other Linux install. And just connecting it to a Linux box may fix problems. That is what one Microsoft employee has found with a corrupted iPod.
These tools, like photorec, can even be added into a standard Ubuntu or other Linux install. And just connecting it to a Linux box may fix problems. That is what one Microsoft employee has found with a corrupted iPod.
What brand of card is it? What type of camera were you shooting with? Did you plug the camera into the computer with USB or did you use a separate card reader?
So do the images still show on the camera?
Quote - (blake @ Jun 22 2008, 20:34)
Does your camera have a usb interface you can connect to? You may need to use that if it is only your camera that can read the card
Yea I tried that; no luck
Quote - (giga @ Jun 22 2008, 21:02)
So do the images still show on the camera?
Nope, it says "this card cannot be used" and it won't let me even reformat the card.
is the little switch on the side of the card set to "lock"?
Quote - (crazzy88ss @ Jun 23 2008, 12:49)
Yea I tried that; no luck
Nope, it says "this card cannot be used" and it won't let me even reformat the card.
Nope, it says "this card cannot be used" and it won't let me even reformat the card.
Might be a good time for me to re-post my previous suggestion.
Quote - (markjensen @ Jun 22 2008, 22:36)
The Linux bootable CD RIP (Recovery Is Possible) (link) has tools to extract photos and such from drives (and this card would be a drive if you have it connected in a PCMCIA slot, or possibly even by camera).
These tools, like photorec, can even be added into a standard Ubuntu or other Linux install. And just connecting it to a Linux box may fix problems. That is what one Microsoft employee has found with a corrupted iPod.
These tools, like photorec, can even be added into a standard Ubuntu or other Linux install. And just connecting it to a Linux box may fix problems. That is what one Microsoft employee has found with a corrupted iPod.
Ok, so this doesn't make any sense to me what so ever, so don't ask me how it happened.
Today I popped the memory card into my D50 to read the exact error message that the camera was giving me, and it worked. All of the pictures were there. I sat there in stunned silence for about 15 seconds.
*shrug*
Today I popped the memory card into my D50 to read the exact error message that the camera was giving me, and it worked. All of the pictures were there. I sat there in stunned silence for about 15 seconds.
*shrug*
Bloody gremlins.
Get your pictures off and quit using it.
What type of card was it? Does it have any kind of warranty?
What type of card was it? Does it have any kind of warranty?
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