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Started by nelson
Sat, 30 Oct 2004 12:02
1gig compact flash problem
Author: nelson
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 12:02
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 12:02
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hi all i have been given a cf card and it dont want to work... it is reconised in xp but tells me to format it have tried to but at the end it say's cant complete format looked under disk tools and it does not have a file system tried a couple off file recovery programs and i finds files but they are gobbly gook...ie .exe and .txt files it seems it has been writen in RAW format how do i completely clean the card and reformat in fat16? is there a way round the write protect if thats what it is for the record it is a SanDisk 1.0GB card thanks for reading and waiting with anticipation!!!!!
Re: 1gig compact flash problem
Author: Canongirly
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 15:29
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 15:29
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Have you tried inserting it in your camera and formating it from there? "nelson" <nelson@eftel.net.au> wrote in message news:418382f4$1@usenet.per.paradox.net.au... > hi all > i have been given a cf card and it dont want to work... > it is reconised in xp but tells me to format it > have tried to but at the end it say's cant complete format > looked under disk tools and it does not have a file system > tried a couple off file recovery programs and i finds files but they are > gobbly gook...ie .exe and .txt files > it seems it has been writen in RAW format > how do i completely clean the card and reformat in fat16? > is there a way round the write protect if thats what it is > for the record it is a SanDisk 1.0GB card > thanks for reading and waiting with anticipation!!!!! > >
Re: 1gig compact flash problem
Author: Bill Crocker
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 15:39
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 15:39
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You should always format memory cards, in the camera you intend to use it with. Even with cameras of a common manufacture, such as Canon, will format them differently, in various models of their own cameras. Bill Crocker "nelson" <nelson@eftel.net.au> wrote in message news:418382f4$1@usenet.per.paradox.net.au... > hi all > i have been given a cf card and it dont want to work... > it is reconised in xp but tells me to format it > have tried to but at the end it say's cant complete format > looked under disk tools and it does not have a file system > tried a couple off file recovery programs and i finds files but they are > gobbly gook...ie .exe and .txt files > it seems it has been writen in RAW format > how do i completely clean the card and reformat in fat16? > is there a way round the write protect if thats what it is > for the record it is a SanDisk 1.0GB card > thanks for reading and waiting with anticipation!!!!! > >
Re: 1gig compact flash problem
Author: nelson
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 17:16
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 17:16
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ok...will give it a try thanks "Bill Crocker" <wcrocker007@comcast.net> wrote in message news:nrudnaLqo_JdKB7cRVn-hw@comcast.com... > You should always format memory cards, in the camera you intend to use it > with. Even with cameras of a common manufacture, such as Canon, will > format them differently, in various models of their own cameras. > > Bill Crocker > > > "nelson" <nelson@eftel.net.au> wrote in message > news:418382f4$1@usenet.per.paradox.net.au... >> hi all >> i have been given a cf card and it dont want to work... >> it is reconised in xp but tells me to format it >> have tried to but at the end it say's cant complete format >> looked under disk tools and it does not have a file system >> tried a couple off file recovery programs and i finds files but they are >> gobbly gook...ie .exe and .txt files >> it seems it has been writen in RAW format >> how do i completely clean the card and reformat in fat16? >> is there a way round the write protect if thats what it is >> for the record it is a SanDisk 1.0GB card >> thanks for reading and waiting with anticipation!!!!! >> >> > >
Re: 1gig compact flash problem
Author: Alan Meyer
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 18:24
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 18:24
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"nelson" <nelson@eftel.net.au> wrote in message
news:418382f4$1@usenet.per.paradox.net.au...
> hi all
> i have been given a cf card and it dont want to work...
> it is reconised in xp but tells me to format it
> have tried to but at the end it say's cant complete format
> looked under disk tools and it does not have a file system
> tried a couple off file recovery programs and i finds files but they are
> gobbly gook...ie .exe and .txt files
> it seems it has been writen in RAW format
> how do i completely clean the card and reformat in fat16?
> is there a way round the write protect if thats what it is
> for the record it is a SanDisk 1.0GB card
> thanks for reading and waiting with anticipation!!!!!
One thing you should understand is that you cannot
format 1 GB in FAT 16. FAT 16 is an obsolete disk
format that can only support 512 megabytes.
I seem to remember reading that FAT 32 is the
simulated format used on memory cards. I say
"simulated" because I'm not sure that the physical
format on the memory card has much in common
with the track/sector formatting on a disk. The
interface makes it appear that way.
Finally, yes, let the camera do the formatting, not
the computer.
Alan
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