xD-Picture Card "Card Error" on Olympus camera

Discussion in 'Digital Photography' started by zy, Apr 8, 2006.

  1. zy

    zy zynine.com Staff Member

    hey guys,

    my friend have a "card Error" when he inserts his xD into his Olympus mju 300 digital, camera. ..

    well,... he did a big mistake by formatting his card with the PC ..
    now he has 2 cards rendered unless for the camera...


    the camera is fine... i've tested it using a working xD card ..

    the xD cards can be accessed from the PC ..
    but the camera will display "card error" on the xD card which is formatted using the PC ...
    + it is impossible to format the xD card with the camera.. it gives "Card error" error again ..

    anyway has suggestions ? ..
     
  2. Ishtim

    Ishtim Super Moderator

    That STINKS!!! :wall: :doh:

    First thing that comes to mind is to contact card manufacturer. Not sure if I would be so open about how the cards got screwed up...:think:

    Good Luck!:pray:
     
  3. zy

    zy zynine.com Staff Member

    its made by olympus :wall: ...
    very troublesome :roll:
     
  4. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    Can you ask him to format the card using the PC again, but this time, using FAT16?

    Technically, it shouldn't be a problem using PC to format the card.
     
  5. marc

    marc Team Tech ARP

    Since xD is a specialized format, it could have certain parameters that the PC might have erased when formatting it (as a PC would just treat it like any other memory card).
     
  6. ZuePhok

    ZuePhok Just Started

    i think it's the file system pro.

    your friend must have formatted the xD as NTFS
     
  7. Jeremy

    Jeremy Black Sheep

    I doubt FAT16/32 would work since both of this file system are by products of Windows.
     
  8. zy

    zy zynine.com Staff Member

    you cant format it using NTFS .. no option to do so ..

    i've formatted with both FAT & FAT 32 ..
    :roll: ... no hope ...

    is there any software which will do an exact copy of a xD card..

    i have a friend who has a working xD card.. yesterday i tried doing a back up of that xD and restore it to the problematic xD .. doesnt work :roll:
     
  9. Dashken

    Dashken Administrator!

  10. zy

    zy zynine.com Staff Member

    :roll: i dont know anyone who has fuji camera :roll: .. sigh ..
     
  11. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    The reason why I ask him to format as FAT because that's what most camera supports, some may not support FAT32, not because it's Microsoft product or not.
     
  12. zy

    zy zynine.com Staff Member

    :roll: my camera even supports FAT32 :haha: .. but

    one thing i do realise camera's like to format using 16k size allocation units ? :think:
     
  13. Chai

    Chai Administrator Staff Member

    DYKT: There are many old cameras pre-2004 that doesn't suport FAT32 because at that time, even 1GB cards are virtually not heard of.
     
  14. peaz

    peaz ARP Webmaster Staff Member

    Hmm where is your friend's locale? I have a Fuji S7000. can format the xD card for him.
     
  15. zy

    zy zynine.com Staff Member

    he is with me in college aka Nilai :p ... :haha:

    he will be going back to Penang too in like 1-2 weeks time xD
     
  16. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Hmm.. Can't his camera format the card?? :think:

    Even my CF card occasionally has weird problems. All I need to do is format the card using my camera.
     
  17. zy

    zy zynine.com Staff Member

    nopez.. the olympus camera will refuse to format the card & show "card error" again :wall: stupid olympus
     
  18. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Damn.. That sucks. :(
     
  19. zy

    zy zynine.com Staff Member

    yea.. that really sux :roll:

    and i dont know who is using fuji camera in college.. but friend came bout 2 weeks ago .. using fuji camera... but left de :roll: too late ...
     
  20. peaz

    peaz ARP Webmaster Staff Member

    Hmmm any nearby camera shops?
     

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