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08/20/2006 09:24:25 AM · #1 |
i don't think a card i used was formatted properly (my own fault, forgot the memory card duh! and had to borrow) and now my card reader can't seem to recognize it but the pix play back fine on my cam.
any tricks to getting it to read? there's a few shots on there i'd like to save.
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08/20/2006 09:38:53 AM · #2 |
| did you try downloading it direct from camera? |
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08/20/2006 09:40:21 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by pcody:
did you try downloading it direct from camera? |
good idea, i don't have that cable though. hmm... at least i don't think so. thanks.
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08/20/2006 09:46:40 AM · #4 |
crap. no cable. this is a borrowed cam... seems everything i have is borrowed.. lol.
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08/20/2006 04:16:31 PM · #5 |
| You could maybe try to use data recovery software. |
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08/20/2006 04:39:15 PM · #6 |
| I got a bad CF card which my computer and camera wont format. I get format failed all the time. Any idea? |
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08/20/2006 05:03:48 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Gnarf:
I got a bad CF card which my computer and camera wont format. I get format failed all the time. Any idea? |
I would get a new one. Even if you eventually get it working, using a bad CF is dangerous. They're cheap, and for me losing a lot of nice photos would be worse than spending a bit on a new card. |
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08/20/2006 05:06:46 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by Gnarf:
I got a bad CF card which my computer and camera wont format. I get format failed all the time. Any idea? |
Get another one -- and look into sending the bad one back to the manufacturer if returning it to the store isn't an option. Most cards come with a warrantee against manufacturer's defects.
David
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08/20/2006 05:11:32 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by saintaugust:
i don't think a card i used was formatted properly (my own fault, forgot the memory card duh! and had to borrow) and now my card reader can't seem to recognize it but the pix play back fine on my cam.
any tricks to getting it to read? there's a few shots on there i'd like to save. |
Borrow a cable? :D
Most cameras use a mini-usb cable, which can be picked up anywhere fairly cheap.
However, if the camera can read the card, it's likely formatted properly. Can the card reader read other cards? If the card reader is a part of some other device (mines in my printer) check to see if the device drivers are needed to make it work.
David
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08/20/2006 05:48:38 PM · #10 |
With the card in a card reader,try loading a photo to it from your pc without doing any formatting. This has worked for me. All pics on the card were saved. Seemed to have reset the card someway. Good Luck.
I have found less problems when the camera is used to format a card.
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08/20/2006 07:00:53 PM · #11 |
| My x-drive can't read my new cards for my g6. I think it has something to do with the os. The x-drive is fat32 and it does read my older cards. It will not format my new cards either. So maybe try hooking up the card reader to an older computer. |
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08/20/2006 10:58:24 PM · #12 |
i got the cable, even downloaded a G2 driver from canon, still nothing. weird.
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