Need help: Possibly corrupted XD card

[joseph_barbano]

While trying to view some photos from my son's D-560, I popped the

256MB XD card into the XD-slot of my computer and the computer

responded "The disk is not formatted. Would you like to format the

disk?". I did NOT format the disk but popped it back into the

camera and was unable to read the pictures. In fact, the camera

menu prompted me to "Format now" or "Power Off". I then installed

CAMEDIA 4.1 to try and read the photos via the camera/USB connection

and the S/W did not recognize the camera.

 

I think the card may be corrupted. Not sure. Is there some way of

rescuing the photos? Thanks in advance.

[Aoresteen]

The file system on media cards under 2 GIG is DOS FAT 16. By using a reader atached to you computer it is possible to salvage the data (images) from the card.

 

Try puting it into another camera to see it if is recogized.

[maury_cohen]

I had a similar experience with a SmartMedia card and Oly camera. After bein in a friends reader it would no longer function. You may need to replace the card. If it's under a year old you can probably get it replaced under warranty.

[Aoresteen]

You can always format the card (this will cause loss of any data on it).

 

If the card will not format then you should return it as defective.

 

When a card won't read it's usally beacuse the FAT16 directory info has been lost. A format will create a new FAT (File Allocation Table).

[ambersolaire]

This just happened to me with an Olympus 512 MB xD card and Olympus Stylus 410, while transferring pix to a Windows 2K Server via a Digital Concepts 9 in 1 Card Reader. The only thing I did any different was to use 'Unplug or Eject Hardware' to stop the card reader from the Windows system tray BEFORE I ejected the xD card...DOH!!!!!

As soon as it was inserted in the camera or reader again it reported need of formatting... any way to repair this with some utility?

Thx.

[walter_p]

We can recover any kind of digital image card. If you are interested and for pricing write to pawlowski.w@gmail.com

Walter.