Just format it in the e-1 first, should work fine.
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Phil
Sent: 28 December 2006 09:44
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: XD card troubles
I had a 2 gig CF card given to me, I have been using it to transfer files to
and from work, I was going to start using it in my E1
is it safe to do this? or should I format it firts, in PC or E1
Any advice appreciated
Thanks
Phil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 5:28 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: XD card troubles
> TO ANYONE WHO HAS OR USES AN OLY DIGICAM WITH xD CARDS
>
> DO NOT USE THE CARDS IN ANY OTHER SORT OF DEVICE FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE
> THAN DOWNLOADING THE FILES!!!
>
> It may be possible to do so, if you really know what you are doing, but
> there are people who have lost the ability to use a card short of
> sending it to Oly for "repair" (reformatting).
>
> Steve Goss wrote:
>> Hi, Y'all-
>> I think I've trashed one of my Dad's XD cards for his Olympus digicam.
>>
> Oops! Oly cameras are famous for being dodgy about their xD cards. You
> really shouldn't use them in anything else, except perhaps in a Fuji
> camera.
>> The camera can tell that there is a card in it, but can't show any of the
>> pictures.
>>
> Oly uses some "different" formatting or files or something to support
> their panoramic function. The net wizard may have messed with that,
> rendering the images unusable by the Oly camera. This incompatibility
> can work both ways, with a file browser unable to access a card with
> compromised formatting/files on it.
>> Dad's Compaq Presario has XD/compact flash/SD/etc. port on the front, and
>> it doesn't even recognize
>> that there is a card in the slot.
>> On the other hand, his HP 8250 printer does recognize the card and shows
>> all the pictures.
>>
> Excellent news. A device not expecting the special Oly stuff can read
> the files, so they aren't really gone.
>> So what is the best way of handling this? print what he wants with the
>> printer and then format it
>> in the camera?
>>
> If that's all he really wants, it's an easy solution. If he wants to
> recover the original files, there are a couple of options that I know
> of. I suspect that one of the recovery software apps may be able to find
> and restore or download them.
>
> An alternative that has worked for many folks with this general sort of
> problem is to put the card in a Fuji camera. The Fuji may well be able
> to see and download the images. Some have also been able to format a
> card that their Oly camera won't recognize in a Fuji, then format it
> again in the Oly. I'm sure there are other low level file access
> methods, but I know nothing about them. Presumably, file recovery apps
> would use them.
>> How I killed his card:
>>
> It's not the card hardware that's dead, of course.....
>> I'm setting up a network so my Dad can share files and printers between
>> his Presario and his old
>> IBM laptop. The Presario runs Windows XP, and the laptop runs Windows 98.
>> The XP network wizard
>> wants to create a setup disk for other machines on the net, but since the
>> Presario doesn't have a
>> floppy, the only drive it will create it on is one of the XD/compact
>> flash/SD ports. Not a CD, and
>> not a USB Jump drive. The network wizard did manage to put a file on the
>> XD card, but then the
>> Presario lost all contact with the card. Suggestions on how to tame the
>> network wizard would be
>> appreciated too.
>>
> I've set up a wireless network between an XP machine and two 98 machines
> without using any setup disks. The setup disk is just a "convenience"
> for getting needed files and settings around. You can do it other ways
> (or at least, I could, but I don't remember the details).
>
> Good luck!
>
> Moose
>
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