As a generalism - its always best to format media (any description) (where
possible), in the device that the media going to be used on or for.
Allan
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>From: "Phil" <pcks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [OM] Re: XD card troubles
>Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:44:26 -0000
>
>
>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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