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Fringe4
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Thu Dec 02, 2004 5:31 am Post subject:
Memory Card Problem |
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I have a 32mb PNY CF card. I was goofing off with it last night and
stuck it in my card reader. I formatted it NTFS with compression. Then,
I uncompressed it, which brought it down to a measly 23.3mb capacity for
some reason.
I looked at it in the Windows disk manager, and everything about Windows
reads this now as a 23.3mb card. Even though previously it read it at
its full 31.9mb.
Any help? =(
Yours, Fringe4 |
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Gymy Bob
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Thu Dec 02, 2004 5:48 am Post subject:
Re: Memory Card Problem |
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NTFS would make it useless by any camera I have heard of. Reformat the
stupid thing properly and in the camera.
"Fringe4" <leomarth@dodgeit.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I have a 32mb PNY CF card. I was goofing off with it last night and
stuck it in my card reader. I formatted it NTFS with compression. Then,
I uncompressed it, which brought it down to a measly 23.3mb capacity for
some reason.
I looked at it in the Windows disk manager, and everything about Windows
reads this now as a 23.3mb card. Even though previously it read it at
its full 31.9mb.
Any help? =(
Yours, Fringe4 |
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Fringe4
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Thu Dec 02, 2004 7:10 am Post subject:
Re: Memory Card Problem |
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heh. The camera no longer works. It hasn't worked for about a year now.
But, I was looking at using the card for a pendrive adapter I bought. It
plugs into a usb port like any other pendrive, and then you plug CF
cards into it. That way you upgrade cheap without having to buy a whole
new pendrive each time.
And I have reformatted it several times in FAT and FAT32 format. It
hasn't helped.
Yours, Fringe4
Gymy Bob wrote:
| Quote: | NTFS would make it useless by any camera I have heard of. Reformat the
stupid thing properly and in the camera.
"Fringe4" <leomarth@dodgeit.com> wrote in message
news:2otrd.5273$u81.787@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
I have a 32mb PNY CF card. I was goofing off with it last night and
stuck it in my card reader. I formatted it NTFS with compression. Then,
I uncompressed it, which brought it down to a measly 23.3mb capacity for
some reason.
I looked at it in the Windows disk manager, and everything about Windows
reads this now as a 23.3mb card. Even though previously it read it at
its full 31.9mb.
Any help? =(
Yours, Fringe4
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CSM1
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Thu Dec 02, 2004 8:05 pm Post subject:
Re: Memory Card Problem |
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You need to do a low level format to bring the card back to its original
condition.
This page tells about fixing the loss of the Panoramic function in Olympic
digital cameras, the principal is the same.
The first thing you need is smprep.exe program with your card reader to do a
low level format.
The card needs to be low level formatted as FAT 12.
http://www.marshost.com/~rashmun/olympusfix.htm
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CSM1
http://www.carlmcmillan.com
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"Fringe4" <leomarth@dodgeit.com> wrote in message
news:qQurd.9832$NU3.8014@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
| Quote: | heh. The camera no longer works. It hasn't worked for about a year now.
But, I was looking at using the card for a pendrive adapter I bought. It
plugs into a usb port like any other pendrive, and then you plug CF cards
into it. That way you upgrade cheap without having to buy a whole new
pendrive each time.
And I have reformatted it several times in FAT and FAT32 format. It hasn't
helped.
Yours, Fringe4
Gymy Bob wrote:
NTFS would make it useless by any camera I have heard of. Reformat the
stupid thing properly and in the camera.
"Fringe4" <leomarth@dodgeit.com> wrote in message
news:2otrd.5273$u81.787@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
I have a 32mb PNY CF card. I was goofing off with it last night and
stuck it in my card reader. I formatted it NTFS with compression. Then,
I uncompressed it, which brought it down to a measly 23.3mb capacity for
some reason.
I looked at it in the Windows disk manager, and everything about Windows
reads this now as a 23.3mb card. Even though previously it read it at
its full 31.9mb.
Any help? =(
Yours, Fringe4
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PJx
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Thu Dec 02, 2004 8:10 pm Post subject:
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Well, I've always read that you should never format your card unless
absolutely necessary and only in the camera, never the computer.
My 32 meg card is a year old and has never been formatted and I will
not format it unless it quits working.
thanks for posting. You provided some very useful info.
PJ
On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 02:10:30 GMT, Fringe4 <leomarth@dodgeit.com>
wrote:
| Quote: | heh. The camera no longer works. It hasn't worked for about a year now.
But, I was looking at using the card for a pendrive adapter I bought. It
plugs into a usb port like any other pendrive, and then you plug CF
cards into it. That way you upgrade cheap without having to buy a whole
new pendrive each time.
And I have reformatted it several times in FAT and FAT32 format. It
hasn't helped.
Yours, Fringe4
Gymy Bob wrote:
NTFS would make it useless by any camera I have heard of. Reformat the
stupid thing properly and in the camera.
"Fringe4" <leomarth@dodgeit.com> wrote in message
news:2otrd.5273$u81.787@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
I have a 32mb PNY CF card. I was goofing off with it last night and
stuck it in my card reader. I formatted it NTFS with compression. Then,
I uncompressed it, which brought it down to a measly 23.3mb capacity for
some reason.
I looked at it in the Windows disk manager, and everything about Windows
reads this now as a 23.3mb card. Even though previously it read it at
its full 31.9mb.
Any help? =(
Yours, Fringe4
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JOE FORTINA
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Mon Dec 06, 2004 7:22 am Post subject:
Re: Memory Card Problem |
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Fringe4 wrote:
| Quote: | I have a 32mb PNY CF card. I was goofing off with it last night and
stuck it in my card reader. I formatted it NTFS with compression. Then,
I uncompressed it, which brought it down to a measly 23.3mb capacity for
some reason.
I looked at it in the Windows disk manager, and everything about Windows
reads this now as a 23.3mb card. Even though previously it read it at
its full 31.9mb.
Any help? =(
Yours, Fringe4
Re format it in your camera and it should be fine |
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rumpledickskin
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Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:19 pm Post subject:
Re: Memory Card Problem |
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X-No-Archive: yes
Do what Joe and PJ said. Always format in the camera.
| Quote: | Fringe4 wrote:
I have a 32mb PNY CF card. I was goofing off with it last night and
stuck it in my card reader. I formatted it NTFS with compression. Then,
I uncompressed it, which brought it down to a measly 23.3mb capacity for
some reason.
I looked at it in the Windows disk manager, and everything about Windows
reads this now as a 23.3mb card. Even though previously it read it at
its full 31.9mb.
Any help? =(
Yours, Fringe4
Re format it in your camera and it should be fine |
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