CF card corrupting? Eek, help!

Sol · Post by **Sol** » January 6th, 2007, 19:18

Good evening peoples, i just got back from a hard days work of pissing about with my 400D with a friend (we took about 500 or so piccys) and i go to upload the pictures from the card onto my friend's pc through his card reader, and i get this:

I then take it home, try it in my pc's reader and get the very same message.

I put the card back in the camera, try uploading the pictures through the usb cable and it tells me there is nothing on there.

...Now, the pictures show up on the camera, and i can view them on there, but i suddenly cannot take any new ones. The strange thing is the CF card still works fine as a storage device.

For reference the card is a pqi hi-speed 100 2gb CF, and i'm a bit miffed as it cost a fair bit... From an ebay seller (yay, i can't take it back) and i've had it for three months now and it hasn't played up at all until now. What the fuck is going on?

Anyone had any similar problems or is willing to help shed light on the matter?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 6th, 2007, 19:24

i've had similar in the past, was usually fine after a disk format (not good i know)

You might wanna try something like This, might just save your arse.

And we do have a hardware forum

Sol · Post by **Sol** » January 6th, 2007, 19:38

Cheers Mr Berk, i'll give that a shot... Hopefully stop me from shelling out yet more money that could be spent on blackjack and hookers.

Yeah i know, but i wasnt sure wether to put it there or here, move it if you must

Post by **deject** » January 6th, 2007, 21:07

lol your CF card is emo

Sol · Post by **Sol** » January 6th, 2007, 21:23

It doesnt have wrists :/

Sol · Post by **Sol** » January 6th, 2007, 21:46

right, after trying a few of the data recovery things, i have yet to find one that you dont have to pay for and works.

:/

Anyone seen anything on the floor, or know a free one that does it's job? the one berk linked to worked fine until it said: GIVE US MONEYS, K, THX.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 6th, 2007, 21:57

if it works, buy it, it's only £20.

Post by **ProfHawking** » January 6th, 2007, 22:06

i have r-studio
gimme a shout if you want it.

another thing to try first perhaps is Unstoppable copier: http://www.roadkil.net/unstopcp.html

Sol · Post by **Sol** » January 6th, 2007, 22:42

I managed to recover the photos

Now, the card still doesn't work obviuously, so a reformat is in order?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 6th, 2007, 22:46

Soloman wrote:I managed to recover the photos

Now, the card still doesn't work obviuously, so a reformat is in order?

yup, ideally in the camera.

Sol · Post by **Sol** » January 7th, 2007, 14:14

Reformatted the card inside the camera, everything is back to normal. Panic over gentlemen, panic over. Cheers for the help, greatly appriecated.