Any Software or Command to Format XD Card on a Computer ?

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Any Software or Command to Format XD Card on a Computer ?
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My XD cards got damaged. When inserted in Olympus brand camera, I
get the error message - CARD ERROR. So, further operations,
including
Re-Formatting these damaged cards in the Camera is not possible.

I understand that these cards are formatted in Fat-12 bits, the same
configuration as is on Floppy disks. I tried to Re-format them, using
a
USB Card Reader on a computer, where USB port is activated even in
DOS mode. The computer was booted from a Floppy disk and I used
the Windows 98 Format command. The cards are readable / Writable
in
Card Readers (DOS Mode - Boot From Floppy) and Windows Mode
(Win 98 or XP). But they are not readable by the Camera.

Is there any Software or a Command Line, which can Re-Format these
XD cards, so that they are readable by the Olympus brand
cameras ?

The cards sizes a 16 MB, 64 MB and 128 MB


Thanks


Frank Gatta



April 17, 2008

Have you looked at the price of memory cards recently? You will find that
Cards are now a tiny fraction of what you would have paid originally. So it
probably isn't worth going to any bother to fix these ones, just dump them.

You will be very hard put to find any of the specialist on-line sellers who
even carry such small cards. The smallest Xd I have seen on line recently is
512Mb for abour £5.

Roy G

Roy G wrote:


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Any Software or Command to Format XD Card on a Computer ?
==============================================

My XD cards got damaged. When inserted in Olympus brand camera, I get
the error message - CARD ERROR. So, further operations, including
Re-Formatting these damaged cards in the Camera is not possible.

I understand that these cards are formatted in Fat-12 bits, the same
configuration as is on Floppy disks. I tried to Re-format them, using a
USB Card Reader on a computer, where USB port is activated even in DOS
mode. The computer was booted from a Floppy disk and I used the
Windows 98 Format command. The cards are readable / Writable in
Card Readers (DOS Mode - Boot From Floppy) and Windows Mode (Win 98
or XP). But they are not readable by the Camera.

Is there any Software or a Command Line, which can Re-Format these
XD cards, so that they are readable by the Olympus brand cameras ?

The cards sizes a 16 MB, 64 MB and 128 MB


Thanks


Frank Gatta



April 17, 2008

Have you looked at the price of memory cards recently? You will find that
Cards are now a tiny fraction of what you would have paid originally. So
it probably isn't worth going to any bother to fix these ones, just dump
them.

You will be very hard put to find any of the specialist on-line sellers
who even carry such small cards. The smallest Xd I have seen on line
recently is 512Mb for abour £5.

Not that USB flash drives are memory cards, but I had to laugh the other
day when I saw 128MB thumbs at a *drug store* priced at US $39.99.


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