Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]1. Insert the card into the iMac and try to run disk utility. See if this will recognize the card an if it does, see if it will repair the card, or even reformat it. This has worked for me in the past.. Other utilities (like Disk Warrior) may also work. 2.Lexar was giving away a recovery program with its larger cards a few months ago. So was Sandisk. The Sandisk product recognizes my Lexar card though I have not tried to recover anything. 3. If you tried to reformat and then wrote again to the card you may have obliterated whatver was there before. Allen >I have a 2GB Lexar CF card that I use with my D70. It has worked >fine for over a year but today after shooting about 200 JPEG's of my >son's soccer game, I put the card in the reader and my iMac would >not recognize the card. I placed it back in the camera and got the >message "You Can Not Use This Card." I tried to reformat the card >(and obviously lose the images) but it wouldn't let me do that >either. Just last night, I downloaded about 100 shots for another >event and it worked fine. I understand Lexar has a data recovery >program for about $30...anyone ever used it? Or...should I just >cut my losses and get another CF card? It appears that the CF card >is corrupted but I'm not sure. The card has worked flawlessly...two >overseas trips and thousands of images..... > >Thanks, >Robert > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information