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Yes, I deserve 50 lashes with a serial connector. Egg on the face
and all that but hey, shite happens...<br>
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On 02/09/2012 11:34 PM, Rob Haag wrote:
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<div>I can hear them cheering in the streets... "Hurray, the flash
memory lives on!" Just kidding, here is that tool...I just put
it at my host, that'll give it something to do for a change :) <a
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href="http://clysto.com/HPFormatTool.zip">http://clysto.com/HPFormatTool.zip</a> Let
me know if there are any issues with the file, here is the md5
hash 949d1f5a1b9a6c4c645e43798d3611b4 HPFormatTool.zip</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 1:25 AM,
BrianO'Keefe <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> That would be a good
tool to have Rob, even though it was a different and very
simple issue.
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On 02/09/2012 11:18 PM, Rob Haag wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">Also, if you have access to a
windows box (and the camera is not formatting it for
you) HP has a tool for formatting flash memory. This
link pops up first in a google search <a
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href="http://en.kioskea.net/download/download-127-hp-usb-disk-storage-format-tool"
target="_blank">http://en.kioskea.net/download/download-127-hp-usb-disk-storage-format-tool</a>...but
I always keep a copy too, if you want I can put it up
in my dropbox for download (so you could avoid jumping
through hoops for a free tool), but typically if I
find myself using that tool I also find myself
throwing a 'bad' card away quite soon, to
avoid wasting time on it. As Nick says, they go bad.
The good part is that it's a bit easier to toss bad
flash devices now that they are so cheap :)
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<div>Rob H<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at
12:56 AM, Nick Frost <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<div>On Feb 9, 2012, at 10:48 PM, Rob Haag
wrote:<br>
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> Check this out <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://activerain.com/blogsview/1239207/memory-card-is-locked-error-message"
target="_blank">http://activerain.com/blogsview/1239207/memory-card-is-locked-error-message</a>,
this is what has given me the same
situation...if the camera won't write to it
then this is the thing to check first. The
switch sometimes gets activated taking the
card in/out of a device.<br>
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> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 12:42 AM,
BrianO'Keefe <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:okeefe@cybermesa.com"
target="_blank">okeefe@cybermesa.com</a>>
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> It is fat32 according to disk utility and
I can't alter it in anyway without getting a
"read-only" error. I tried with GParted and
disk utility. In disk utility I get the
read-only or "the daemon is inhibited". I
cannot format it in the camera without getting
the read-only message.<br>
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As Nick P. suggested…..if the write-protect tab
on the SD card is not the culprit the card will
likely have to be formatted in the camera once
the pictures have been downloaded. The problem
with accessing SD cards directly (via a reader
as opposed to the camera being attached to the
computer via USB) is that if a write occurs the
file system can be altered or damaged causing
problems. Cameras usually use FAT16 or 32 but
they are not what I would call "normal" FAT16/32
file systems if one looks at them with a disk
editor. I've seen this (SD card file system
problems after direct access) many times.
Usually I recover the photos with PhotoRec
(CGSecurity) on the nearest Linux box and
re-format the SD card in the camera…..and if
that doesn't work it's usually the SD that's
gone bad and replacement has solved the issue.<br>
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-Nick<br>
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Nicholas S. Frost<br>
7 Avenida Vista Grande #325<br>
Santa Fe, NM 87508<br>
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