CF card "unusable"?

Mr. Lee · Feb 3, 2003

A friend of mine tried to use his Lexar CF card in his CP995 and when he turned the camera on the screen simply read "This card is Unusable" or some similar message. I tried the card in my camera and got the same message. The camera will not accept the card at all to be able to format it in the camera.

Could somebody please suggest a way to fix this card.

Can it be formatted on a PC? How about using Fdisk to partition the card? How do you do this formatting and/or partitioning on a CF card?

Any help at all would be greatly appreciated!

TIA!

-Lee

C. Tosh · Feb 3, 2003

I have heard of people having to format certian cards in a Fugi camera, you might try that if you know anyone with a Fugi. Good Luck
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Michael Anderson · Feb 3, 2003

Mr. Lee said:
A friend of mine tried to use his Lexar CF card in his CP995 and
when he turned the camera on the screen simply read "This card is
Unusable" or some similar message. I tried the card in my camera
and got the same message. The camera will not accept the card at
all to be able to format it in the camera.

I had the exact same problem with the brand new 32mb Lexar CF that came with my camera. I never did get it to work, but I ended up getting a 512mb Viking card anyway.

Somebody told me (and I'm not sure what to believe about this) that the CF cards can get fried in the mail if subjected to the anti-anthrax irradiation that some mail gets exposed to.

Baywing · Feb 3, 2003

Yes, CF cards can be fried by the USPS, but they can sometimes just quit. Send the card to Lexar for replacement.

mikeand said:
Mr. Lee said:

A friend of mine tried to use his Lexar CF card in his CP995 and
when he turned the camera on the screen simply read "This card is
Unusable" or some similar message. I tried the card in my camera
and got the same message. The camera will not accept the card at
all to be able to format it in the camera.

Click to expand...

I had the exact same problem with the brand new 32mb Lexar CF that
came with my camera. I never did get it to work, but I ended up
getting a 512mb Viking card anyway.

Somebody told me (and I'm not sure what to believe about this) that
the CF cards can get fried in the mail if subjected to the
anti-anthrax irradiation that some mail gets exposed to.

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lgtran · Feb 3, 2003

You can try and format the compact flash card if you have a USB card reader. Try formatting it and see if it helps.

Mr. Lee said:
A friend of mine tried to use his Lexar CF card in his CP995 and
when he turned the camera on the screen simply read "This card is
Unusable" or some similar message. I tried the card in my camera
and got the same message. The camera will not accept the card at
all to be able to format it in the camera.

Could somebody please suggest a way to fix this card.

Can it be formatted on a PC? How about using Fdisk to partition
the card? How do you do this formatting and/or partitioning on a
CF card?

Any help at all would be greatly appreciated!

TIA!

-Lee

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