Formatting SanDisk Cards

[us2000iceman]

Hello

i'm unable to format my Extreme III San Disk card 4 GB. Can anyone offer any suggestions? See link below for how this issue arose in first place.

I've tried
- using the recovery disk to format it
- using the command prompt "format e:"
- using "My computer" in windows xp, right clicking on drive to format

Each time it says it is unable to format. Any advice on this ? I'm sure this card can work if i can reformat it. The card currently holds 100 good pictures and 200 other pictures - some were corrupted (which i subsequently recovered,etc)

thanks for any help !


http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=492866

[tommykjensen]

Have you tried to format it in the camera ?

[us2000iceman]

yes - i tried formatting in the camera and get an error message:

Err99 - shooting is not possible - turn power switch on/off or reinstall the battery

[Jon]

You may have an actually dead card; call or otherwise contact SanDisk customer support. The Extreme IIIs have a lifetime warranty. Better to get a new one than to take a chance on this one.

[us2000iceman]

Thanks all - yes - i called Sandisk and they are sending out a new one through their RMA process thankfully. Not sure what the problem was with the card - with the customer service rep their we tried 5 different ways to format it, but nothing worked

Thanks for reminding me of that lifetime warranty !!!

[Jon]

That's why so many of us swear by SanDisk. They'll do whatever's needed to get things working.