CF Card gone bad???

When I put my 4gb card into my XTi, the camera says that there is a problem with the card and to re-insert it. Then I get the same message. Is there any saving the card or do I toss it? There's nothing on it so I'm ok from that viewpoint. Thanks

Awwww, I saw the title and thought it was a story about a drug addicted CF card that held you up at gun point or something. sigh...

Anyway, all kidding aside. You can try to reformat it in your computer then reformat in camera and see if that revives it. Works like a charm most of the time.

Yep-- try removing stuff when it is tied to the computer. (for what it is worth I use a card reader to download cards to computer)

Duncan-- how do you reformat it in the computer?

hpeeler,
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I suggest you try to access the files on your card with an external CF reader. If you can access it on the computer then save your files and then try to reformat the card in the camera.

stathunter wrote in post #7402707
Yep-- try removing stuff when it is tied to the computer. (for what it is worth I use a card reader to download cards to computer)

Duncan-- how do you reformat it in the computer?

Pop it in the reader -----> right click ------> Format

Duncan Frenz wrote in post #7402828
Pop it in the reader -----> right click ------> Format

Huh.......seems way too easy. ---never tried it that way. I have always formated in the camera.

stathunter wrote in post #7402840
Huh.......seems way too easy. ---never tried it that way. I have always formated in the camera.

Most people do. But if you want to 'clean' your card or give it a swift kick in the rear, formatting in computer first then camera is the only way. I do it as a matter of course when rotating cards.

Duncan Frenz wrote in post #7402881
Most people do. But if you want to 'clean' your card or give it a swift kick in the rear, formatting in computer first then camera is the only way. I do it as a matter of course when rotating cards.

thats what i do too.

I bought one of these http://www.xpcgear.com​/pq120x8gb.html at my local Frys Electronics for 10$ and it didnt work in my camera. Same error message. I had to format it via computer because there was a windows 98 OS inside of it