POTN Aussie Club #7 - Feng, where's my invoice?

blackshadow wrote in post #9141578
External USB drive. I am doing a full reformat of a 1TB Seagate external drive using the Computer Management utility. The disk is shown "Formatting" in the status column of Computer Management.

Ah, OK. I used Paragon Partition Manager, and it went fine. Yours OK now?

mickeyjuice wrote in post #9141722
Ah, OK. I used Paragon Partition Manager, and it went fine. Yours OK now?

It's still formatting. God knows how long it will take for a full format (not quick format).

blackshadow wrote in post #9141580
Even better a can of beer!

I like that idea, that way i get an extra present at Christmas time. it might be hard to explain why i want to keep my lens in the fridge though.

JustinLawrence wrote in post #9142200
I like that idea, that way i get an extra present at Christmas time. it might be hard to explain why i want to keep my lens in the fridge though.

Mate, you swap them back on Christmas Eve, and have an early present of a can of beer

It will take a while Richard, i did my internal one yesterday and it took forever.

blackshadow wrote in post #9141823
It's still formatting. God knows how long it will take for a full format (not quick format).

It is perfectly normal for a format to take that long. It is essentially checking the integrity of the drive.

Welby wrote in post #9142226
It will take a while Richard, i did my internal one yesterday and it took forever.

fungry wrote in post #9142341
It is perfectly normal for a format to take that long. It is essentially checking the integrity of the drive.

I knew it would take a long time.

The thing I'm not sure about is whether there should be a status bar saying how far through the process it is (and perhaps with an estimate for how long to go).

Guys real quick question, i have about two minutes on the computer.

Im in newcastle and suddenly gotten the err99 on my mkII

What do i do?

I have tried both batteries, every lens, i really got no idea, i need it asap aswell.

Any suggestions?

Drop it off at my place but seriously Sorry to hear that Nic not sure what else you could try to be honest.

NicD wrote in post #9142396
Guys real quick question, i have about two minutes on the computer.

Im in newcastle and suddenly gotten the err99 on my mkII

What do i do?

I have tried both batteries, every lens, i really got no idea, i need it asap aswell.

Any suggestions?

It's often a lens issue, but Richard got that when his mkIII shutter died.

NicD wrote in post #9142396
Guys real quick question, i have about two minutes on the computer.

Im in newcastle and suddenly gotten the err99 on my mkII

What do i do?

I have tried both batteries, every lens, i really got no idea, i need it asap aswell.

Any suggestions?

The only other thing you could try is cleaning the contacts on your camera and lenses otherwise you'll need to send it in to Canon.

Probably not the answer you are wanting Nic. Same thing happened to me with a 1D Mark III recently and they ended up replacing the shutter assembly for nix.

Hopefully you've got a backup body.

Welby wrote in post #9142415
Drop it off at my place but seriously Sorry to hear that Nic not sure what else you could try to be honest.

you wouldnt happen to know any camera places here do you?

I was gonna try take it in to a store and see if a new battery would work.

mickeyjuice wrote in post #9142418
It's often a lens issue, but Richard got that when his mkIII shutter died.

I hope not, i just payed a crap load of money for the camera, a working camera, i didnt want to buy a camera for it to break!

blackshadow wrote in post #9142433
The only other thing you could try is cleaning the contacts on your camera and lenses otherwise you'll need to send it in to Canon.

Probably not the answer you are wanting Nic. Same thing happened to me with a 1D Mark III recently and they ended up replacing the shutter assembly for nix.

Hopefully you've got a backup body.

*runs into the corner* Nope, no back up body.

I'll give canon a call now and see what they say.

also any newcastle people that want to have a possible meet up or just want to help me out here, feel free to give me a call, my number is in my website which is linked below.

NicD wrote in post #9142435
I hope not, i just payed a crap load of money for the camera, a working camera, i didnt want to buy a camera for it to break!

I hope not too but shutters do have a life span. Think of it this way if you have to get it replaced your camera will be as good as new.

PS you paid a crap load of money!