Card installed in camera....the sd card is empty...camera wont let me format the card...when I hit ok to format...the screen goes dark and seems locked up.....internal memory works fine...
I know this is late, but my camera had the same problem.
1. If you go in the setup menu.
2. Push the right button once and scroll down to the menu that says format.
3. It will ask you if you want to erase all data.
4. Select No and everything should be fine.
skullz_007
i know this is late, but my camera had the same problem.
1.
If you go in the setup menu.
2. Push the right button once and scroll
down to the menu that says format.
3. It will ask you if you want to
erase all data.
4. Select No and everything should be fine.
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Addition:
5. Turn camera off and on again.
Yes this solution worked for me.
Every single memory card i used said it was full when obviously it wasnt. even formatting on pc and camera wouldnt work.
Thanks Skullz :D
Have you made sure the memory card isnt locked? there is a little switch on the side of the card, try messing with that
do you have a memory card reader so you can take it out of the camera and try to format it on the computer?
yes you can. try doing that and then put it back in the camera
is this a new memory card? what size is it?
you probably have to try and format it when its back in the camera
it could have gone bad. i had a flash drive that wouldnt format on anything and i thought it was no good then i downloaded a hard disk low level format utility and it formatted it no problem and it worked fine after that. heres a link. its down the page a little.
http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/2...
just make sure if you try to do that you choose the memory card and not your computer hard drive. mine says memory card adapter and the size on the right is 2000mbytes. my hard drive says gbytes. yours will probably say close to the same thing.
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wow..I never knew about that switch on the side...but..I changed the position on the switch...and the camera said Protected card....so I switched it back and it still says memory full.....
I have a slot on my computer....can I format it like that?
its not new. probably 2 yrs old.....its 2 gb...the computer says windows cannot format.....camera wont let me format it...I try and the screen goes dark....but the camera works in all other aspects....the switch doesnt seem to make any difference and I tried the tape so the switch didnt lock.....no difference.
.I wonder if the card is bad,,do they go bad?
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