My sony dsc-w100 digital camera says format error and hangs on. what shall i do??

Backup the pictures and in main settings of the camera find and select Formatting. Confirm OK.

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Check for corroded or broken battery contacts.

sony cyber dsc-w100,not dsc-w55
I drop the camera and the window broke. where can I find a window.?
desilise

if the memory is in the camera you can only delete one picture at a time. You can always insert the memory stick into your home computer and delete everything. Any time you format your memory card everything on there is erased also. There is no provision in the w100 manual to format the memory card so you will probably need to do it on the computer.

If you can attach the w100 to the computer you can access the memory card through the camera. I would be glad to walk you through it if you want to contact me directly. 713-204-9111 ask for AL. Thanks and if this helps you please leave me good feedback.
thanks

Did you think about trying sony.com and downloading it??

Here:

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-list.pl?mdl=DSCW100&LOC=3

I had same problem and found out after leaving the battery out for an extended time (4 hours) it totally reset and worked. The initialize function on the camera did not work.

You can replace the LCD and the circuit card and it should work fine. Takes about 30 mins and you need some professional Tools, like small needle nose and some screwdrivers.

just format the internal memory.

Format the internal memory, you may have accidently written somthing incompatible to the memory from the lapt top (virus ??)