XD Card Error

miken

I have a Fujifilm 128Mg XD card for my Finepix camera.
Suddenly I cannot read the card. I shows '! Card Error' when in the canera and also if I try to read it in a card reader on my P/C.
Anyone know how I can get the photos off the disk???

intel

http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/uk/welcome.htm

Try That, then format the card via My Computer,
That will delete everything so be warned.

Cathi_2

I had the same problem a couple of times with a Fuji 256 card and unfortunately there was nothing I could do except return the card to the supplier for a replacement.
Sadly the photos were lost.

windym_2

Miken, try this http://www.digitalphotorecovery.co.uk/

mr_fishbulb

I don't know if thoses image recovery programs work with a card error. I think it's gone

windym_2

I used one once before (can't remember which one it was though!) and I think all it did was repair the path names. I understood that unless you reformat, when you delete the photos it only deletes the path??? That's what I read on some website or other anyway, but it's probably total rubbish!

miken

Thanks for the advice, I will try them all and if the worst comes to the worst, buy a new chip.

CIS

I understood that unless you reformat, when you delete the photos it only deletes the path??? That's what I read on some website or other anyway, but it's probably total rubbish!

Its actually right to a point. When windows has to delete a file, it marks the file name with a special character indicating its not needed, and hides the file path. When windows decides to use the space allocated previously to the unwanted file, it overwrites the file, otherwise it just sits there on the hard drive making it possible to recover it.