please help with digi camera photo upload

woodess

I have been uploading my piccies via a sd memory card for about a year now and had no problems however today i am at a very loose end as when i insert my sd card it says on screen "you need to format the disc in drive F: before you can use it. I have been on the windows help but nothing makes sense i am fine with basics biut when it comes to changing anything i am useless.
Anyone help please!!!!
thankyou in advance

Mrs_Arcanum

What happens if you do not format the card on a regular basis is it can get corrupted as all the little bits of data are not cleared off completely when you only delete pictures.

There should be a menu item on the camera which allows a re-format of the card. Usually part of the tools menu. If you have either a Nikon DSLR or Lumix I can do step by step instructions.

woodess

Mrs_Arcanum wrote: »

What happens if you do not format the card on a regular basis is it can get corrupted as all the little bits of data are not cleared off completely when you only delete pictures.

There should be a menu item on the camera which allows a re-format of the card. Usually part of the tools menu. If you have either a Nikon DSLR or Lumix I can do step by step instructions.

All i have is
Format
cancel
or execute

Darkmatter_2

Hi,

You should be able to use it still

try going to "My Computer" then right click on the SD card (f: in your case) and click open.

it should have all the pictures there, its annoying but its a quick fix.

googler

If you put the card back in the camera, can you browse the pictures on the camera?

If so, find the USB lead that came with the camera, plug it into the camera and a USB port on the PC, and when the PC recognises the camera as an external drive, Explore the folders within it, and find the pictures you still need to copy.

Copy/paste these onto the hard drive on your PC.

DO THIS BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING ELSE, ESPECIALLY FORMATTING THE CARD - IF YOU FORMAT THE CARD, YOU WILL LOSE ALL THE PICTURES ON IT

woodess

Darkmatter wrote: »

Hi,

You should be able to use it still

try going to "My Computer" then right click on the SD card (f: in your case) and click open.

it should have all the pictures there, its annoying but its a quick fix.

oh gosh i dont appear to have an F: there are only d's c's etc

woodess

googler wrote: »

If you put the card back in the camera, can you browse the pictures on the camera?

If so, find the USB lead that came with the camera, plug it into the camera and a USB port on the PC, and when the PC recognises the camera as an external drive, Explore the folders within it, and find the pictures you still need to copy.

Copy/paste these onto the hard drive on your PC.

DO THIS BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING ELSE, ESPECIALLY FORMATTING THE CARD - IF YOU FORMAT THE CARD, YOU WILL LOSE ALL THE PICTURES ON IT

done this and it says its malfunctioned gggrrr

sandsy

Have you tried rebooting your PC?
This happened to me once and it occurred because I'd accidentally 'ejected' my card reader drive. Rebooting enabled it again and it was able to read my SD card.

woodess

sandsy wrote: »

Have you tried rebooting your PC?
This happened to me once and it occurred because I'd accidentally 'ejected' my card reader drive. Rebooting enabled it again and it was able to read my SD card.

I will give this a go many thanks

Dave_C_2

Cause of problem: not reformatting the SD card in the camera often enough.

Solution: use Recuva to get the files off your SD card. Do this before you re-format

HTH, Dave

SimplySaveMoney

I don't have any suggestions, but can anyone offer tips to prevent it from happening? (I take a lot of pictures and am now worried it could happen to me!) How do you reformat an SD card in the camera? How often is enough?