Unable to use new xd card

loulou41

I still cannot use the xd fuji card I bought for Olympus mju 300, it will not let me format it. Took it to Jessops and they cannot do it as well. I get the message write protection in red. Any ideas, anybody? Thanks

brinky_2

Dont know if its the same thing but.... I have an Olympus C50z that can not cope with xd cards that have an 'H' or an 'M' which seems to be the majority of new cards.

The C50z can be made to work with the modern cards via a firmware update (free from Olympus) . maybe yours is the same too?

Try emailling Olympus on :

di.support@olympus-europa.com

Hope this helps.

dickibobboy

Have a go at this.

When you have a xd card that is write protected left click on the card icon to get to its first subfolder... right click on this and you will notice it is has the "read only" radio button selected. Unselect it and click apply. It will ask if you want to apply this to all sub folders and files select yes.

I also looked at pictures of the card and cant see it but on most memory cards there is a little switch like this


If yours has one make sure it isn't on.

loulou41

I cannot do anything the menu, as soon as I click on the card, I get this write protect & it will not let me do anything. Anyway, camera is with daughter I will tell her to try. Thnaks

dickibobboy

okay aswell. Put in the card. In My computer you should see 'removable disk' right click on that and do the same..

kevinwj

I have a finepix A340

Insert the card into the camera and using the camera menu, turn off the write protect.

In mine, with the front closed.

press the rear 'On' button,
Menu,
scroll across to the 'Key',
scroll up to 'reset all'
press 'ok'

Also use the camera to reformat the card..it is more reliable than using a pc.

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