Digital BW, The Print

I somehow fried my 256 mb flash card in my Canon G2.  I worked when I 
took the pictures but when I got home the camera told me that there 
was a card error and my card reader did not recognize the disk.  I 
have taken it through carry-on X-ray a number of times and cannon 
beleive that was the problem.  I would like to know what I did as 
these are not cheap and I would prefer not to do it again.  Any ideas 
appreciated.  As this really is off-topic please contact me at 
kobrins@....

Thanks,

Steve

Steve:

 

I have been able to "fix" several flash cards in this state very simply.

 

It seems the cards become inaccessible to the original camera when loading
or display is stopped by battery failure or user shutdown during writing or
reading the card.

 

I put the card in another brand or different version of a manufacturer's
camera and format it. Then it will work in the original camera after
reformatting there as well.

 

If the pictures are important, there are recovery programs which work with
external card readers connected to a computer.

 

Avery



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Avery,

Thanks.  It was a camera problem, rather than the card.  

Steve

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Avery Minor" 
<digital4mat@g...> wrote:
> Steve:
> 
>  
> 
> I have been able to "fix" several flash cards in this state very 
simply.
> 
>  
> 
> It seems the cards become inaccessible to the original camera when 
loading
> or display is stopped by battery failure or user shutdown during 
writing or
> reading the card.
> 
>  
> 
> I put the card in another brand or different version of a 
manufacturer's
> camera and format it. Then it will work in the original camera after
> reformatting there as well.
> 
>  
> 
> If the pictures are important, there are recovery programs which 
work with

> external card readers connected to a computer.
> 
>  
> 
> Avery
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]