Problem with xD card in olympus c-350

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Hi guys, apologies if this has been covered before - I've looked back in
the archive and can't find a reference.

Lately my trusty c-350 has developed a rather strange problem:

When using my 128mb card, photos are taken okay and show up on the
camera, however when attempting to load onto my computer a variety of
errors come up. Sometimes some of the photos will copy across and then
from a certain photo onward they are all inaccessible (this does not
happen at the same photo each time as far as I can determine). However
these inaccessible photos do display thumbnails in windows explorer.

I have a little 16mb card which works fine, so I assume the problem is
in the 128mb card, however reformatting and using fresh batteries is
not making the problem go away. I think the problem started when I
switched to Uniross 2300 maH batteries after using energisers I
purchased in NZ (well, both happened at the same time).

Anyway, what I want to know is if my card has been permanently damaged
somehow by over/under voltage batteries.

Or is the problem the new batteries?

Or something else?

Thanks in advance
Simon R

ps comments on my website
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/simonrev
(all taken with the c-350) also welcome (if any of them are any good?)


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simonrev