Problems formatting a PNY 1 Gig SD Card in Coolpix E5100

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The machines I've used seem to know to search directories. My guess is all
cameras would use directories although obviously I can only speak for the
cameras I have owned. Sounds like the card is screwed up, get in touch with
PNY for a possible exchange. If you're lucky they might be able to save the
pics.
Dave Cohen

"Berry" <pberry@mts.net> wrote in message
news:EWDne.2081$mN.24363@news1.mts.net...
>I recently purchased a PNY 1 Gig SD card for my Coolpix E5100 and it worked
> fine. I took the card in to Walmart to get some of the pictures developed
> using one of their "picture maker" machines. The card was working
> perfectly
> before using the machine, but when inserted in to the machine it couldn't
> find any of the pictures. The employees at Walmart said that it was
> probably because the pictures were stored in directories. However now the
> camera won't accept the card, it keeps showing an error message "this card
> cannot be used" and won't allow me to even format the card in the camera.
> I
> have a card reader that is capable of reading and writing and used to read
> the card fine, but now it doesn't want to recognize the card. Some times
> it
> reads it fine sometimes it says "insert card" Even when the card is read
> in
> the reader I can't format it because it says it is write protected
> eventhough it's not locked. I should mention that I have never been able
> to
> write or delete anything off this card using the card reader because it's
> write protected, yet I can write and delete off a Compact Flash card with
> the same reader no problem.
>
> Any help would be welcomed. Thanks
>
>

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I've tried it both ways, on and off. Doesn't make a difference.

"David J Taylor" <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.not-this-bit.nor-this-part.uk>
wrote in message news:bJFne.43987$G8.14834@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> Berry wrote:
> []
> > Even when the
> > card is read in the reader I can't format it because it says it is
> > write protected eventhough it's not locked. I should mention that I
> > have never been able to write or delete anything off this card using
> > the card reader because it's write protected, yet I can write and
> > delete off a Compact Flash card with the same reader no problem.
> >
> > Any help would be welcomed. Thanks
>
> Is the write-protect switch "On"?
>
>

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This is interesting because, I recently went to Walmart (05/17/05) and
the Picture-Maker machine could not read my card. I have not been able
to write to the card from a PC after that. I even wondered if the
incident at Walmart was the problem (before reading this post). The
stange thing is my PalmPilot writes to the card with no problem.

Berry wrote:
> I recently purchased a PNY 1 Gig SD card for my Coolpix E5100 and it worked
> fine. I took the card in to Walmart to get some of the pictures developed
> using one of their "picture maker" machines. The card was working perfectly
> before using the machine, but when inserted in to the machine it couldn't
> find any of the pictures. The employees at Walmart said that it was
> probably because the pictures were stored in directories. However now the
> camera won't accept the card, it keeps showing an error message "this card
> cannot be used" and won't allow me to even format the card in the camera. I
> have a card reader that is capable of reading and writing and used to read
> the card fine, but now it doesn't want to recognize the card. Some times it
> reads it fine sometimes it says "insert card" Even when the card is read in
> the reader I can't format it because it says it is write protected
> eventhough it's not locked. I should mention that I have never been able to
> write or delete anything off this card using the card reader because it's
> write protected, yet I can write and delete off a Compact Flash card with
> the same reader no problem.
>
> Any help would be welcomed. Thanks