Originally posted by bt*ist Hello,
I've got an SD memory card issue and I've spent the usual three or four hours online trying without success looking for solutions.
The problem:
* If I put the card into my Pentax K10D it comes up with an onscreen message 'The Card is Electronically locked'. The manual for the camera suggests that this is different to 'the card is locked'. FYI : the little switch-lock thing on the side of the card is unlocked and has been toggled back and forth numerous times. I can't take photos on the card, and I can't access images on the card.
Further information:
* In my Nikon Coolpix which also takes SD cards, the error message when the card is inserted reads 'This Card Cannot Be Used'
* In my laptop's SD card slot the card is not accessible, and in the hardware section the drive has a yellow exclamation mark sign and further investigation says that there is a 'code 10' error with the card. All other SD cards in my collection are fine. Apparently the error code 10 can mean anything from a CD drive to DVD drive to external device generic error/failure/problem.
* I have tried numerous image recovery software packages and not one has yet been able to locate the drive that the card is in, let alone recover anything from it
The card was not subject to any particular stresses, damage, liquids or chemicals that every other card in my collection wasn't also subjected to (ie. none), and it gave no hint of trouble during the time it was used, up to and including review of images while the card was in the camera.
Does anyone have any experience with this issue and any possible solutions for it?
Sometimes cards can be recovered on a Mac, when they are not working under Windows (and in camera) anymore. Other than that, the only option is: trashing.
I mean, I would trash that card anyway, even if I could recover the images on it, because it is bound to give more trouble in the future.
Ben