SD card unusable after fill it up.

j.mbwun · 07-13-2007, 03:28 PM

Are you familiar with SD card damage (logical, not physical) because over shooting on them?

I am using Kingston SD/512Mb and this is the second time I got a unusable card because let if fill (meaning that the camera reports "memory card is full").

I could salvage (copy/download) most of the files but after that time, the card becomes unusable. Neihter the card could be formatted nor the ureadable files erased.

I give up on file recovering (some good photos lost) but I am trying to recover the card. Or, are they disposable?

Best regards.
J.

wlachan · 07-13-2007, 05:56 PM

I don't know, but maybe that particular card or model wasn't made or designed properly so they were allowed overfilled?

**barondla** · 07-13-2007, 08:10 PM

Have not used that brand. The Lexar, Sandisk, Patriot, Transcend, Olympus, and Fuji cards have never had a problem being totally filled then deleted or formated. Have only used the 1st four brands in a Pentax. Something is wrong with your card/camera. Cards aren't disposable like that.
thanks
barondla

George Lama · 07-18-2007, 07:44 PM

Kingston is a good brand so I doubt it's just a manufacturing issue with two different cards.

I would suggest you put the card on your computer and format it in there. Unless you somehow switched the Lock switch on, there's no reason why it should get stuffed up beyond usage.

Like barondla said, I've never had any problem filling up SanDisk, Lexar, Kodak, or Sony cards (Memory Sticks, Compact Flash Cards, and SD cards), so your issue is quite baffling.

Photo Tramp · 07-19-2007, 01:59 AM

Try a regular 1gb or 2gb Scandisk card (brand name scandisk). Have you upgraded the firmware? This may be something to look into. there have been some upgrades and your camera may require one. (just a thought) a larger card may also give you the space needed. Remember When you format a card there is some disk space required and takes up space on the card. Depending on which camera you have a 512 card is way to small any more.

If you don't have the money for a 1gb card to try, PM me I have a couple I don't use (used and tested to be good) I'll see you get one.

j.mbwun · 07-19-2007, 03:35 PM

Thanks man, I will consider your offer. But my post was to gather infromation in order to discard problems with my camera. Anyway, surfing this site I found quite some posts refering to cards problems (not reading, can't format, etc) which are not too different from mine and any of them has a reason nor solution.

J.

smcclelland · 07-19-2007, 04:14 PM

It's not the camera, I fried a GXT 1gb card when I got my K100D while shooting RAW at the Canadian Grand Prix. Flash memory is iffy, it's much more volatile than say physical drives (hard-drives) and generally they have a certain life span (X number of read/writes before failure). My GXT was just plain crap, ended up taking it back to Future Shop because I had it filled with RAW pictures but none could be copied off the card, couldn't even delete or format the card it would throw a write error.

Could just be a bad card, I have a Kingston in my Treo for work documents and haven't had any issues; i shoot with Sandisk Extreme III's and Transcend 150x's for my K100D and haven't had a problem yet *knock on wood*

-s

07-13-2007, 03:28 PM	#1
j.mbwun Inactive Account Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Mexico Posts: 19	SD card unusable after fill it up. Are you familiar with SD card damage (logical, not physical) because over shooting on them? I am using Kingston SD/512Mb and this is the second time I got a unusable card because let if fill (meaning that the camera reports "memory card is full"). I could salvage (copy/download) most of the files but after that time, the card becomes unusable. Neihter the card could be formatted nor the ureadable files erased. I give up on file recovering (some good photos lost) but I am trying to recover the card. Or, are they disposable? Best regards. J.

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07-13-2007, 05:56 PM	#2
wlachan Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Canada Photos: Albums Posts: 2,625	I don't know, but maybe that particular card or model wasn't made or designed properly so they were allowed overfilled?

07-13-2007, 08:10 PM	#3
barondla Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: midwest, United States Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,715	Have not used that brand. The Lexar, Sandisk, Patriot, Transcend, Olympus, and Fuji cards have never had a problem being totally filled then deleted or formated. Have only used the 1st four brands in a Pentax. Something is wrong with your card/camera. Cards aren't disposable like that. thanks barondla

07-18-2007, 07:44 PM	#4
George Lama Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Buffalo/Rochester, NY Photos: Albums Posts: 1,133	Kingston is a good brand so I doubt it's just a manufacturing issue with two different cards. I would suggest you put the card on your computer and format it in there. Unless you somehow switched the Lock switch on, there's no reason why it should get stuffed up beyond usage. Like barondla said, I've never had any problem filling up SanDisk, Lexar, Kodak, or Sony cards (Memory Sticks, Compact Flash Cards, and SD cards), so your issue is quite baffling.

07-19-2007, 01:59 AM	#5
Photo Tramp Inactive Account Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Lancaster, PA. Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,041	Try a regular 1gb or 2gb Scandisk card (brand name scandisk). Have you upgraded the firmware? This may be something to look into. there have been some upgrades and your camera may require one. (just a thought) a larger card may also give you the space needed. Remember When you format a card there is some disk space required and takes up space on the card. Depending on which camera you have a 512 card is way to small any more. If you don't have the money for a 1gb card to try, PM me I have a couple I don't use (used and tested to be good) I'll see you get one.

07-19-2007, 03:35 PM	#6
j.mbwun Inactive Account Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Mexico Posts: 19 Original Poster	Thanks man, I will consider your offer. But my post was to gather infromation in order to discard problems with my camera. Anyway, surfing this site I found quite some posts refering to cards problems (not reading, can't format, etc) which are not too different from mine and any of them has a reason nor solution. J.

07-19-2007, 04:14 PM	#7
smcclelland Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 168	It's not the camera, I fried a GXT 1gb card when I got my K100D while shooting RAW at the Canadian Grand Prix. Flash memory is iffy, it's much more volatile than say physical drives (hard-drives) and generally they have a certain life span (X number of read/writes before failure). My GXT was just plain crap, ended up taking it back to Future Shop because I had it filled with RAW pictures but none could be copied off the card, couldn't even delete or format the card it would throw a write error. Could just be a bad card, I have a Kingston in my Treo for work documents and haven't had any issues; i shoot with Sandisk Extreme III's and Transcend 150x's for my K100D and haven't had a problem yet knock on wood -s