Trouble reading card
Jun 7, 2017 07:24:43 #
brenz wrote:
I have a Sandisk pro card. For some reason , I can't down load my photos on my computer It's not reading the card. Any advice. Thanks
Two issues here. are all of the pins correct in your reader? I have thrown several readers away because they have a couple of bent pins in the compact flash card reader port. Either that or I mark the port as no good by putting a piece of electrical tape over the opening. (the SD and other card slots still work on my multi-card readers. I no longer buy cameras that use compact flash cards because of their reliance on the "pin" interface. I use cameras that require SD or other more reliable cards. I do still have a Nikon D70s and it still works fine but the card readers go. This camera is primarily used by my wife and we've gone through 2 card readers in the last year.
Jun 7, 2017 07:27:26 #
rehess wrote:
The reason I have an old CF lying around is that I managed to ruin my old camera that used it; I inserted the card in an awkward manner, bent a pin in the camera, then completely ruined it trying to straighten the pin. For CF cards, I strongly recommend removing the card as seldom as possible, reading the card via the camera.
Right. There have been lots of posts here about damaged CF card pins. The camera can be repaired, of course, but it's not always worth the cost. My only CF camera is a D70 converted to infrared.
Jun 7, 2017 07:44:16 #
cmc65 wrote:
I would question the card reader before the card. If you have another card give it a try and see if that one works.
A CF card does not have a lock like an SD card.
Jun 7, 2017 07:46:22 #
Mac wrote:
On the left side of the card is a tab that slides up and down. Make sure it is up.
A CF card does not have a lock like an SD card. Duh!
Jun 7, 2017 08:28:21 #
CF cards do not have a lock switch. SD's do.
Mark
Mark
rjaywallace wrote:
Make very sure the card is not locked. Lock it, then unlock it carefully and then try the download again.
Jun 7, 2017 09:31:01 #
rehess wrote:
Thank you for the update!
I spent ten minutes staring at an old one I still have around, thinking I could post a picture of the tab in context of the unit, and I couldn't find it anywhere!
I spent ten minutes staring at an old one I still have around, thinking I could post a picture of the tab in context of the unit, and I couldn't find it anywhere!
When in doubt, the place to go is always Google Images.
Jun 7, 2017 09:50:08 #
Ny5y
Loc: Mississippi
Sometimes if the reader is internal to the computer it won't read certain size cards. Try a USB reader and see if that will work.
Jun 7, 2017 11:02:34 #
aellman wrote:
When in doubt, the place to go is always Google Images.
The op has a CF card not an SD card. No lock on the CF.
Jun 7, 2017 12:47:49 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Right. There have been lots of posts here about damaged CF card pins. The camera can be repaired, of course, but it's not always worth the cost. My only CF camera is a D70 converted to infrared.
CF card pins bend very easily. Learned this the hard way. My solution was to get a CF-SD adapter. You only insert the CF card once (very carefully). From then on, you insert an SD card into the CF adapter.
Jun 7, 2017 17:43:34 #
GaryU
Loc: Bellingham WA
I'm afraid that I have bought several counterfeit cards in the past. Only safe way to know is send an email to the manufacture with images and the part number/serial number. I received a reply from Samsung in two days. I destroyed the card.
Jun 7, 2017 21:19:35 #
brenz wrote:
I have a Sandisk pro card. For some reason , I can't down load my photos on my computer It's not reading the card. Any advice. Thanks
It is possible that the card is formatted as ExFAT, and that your card reader or OS only reads FAT. ExFAT lets your computer save files over 4GB. Just this week, I bought a 128 GB PNY USB 3 flash drive to store some large video files (over 4GB each!) for a class reunion. It came formatted for the lowest common denominator — FAT. I tried to save my files and got a nastygram from the OS. I promptly fired up Mac Disk Utility and reformatted the flash drive to ExFAT — problem solved!
Many older computers with card readers can't recognize ExFAT, or SDXC cards. There are also older card readers full of dust sucked in by the computer's cooling fan. They can't read anything.
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