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Help Me!!!

ok, so i have a Lumix (Panasonic DMC-LZ2) and i have just recently bought a kodak sd memory card and just the other day i went to take pictures and it said: memory card error format this card? yes no. i hit no and it asked again so i hit yes and then it went back to normal for a few minutes and then i tried to take a picture and it came back. what do i do. i had a lot of pictures on the card but it keeps saying to format it and i keep hitting yes and no and nothing happens. i cant even go to the menu. WHAT DO I DO!?

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could be a dud card, however if you have a card reader, you may be able to format the card through that.

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aladyforty

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so pretty much im out 50 dollars for the card if i use a card reader and that doesnt work either? that sucks big time. so thats all i can do?

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I was hoping someone else could help, dont take my word as gospel, there may be another way to sort it out. Dont throw it out just yet

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aladyforty

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is there a menu on the camera that will have format in it? I had a similar problem once and did not realise that I had to go to the menu on my camera and format the card from there. I will do a search and see if I can find anything out

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still trying to find out more

have a look at this in meantime for retrieval of the photos

http://www.pcinspector.de/smart_med.../uk/welcome.htm


how big is this SD card. If it is bigger that 1GB maybe this is the problem

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Last edited by aladyforty on Mar 15th, 2006 at 12:24 PM

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I would still get the card reader.

I just re read the first post. If the camera won't even go back to the main menu, perhaps it's not the card. I'd remove the batteries, clean all the contacts, both on the batteries and the camera, leave the batteries out for an hour, check the charge on the batteries, and then try again. First without the card, then with.

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