ok, my 256mb CompactFlash card effed up. cant format it from the digi-cam- it fails and give me the failed to format error msg. so ive put it into the external card reader- and its there, but doesnt show that it is- i can click the drive (E:) properties, and it lists it as a RAW file sytem 0 bytes used, 0 bytes avail. i tell it to format, and it says disk cannot be formatted- i've tried command prompt:
format e: /fs:fat but no luck- how can i get this card back up and running- if i can get it to some file type, then maybe my camera will reformat to the correct format?

 

Is the card locked by chance?

Other than that I got nothing.

Maybe go into computer management and see if you can creat a partition on it. I'll have to look at my 32mb CF card.....

 

Yeah, it won't let me mess with partitions on the flash card. Sorry

 

it doesnt show up as useable, so i cant touch it in comp management.... i get an ioctl error when i try and chkdsk- im trying to work with diskpart right now, but cant get it to pick a drive... if i can make a partition, then i can reformat

 

Who is the manufacturer

 

its a fujifilm card- i've emailed them, and sandisk asking for the steps to correct failed reformatting- Sandisk lists the steps to correct this problem, but they arent for XP bases- only on lower models, and well xp uses different cmd prompts. fujifilm is willing to send me a new card if i send them mine- i'd like to try and fix it-cause all it really entails is a simple reformatting first before i send it away

 

what commands dont work for XP?

 

go to start>help and support> search: scandisk the results will showup on the left, click the "new ways to do familiar tasks" it will give you a chart