My procedure also. Kenneth Waller
----- Original Message ----- From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Something is wrong (with my K10D) > On 13/1/07, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>When I bought my K10D I also bought a TwinMOS 1GB 150x memory card. The >>first one broke (camera would display "memory card error" message) after >>about 250 images. I have replaced this card with another one of the same >>kind. >> >>Now I am getting very strange messages. They appeared just before the >>previous card broke done: >> >>I would take a shot. Then I would insert it to my SanDisk 12 in 1 card >>reader and try to *move* files from the card on to my hard drive. The >>files would copy, but Windows would refuse to delete them saying that >>"disk is write protected". Of course the lock switch on the card is in >>unlocked position. >> >>So now I have to delete all or format my card each time I am done >>copying my stuff. >> >>What is wrong? Is there some kind of basic incompatibility here? Or do I >>have to, G-d forbid, have my camera inspected by service center? > > Boris, this may not help you, but as a matter of course, I always let > the camera format the card and never the computer. I treat it as though > the card belongs to the camera, is owned by it, should be 'looked after' > by the camera, and is simply loaned to the computer to offload images. > Once back in the camera, I always reformat the card prior to further > use. Touch wood, I have never had a problem this way. I have had some > problems before adopting this protocol by trying to wipe a card by using > the computer. > > HTH > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
