You and I and William Robb for that matter are using the same card reader. Mine is SD IM 12-in-1... You see, I am using this very cable for quite some time and it is very strange that for all other devices including CF slot of the same reader it works, while on SD cards it does not. I am afraid what mr. Robb suggested may be correct.
On 1/23/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You might have inadvertently slid the lock tab on the card. > > Which Sandisk reader are you using? I've been using the Sandisk > ImageMate 12-in-1 USB 2.0 reader since Spring 2006. It's been > extremely reliable for CF, SD and Memory Stick media. But there's > always the possibility that whatever one you have could have a > fault ... almost always the cable is the first suspect. > > (I downloaded and installed the fw update last evening too. I was > quite surprised to see that it preserved all my settings! Bravo, > Pentax!) > > Godfrey > > On Jan 23, 2007, at 2:24 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > > > Today morning I decided to upgrade the firmware of my camera. Thanks > > Rob for the link. So I took the card (Sand Disk the original) out, > > copied the bin file and performed the procedure. Everything went fine > > and, in fact, all my settings were preserved in the process. > > > > Then I inserted the card back to the reader in order to delete the bin > > file and whoopla - "Cannot delete file, disk is write protected" error > > appeared. I formatted the card in the camera and went on with my life > > ;-). > > > > Now, big question: it would appear that SandDisk 12 in 1 card reader > > that I have either has defective SD slot or is too old anyway. Do I > > buy a new one? Do I simply use the cable given the with the camera to > > transfer the files? After all I only have just one card. Or may be > > there is something that I overlook completely? > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
