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From: fly.into@wanadoo.nl (WJ)
Newsgroups: fj.comp.dev.digital-camera
Subject: Re: Memory error on Apacer Compact Flash card
Date: 9 Feb 2005 13:22:15 -0800
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Era <era@nomail.none> wrote in message news:<41f476c7$1@clarion.carno.net.au>...
> I have an Apacer 512MB Compact Flash card that is showing "memory error" 
> when l use it on my Canon Powershot A95 camera. I cannot take 
> anypicture, or view it from the camera.
> 
> I have also tried a card reader, and it was not able to read it too.
> 
> I think the photos that l have taken are unable to be recovered!!! As l 
> bought the card from the "market", anyone knows whom l should contact 
> for a replacement?(its only 6 months old and should be covered under 
> warranty. I have been to www.apacer.com (its a foreign site and does not 
> address this issue!!!) I may have to wait for a few weekends to come by 
> where l will have to go back to hte seller at the Computer Fair
> 
> Thanks in advance.

Had the same problem few weeks ago. 
It happened in my Minolta 7i; card was not regonized anymore.
Also not accessible in two different CF-card readers.
Could salvage my pictures in two ways:
- reading it in a Canon Digital Ixus 430 by its USB-interface
- by CF-reader of my Archos Gmini 400

So my advise is find a friend with a (newer) CF-camera !!!

What I think happened: FAT was corrupt because severall pictures 
could only partial be saved and other pictures had an illegal
second SOI or SOFn JPEG marking. If someone knows who to solves 
this please let me know:-)

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