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Flash card reader: write problem...
Hi everyones! Thanks to read.
I've bought an internal Flash card reader/floppy drive combo that you can see he http://www.directron.com/fa404.html I'm running it under Windows98SE with the appropriate driver (Win2000/ME/XP doesn't need a driver). I've cheated since i'll buy my digicam only in a week or two, but i wanted to get done at setting up the card reader 1st. I've bought also an SD 256Mb card from Transcend. Tested the reader with a friend's Memory Stick and could read his pictures without any problem. Later during the evening, i did some tests with my 256Mb SD card. I tried to transfer files to it and then discovered a problem. For a few files there's no problem, but when i try to write hundreds of .jpg files (no i'm not exceding the capacity of the card...!), i eventually end up by geting the message: "The directory or file cannot be created" and the transfer stops. What have been transfered before this error message appears is ok. When i get this message, i can't add more files to the card. I've deleted all the contents of the card, then retried. Got the same message. I thought it was because of the file naming (because of french, i often use different accented characters), so i copied the the files to a new folder, then with ACDSee i did a batch rename for all the files, renaming them 000-001-002...and so on. When trying again to write those newly renamed files, i get the same error. I'm able to write to the card a little more files (about 300 out of 748, instead of the 153), but the write process stops when the same amount of files have been transfered each time i try. I don't have any clue. I've checked the supportFAQ section of Mitsumi's web site, but could not find anything about this problem. Found instead the deceiving message: "Important Notice for Mitsumi Product Owners: Mitsumi does not offer repair services, repair parts, and does not have an authorized repair shop." Well...nice! :-( I'm searching on Google at the time i'm writing this, hoping that i'll find something. Have any idea about my problem? Thanks for any useful replies. -- Alain(alias:Kilowatt) Montréal Québec PS: 1000 excuses for errors or omissions, i'm a "pure" french canadian! :-) Come to visit me at: http://kilowatt.camarades.com (If replying also by e-mail, remove "no spam" from the adress.) |
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"KILOWATT" wrote in message ... Hi everyones! Thanks to read. I've bought an internal Flash card reader/floppy drive combo that you can see he http://www.directron.com/fa404.html I'm running it under Windows98SE with the appropriate driver (Win2000/ME/XP doesn't need a driver). I've cheated since i'll buy my digicam only in a week or two, but i wanted to get done at setting up the card reader 1st. I've bought also an SD 256Mb card from Transcend. Tested the reader with a friend's Memory Stick and could read his pictures without any problem. Later during the evening, i did some tests with my 256Mb SD card. I tried to transfer files to it and then discovered a problem. For a few files there's no problem, but when i try to write hundreds of .jpg files (no i'm not exceding the capacity of the card...!), i eventually end up by geting the message: "The directory or file cannot be created" and the transfer stops. What have been transfered before this error message appears is ok. There is a limit of how many files you can put into a single directory... Can you put folders onto the memory stick? Can you put more files into those folders? |
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How about formatting the memory card first?
Interesting - I ordered one of those combo drives 2 days ago. |
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"Noozer" wrote in
news:s_puc.591957$Pk3.185256@pd7tw1no: "KILOWATT" wrote in message ... Hi everyones! Thanks to read. I've bought an internal Flash card reader/floppy drive combo that you can see he http://www.directron.com/fa404.html I'm running it under Windows98SE with the appropriate driver (Win2000/ME/XP doesn't need a driver). I've cheated since i'll buy my digicam only in a week or two, but i wanted to get done at setting up the card reader 1st. I've bought also an SD 256Mb card from Transcend. Tested the reader with a friend's Memory Stick and could read his pictures without any problem. Later during the evening, i did some tests with my 256Mb SD card. I tried to transfer files to it and then discovered a problem. For a few files there's no problem, but when i try to write hundreds of .jpg files (no i'm not exceding the capacity of the card...!), i eventually end up by geting the message: "The directory or file cannot be created" and the transfer stops. What have been transfered before this error message appears is ok. There is a limit of how many files you can put into a single directory... Can you put folders onto the memory stick? Can you put more files into those folders? There is a limit of 512 files in the Root directory of a FAT16 drive, but no practical limit to the number of files in a directory (folder). So to solve Kilowatt's problem, create a folder on the SD card and copy the files into that. Alternatively format the card as FAT32 which doesn't have the root limitation - the disadvantage being that many digital cameras don't support the FAT32 file system. |
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Thanks a lot for all your replies!
By searching on Google, i've found 2 interesting URLs: The following describes a similar problem with someone's ZIP drive and the answer from Iomega about his problem. http://members.cox.net/nilshoke/Comp...ner%200301.htm (scroll down to the section with the phrase: "Frank Fiederlein ran into a strange problem with his 100 MB Zip drive..." ) This one also explains pretty much (so you did! :-) ) the cause of my problem. http://home.merlin.mb.ca/~kolson/tecnotes/19971103.html Thanks anyway for your replies, since they confirmed that my problem was exactly related to file system limitations. Now by copying the content to a folder instead of the root, all the files are transfered without this error message. Nice of you to reply so quickly...i appreciate! -- Alain(alias:Kilowatt) Montréal Québec PS: 1000 excuses for errors or omissions, i'm a "pure" french canadian! :-) Come to visit me at: http://kilowatt.camarades.com (If replying also by e-mail, remove "no spam" from the adress.) |
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Be sure to reformat the SD card in your camera before use! You may not get
any warning of impending doom for your photographs. "RFJ" wrote in message ... "Noozer" wrote in news:s_puc.591957$Pk3.185256@pd7tw1no: "KILOWATT" wrote in message ... Hi everyones! Thanks to read. I've bought an internal Flash card reader/floppy drive combo that you can see he http://www.directron.com/fa404.html I'm running it under Windows98SE with the appropriate driver (Win2000/ME/XP doesn't need a driver). I've cheated since i'll buy my digicam only in a week or two, but i wanted to get done at setting up the card reader 1st. I've bought also an SD 256Mb card from Transcend. Tested the reader with a friend's Memory Stick and could read his pictures without any problem. Later during the evening, i did some tests with my 256Mb SD card. I tried to transfer files to it and then discovered a problem. For a few files there's no problem, but when i try to write hundreds of .jpg files (no i'm not exceding the capacity of the card...!), i eventually end up by geting the message: "The directory or file cannot be created" and the transfer stops. What have been transfered before this error message appears is ok. There is a limit of how many files you can put into a single directory... Can you put folders onto the memory stick? Can you put more files into those folders? There is a limit of 512 files in the Root directory of a FAT16 drive, but no practical limit to the number of files in a directory (folder). So to solve Kilowatt's problem, create a folder on the SD card and copy the files into that. Alternatively format the card as FAT32 which doesn't have the root limitation - the disadvantage being that many digital cameras don't support the FAT32 file system. |
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BACK TO THE BASICS, HUH?
Cool...it works. Thanks to the quikie from RF KILOWATT wrote: Thanks a lot for all your replies! By searching on Google, i've found 2 interesting URLs: The following describes a similar problem with someone's ZIP drive and the answer from Iomega about his problem. http://members.cox.net/nilshoke/Comp...ner%200301.htm (scroll down to the section with the phrase: "Frank Fiederlein ran into a strange problem with his 100 MB Zip drive..." ) This one also explains pretty much (so you did! :-) ) the cause of my problem. http://home.merlin.mb.ca/~kolson/tecnotes/19971103.html Thanks anyway for your replies, since they confirmed that my problem was exactly related to file system limitations. Now by copying the content to a folder instead of the root, all the files are transfered without this error message. Nice of you to reply so quickly...i appreciate! -- Alain(alias:Kilowatt) Montréal Québec PS: 1000 excuses for errors or omissions, i'm a "pure" french canadian! :-) Come to visit me at: http://kilowatt.camarades.com (If replying also by e-mail, remove "no spam" from the adress.) |
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Cool...it works. Thanks to the quikie from RF Yes FiSH...you gonna' love this thing! ;-) |
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