Digital camera unplugged before ejecting - HELP!!
My friend was using my computer and unplugged my camera without ejecting it. Now when I plug it back in and turn it on it doesn't appear on the desktop like it used to, nor in the finder, nor does iPhoto automatically open. However, I can see it in Disk Utility.
When I try to repair the disk it says this:
Verify and Repair disk “PENTAX S4I”
** /dev/disk1s1
** Phase 1 - Read FAT
** Phase 2 - Check Cluster Chains
** Phase 3 - Checking Directories
Unable to read directory (Invalid argument)
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 non HFS volume checked
1 volume could not be repaired because of an error
However, if I take out the SD memory card the camera works as it used to, which leads me to believe the card itself was damaged. Here are my questions:
*If the card is damaged, is there any way to repair it?
*Even if the card is unsavable, can I still get the pictures off some other way?
*If I buy a new memory card for the camera, will everything be ok, or is there some problem with how the camera, the card, and the computer communicate?
*If I am able to get the photos off, could I then erase the card and reformat it somehow so that it could be used again?
Also:
In Disk Utility, the camera appears as an orange external drive symbol called "969.3 MB Pentax Digit..." and there is a sub-drive listed under it called "Pentax S4i". When I click on this sub-drive, which is grey font instead of black font, it says down below "Mount Point: Not Mounted" and "Format: MS-DOS File System (FAT16)". However, when I plug in the camera without the card in there the names of the drives are different and everything is fine.
Thank you to anyone with advice!!
Powerbook G$ Mac OS X (10.4.8) 15" 1.67 GHz 512 MB DDR SDRAM
When I try to repair the disk it says this:
Verify and Repair disk “PENTAX S4I”
** /dev/disk1s1
** Phase 1 - Read FAT
** Phase 2 - Check Cluster Chains
** Phase 3 - Checking Directories
Unable to read directory (Invalid argument)
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 non HFS volume checked
1 volume could not be repaired because of an error
However, if I take out the SD memory card the camera works as it used to, which leads me to believe the card itself was damaged. Here are my questions:
*If the card is damaged, is there any way to repair it?
*Even if the card is unsavable, can I still get the pictures off some other way?
*If I buy a new memory card for the camera, will everything be ok, or is there some problem with how the camera, the card, and the computer communicate?
*If I am able to get the photos off, could I then erase the card and reformat it somehow so that it could be used again?
Also:
In Disk Utility, the camera appears as an orange external drive symbol called "969.3 MB Pentax Digit..." and there is a sub-drive listed under it called "Pentax S4i". When I click on this sub-drive, which is grey font instead of black font, it says down below "Mount Point: Not Mounted" and "Format: MS-DOS File System (FAT16)". However, when I plug in the camera without the card in there the names of the drives are different and everything is fine.
Thank you to anyone with advice!!
Powerbook G$ Mac OS X (10.4.8) 15" 1.67 GHz 512 MB DDR SDRAM
