D7000 recording strange files

[unpopular]

If reformatting does not work, try writing the card to zero. You can do this on a Mac by choosing security settings in disk utility under the erase tab. I'm not sure about windows.

I was having trouble with my camera not recording JPEG previews, corrupt raw files and occasionally freezing up when accessing the card, reformatting didn't help, but writing zeros did.

 

[analog.universe]

FWIW, some of the odd files (7, actually) won't transfer to my hard drive, yet some did.

Were they the ones with the absurd file sizes?

My guess it the FAT was pointing to an address on the card that doesn't exist, for some or all of those files. This would make calculating the file size impossible, explaining the junk there. It would also explain why an entry shows up in a directory listing, but actually following the pointers in the FAT to get the data fails, because they're bad pointers.

 

[analog.universe]

If reformatting does not work, try writing the card to zero. You can do this on a Mac by choosing security settings in disk utility under the erase tab. I'm not sure about windows.

I was having trouble with my camera not recording JPEG previews, corrupt raw files and occasionally freezing up when accessing the card, reformatting didn't help, but writing zeros did.

Cool! I didn't know Mac's had this built in. I'd certainly try that. This is basically what that scrambler software does that I mentioned.

 

[480sparky]

Took the card in to the candy/toy store this afternoon. The lab guy took one look at the directory and said the card is totally corrupted.

So they swapped me for a new one. No charge.



Now.....get this... I still have the old card. They gave me a brand spankin' new one and told me to check my old card to make sure I have everything on it, then bring in back when I get a chance so they can get credit from the manufacturer. That's why I shop the local brick-n-mortar store!