How Can I Repair the Format on My Smart Media Card?

Use this (CardWiper):

http://tiara.datarescue.be/freefiles/cw103.zip

It will completely wipe the card, all images will be lost forever.

Then put the card back in the Olympus camera and format it there.

BUT : If you wish to recover some pictures first (PhotoRescue):

http://www.datarescue.com/photorescue/download_pc.htm

For "Best Practice" with Olympus/SmartMedia, see:

http://www.marshost.com/~rashmun/

The column on the right contains info from Olympus.

That should Mend It!

Steve K
May 2005

I think that you may have problems re-formating this media device. Have you tried formatting the card in the camera? I know Fuji have a format option, not sure if the same is true for Olympus.

Mike
May 2005