pnomanikon
Senior Member
That is a good work-around, but a new camera (especially one I saved up for 2 years to buy) should work as designed and not need shortcuts. Frustrating. Will call Adorama and Nikon today.
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Help Please! Noob keeps getting "Card Err" messages on D7200
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That is a good work-around, but a new camera (especially one I saved up for 2 years to buy) should work as designed and not need shortcuts. Frustrating. Will call Adorama and Nikon today.
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Horoscope Fish
Senior Member
Agreed.
Adorama is good people... I'd definitely start with them as Nikon's "customer service" is really pretty deplorable. Good luck.
pnomanikon
Senior Member
UPDATE: Called Adorama. They were nice, but I'm outside the 30-day window for return/exchange. They gave me the Nikon warranty #. Called Nikon, and the guy was helpful. Walked me through a thorough camera and card re-set, but the CardERR message still showed. He approved sending it in for warranty repair and gave me a ticket number. However, as a last ditch attempt, today I exchanged my SanDisk 64GB for a new one and will try that, just in case I got the 1-In-A-Million bad one. Stay tuned.
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Horoscope Fish
Senior Member
I was going to ask earlier but didn't... Have you tried reformatting the SD card in your computer? I don't mean reestablishing the folder system like you do when you reformat the card in-camera, I'm talking about full-blown reformat of the file system using FAT32. This is the only way to correct potentially bad sectors on the SD card. Formatting in-camera is NOT the same thing at all.
These are the steps for doing a true reformat of the SD cards file system.
And, I suppose it needs to be stated: Reformatting the SD card file system will irrevocably wipe-out/delete/erase anything and everything on the card. Everything.
Permanently.
Step 1: Bring up Desktop View
If you are not already in Desktop View, bring up Desktop View by pressing the Windows key + D on your keyboard.
Step 2: Open 'Computer'
Open up the 'Computer' window by pressing Windows key + E on your keyboard.
Step 3: Display right-click options
Your SD card should be displayed in the 'Devices with Removable Storage' section. Right-click on your SD card to bring up the right-click menu options. Select Format.
Step 4: Format the SD card
In the Format window make sure the correct File System is selected. It should be set to FAT32
Clear the check-box for "Quick Format"; you're going to do a proper of job things
Click Start
The formatting process will take several minutes... Like twenty, so put a kettle on the boil or something while you wait.
Once the formatting is complete, the dialog box will close and you can remove the SD card from your computer.
Step 5: Format the SD card in your camera and... Voilà! You're done.
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pnomanikon
Senior Member
No, I've heard of FAT32 but I'm not that computer savvy. I read somewhere in the book that the card should only be formatted in the camera and not to use one formatted elsewhere, so I was hesitant to go that route. I will try this new card first, and if that doesn't work, I may tap you on the shoulder for instructions if you don't mind. Thanks.
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pnomanikon
Senior Member
UPDATE: After installing the new SanDisk 64GB card, there have been no CardErr messages. Yeah! I have used the camera about a dozen times and maybe 200 shots, and everything works smoothly (even hooking up the USB cable and downloading photos to the computer).