1. Read http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-7593-0.html?forumID=58&threadID=40853&messageID=479234
2. If you scratch it, I can only wonder why we do that. Yes, this is one of the issues of this card but rarely comes up. In fact in over 5 years I've only run into one damaged card. The card was unprotected in a pocket of coins and they went hiking for a week.
"Ok, so don't do that."
Bob
My Smart Media memory card seems to have been damaged and now I cannot download any of the photos stored on the disk. When I turn on my camera, it just says "card error" and will not even work. I tried taking the memory card to the local photo shops to see if there machines could read the data but all of them had the same problem. Is there anyway of repairing the memory card and retrieving the photos? They were all pictures of my father's 60th birthday party!!
I think it may have happened when the card was full and I took it out to put in a empty card. Are the Smart Media cards easier to damage because of the large surface area which seems quite easy to scratch?

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