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  P2 Format Error – Card Won’t Mount

  Posted by Andrea Klipp on September 11, 2009 at 3:59 am

  Hi there~
  We have a 16 GB P2 E Series card that will not mount. We were shooting with the HVX200, and filled the card. The card was then put into a Powerbook G4 directly in the PCI slot to copy off to the external hard drive. The computer recognized the card Halfway through the transfer the computer locked up and froze. I had to force the computer down to restart it. When the computer came back up – the card was would not mount. I put it in another PowerBook G4 as well as a MacBook Pro, and in the other 2 computers, also the card was not recognized. Then I put the card back in the camera – and it said there was a “format error”.

  The card is recognized under Disk Utility, but if you run verify, it says it needs to be repaired, and if you try repair, it says:

  Verify and Repair disk “NO NAME”
  ** /dev/disk1s1
  Unknown filesystem version: f.ff
  Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit

  1 non HFS volume checked
  1 volume could not be repaired because of an error

  If anyone has had a similar experience – and has some feedback -that would be greatly appreciated. Not sure how it has become unreadable, as the computer was not “writing to the card” it was only reading from it.

  Thanks,
  Andrea

  Joel Guy replied 16 years, 9 months ago 4 Members · 5 Replies
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  Noah Kadner

  September 11, 2009 at 3:16 pm

  Might be fried… what happens when you put it into the camera?

  Noah

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  Jan Crittenden livingston

  September 11, 2009 at 3:31 pm

  Andrea,

  You should contact the Panasonic service Center in NJ or LA, they might be able to help you retrieve you footage. You should always have the write protect switch on as the Apple will write stuff to the card as it unloads. This becomes problematic when you have a very full card.

  If you are somewhere else in the world contact the Panasonic folks in your country.

  Good Luck,

  Jan

  Jan Crittenden Livingston
  Product Manager, HPX500, HPX300, HPX170, HVX200A
  Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems
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  Andrea Klipp

  September 11, 2009 at 3:34 pm

  Thanks Jan~
  Do you know if there is a contact in Canada? We are in Vancouver.
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  Noah Kadner

  September 12, 2009 at 12:06 am

  [Andrea Klipp] “Thanks Jan~
  Do you know if there is a contact in Canada? We are in Vancouver.”

  Sure assuming you have a warranty that covers your area, you should locate a service center (or is it centre) in the back of your manual.

  Noah

  Check out my book: RED: The Ultimate Guide to Using the Revolutionary Camera!. Unlock the secrets of the 24p, HD and Final Cut Studio.
  Now featuring the Sony EX1 Guidebook, Panasonic HVX200, and Panasonic DVX100.
  https://www.callboxlive.com
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  Joel Guy

  October 25, 2009 at 6:35 pm

  Jan, I shot a bunch of footage on 720/24pn and cranked it to 48p for slo-motion. It looks beautiful. A few of the shots I wanted to “double” the speed (switch speed to “200%”) but it looks pretty bad. Is there another step I should be doing?
  Thank you, Aloha,
  Joel

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