Is my camera's SD card defective/bad? Should I format it?

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Hello. I have a question about what to do with my camera’s SD Card. I tried to google the problem, but none of the results that I looked at seemed to answer my question.

I have a Fujifilm Finepix Jz100 camera and a 8GB SDHC Sandisk SD card in it. I formatted the SD card with my camera as soon as I got the card. The rechargeable battery rarely gets taken out of the camera, save for when I recharge it. I also take a lot of pictures. Would either one of those factors cause problems?

For about a week, the SD card worked fine. However, yesterday, when I turned on the camera to take a picture, “SD Card Error” appeared on the camera’s screen. The camera worked perfectly fine besides the fact that I couldn’t take pictures or look at the other pictures on the SD card.

I took out the SD card, blew in the SD card slot in the camera, and put the card back in. Then everything worked fine again and has ever since. I even put the SD card in my computer and everything seemed okay. There didn’t seem to be any corrupted files or the like.

So, I was wondering, is this a sign of a defective/bad SD card? Should I format it or was this incident just a random malfunction that I can ignore?

Thanks in advance! :slight_smile:
Best regards.
-Misuzu

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I’d ignore it for now if it’s working alright, SD cards tend to have their little glitches now an again.

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Wow, that was quick! :o

I kind of assumed that’s what it was. But I’m not exactly a genius when it comes to this kind of stuff. So I wanted to make sure.

Anyway, thanks a lot Craig! :smiley:

Have a nice day.
-Misuzu

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http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/screenshots/u/Lh/1404804392762-32518.png

Hope that helps. :slight_smile:

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I’m no genius either :stuck_out_tongue:

Your welcome :slight_smile:

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@bob3160: Thanks for the tip! I actually never thought of cleaning that part of the SD card. I usually just blow in the card slot in the camera.

@CraigB: Well, you’re more of a genius when it comes to this stuff than I am. :stuck_out_tongue:

Thanks for all your help guys.
Best regards.
-Misuzu

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I’d go so far to say I’m familiar with this stuff ( along way from genius ) :wink:

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If the contacts are dirty, it can have the same effect as not having a card in the camera. :slight_smile: