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On Saturday night I was taking shots on my Canon 6D and everything was working fine for a time. All of the sudden, for no reason, the camera wouldn't turn on when I turned on the power switch. Neither LCD would show anything. It was like there was no battery in the camera.
Through a process of trial and elimination, I determined that the Transcend 8GB SDHC class 6 memory card, whenever it was inserted in the camera would make the camera not power up.
I had to remove the memory card AND temporarily remove the battery, to make the camera work again. It works fine with any other memory card, but when I stick the Transcend card back into the camera, it won't turn on until I remove that card AND remove/reinsert the battery.
I inserted that memory card in my computer card slot and it doesn't recognize it. I can see it tries to access it, the green LED blinks twice every 5 seconds, then remains lit. It keeps doing that, but the card doesn't show up in My Computer.
Every other card works just fine.
It appears that the card is defective. I'd like to get any photos off that card if I could, but no matter what device I plug it into, it reports that there is no card.
While the card is inserted in the memory card reader, if I click on Manage in My Computer, it won't show any hard disc drives in my computer - until I remove the Transcend memory card.
I realize the card is defective..... does anyone know if there is any brute force hardware device that I can use to retrieve any files, that doesn't require me to be running an operating system on a computer to access the card?
I think this is the first card in ten years that has gone bad on me. If I take that same memory card and put it in a 1D Mark III, it reports the card is not formatted, but if I try to format it in that camera, it fails.
It also fails to display any photos on the card in the Canon 1D Mark III. At least that camera doesn't die when it tries to access the card.
I'm willing to try anything to get the files off that card before throwing it away.
Any suggestions you can think I should try?
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