I did this to mine when I fist got the card reader. My camera had a
function to format the cards. You might try checking your camera for the
format option.

Peter Shkabara wrote:

>I think I goofed. My HP digital camera does not work well with my XP system,
>so I connected a USB Flash Memory Card reader to my computer. Not knowing
>any better, I tried to erase the Flash Card by selecting Quick Format on my
>Explorer options. Now the card is not recognized by the camera.
>
>Did I destroy the Flash Card, or is there some salvation?
>
>A secondary question is: can a Flash Card be erased by the computer through
>the card reader? As you can tell, I am new to the Flash Card reader stuff.
>
>Thanks for any help.
>
>Peter
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