DCIM corrupted files

[Alyn Essman]

I have a number of unreadable files and folders on my DCIM removable media. I can't open them and can't rename. When I try to do so, I am informed that they can't be read or opened. At first one or two showed up as I used the removable media from my camera, but as I continue to use and recover images, more of these files appear.

Is there any way to delete or dispose of them?

 

[Nodsu]

Reformat the media using the camera if possible.

 

[Ph30nIX]

As nodsu said, but also, do you access them from a USB---> CAMERA or from a card reader.

It also could be a corrupt card, i has one just a little bit ago, nothing would work, just thinks its full and cant copy anything off it, lost heaps of stuff, but lucky i got the stuff from my overseas trip ebfore it happened.

Ph30nix

 

[Alyn Essman]

Thanks to both of you. The problem appears not to be with the media. The media shows clear (no file) in the camera, but when I insert it into the computer and view it as removable media in the my computer file, I get to DCIM and then 100MSDCF and fine, in addition to my legitimate files a group of 5 or 6 files with strange names and icons. When I try to delete them, I am informed that the computer cannot read from the source file or disk.
The other image files are fine and can be copied to my image files, but I am left with this strange assembly of files.

Even when I change to a new, clean medium of removable storage I get the same result. So the problem is somewhere in the computer rather than the camera.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Alyn

 

[RealBlackStuff]

Try your card(s) in someone else's cardreader, yours might be defective.
They are cheap to replace.