The problem has nothing to do with the type or quality of the formatting. It is directly related to the disk drive malignment pandemic of Sony Mavica cameras. It seems simple enough to fix, since I fixed my own. You need to unscrew and remove all the small black screws which go around the seam of the camera body (my model was a MVC FD90) Look for little black arrows indicating the screw locations (you need a precision philips screwdriver which can be purchased at the Home Depot for $5.00 under Husky brand name). After removing all screws, try the camera now and see if it works. If it does, then reinstall only 2 screws in any of the holes that appear perfectly aligned with the camera body (hole lines up perfectly between cover holes and camera body holes). Then try again to make sure it still works. If it still doesn't work, then carefully remove camera cover with caution not to damage wire ribbon connection both halves of camera body. Then simply reinstall top with bottom of camera halves. Next,install those 2 screws previously mentioned. Camera should work fine at that point, and floppy disks will now operate when inserted without error message or other malfunctions associated with drive misalignment.
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I have exactly the same problem, keep getting the FORMAT ERROR message using a memory stick or floppy disk. The flashing code on the camera screen is C:13:01 which according to the manual says the disk/stick is not formatted correctly, but this is not the case as both work in other machines. I phoned the Sony Helpdesk in the UK and they claimed they had nothing to do with Mavica ! After getting passed around 4 or 5 different phone numbers / departments I gave up. Hope someone here can help.
Everytime I put a floppy in the camera will read Format error C:13:01. I have tried difference floppies, charged up the camera. Please email me at [email protected] Thank you
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