The memory card which is inside the camera i have

The images you take with your PDC 640 camera are stored on a removable 3.3V SSFDC or SmartMedia 2 MB memory card (also available in 4 MB and 8 MB). Note: You must insert the memory card before you can turn on the camera.

If camera beeps is enabled, the camera beeps if the card is not installed and displays the [ ] message on the Status panel.

To insert the memory card:
1. Make sure the lens cover is closed (the power is off).
2. Open the memory compartment on the side of the camera.
3. Insert the memory card into the slot (gold side of the card facing the front of the camera).
Make sure the card is pushed firmly into the slot. Note: The camera prompts you to format the memory card if it is not formatted. The camera displays the format menu on the LCD viewfinder. Press the button next to Format.
4. Close the memory compartment cover.

If you can, try using a different memory card. Else, your memory card contact terminals inside the camera may have become worn, causing the camera to not recognize the card once it is inserted.

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Try formatting through the computer rather than from within the camera itself. Or, just open the card on the computer, select all, then delete. There's probably a large file in there somewhere that the camera just doesn't have enough ooomphh to move out.

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cameras : My Camera Freezes When I Turn It On Or Take A Picture

P, td, li {font-family: arial, u; font-size:9pt; margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; word-spacing:1px;} If you camera freezes when you power it on or when you try to take a picture, you may have a defective memory card. To test your camera and the memory card, follow these steps:

1. Power off your camera.
2. Remove the battery from your camera. If you have a memory card inside the camera, remove that as well.
3. Clean out any dust or debris inside the battery compartment, and then re-insert the battery into your camera.
4. Power your camera on without the memory card installed.
5. Take a picture.
• If your camera takes a picture, re-install the memory card, and then go to Step 6.
• If it does not take a picture, your camera requires service. To set up service, click the Create Online Service Request button below.

1. Format the memory card in the camera, and then take another picture.
Important: Formatting erases all pictures and other data from the card. If you have pictures on the memory card you want to keep, download those pictures to your computer before you format the memory card.

• If your camera does not take a picture with the formatted memory card installed, replace the memory card.
• If the issue still persists after you’ve installed a new memory card, your camera requires service. To set up service, click the Create Online Service Request button below

There are several possible causes for "memory card locked", "memory card error", or "no memory card". Some include trying to use of a 4GB SDHC card with an older camera made before SDHC format came out. Others include problems with the tiny slide switch on the side of the card, or the electrical contact switch internal to the camera. The problem may also arise from simple formatting problems if the card has never been formatted in the camera (note that this will also erase the card). Troubleshooting tips for this problem may be found at this link.

Formatting the card is going to GET RID of the photo(s), not recover it/them.
If you really do want to format it, then grab a memory card reader, and get some software to format it.
If you want to recover the photo, it's best if you get a memory card reader, pop it into your computer, then look at the 'drive'.

Use a computer with memory card reader, and read the card using a computer.

If the computer says the same and does not read the card, then the pictures inside the card are usually lost.

If computer instead does read the card, then transfer all picture on computer using the memory card reader, and format the card using complete formatting.

If you need to use the camera tonight, then buy a spare memory card.
If the camera returns same error on different card, then you may have a faulty memory card slot, but that is quite uncommon.

Regards

The I would have to say bad card. Do you have another to try?

any online hardrive restorer can retreive your photos

Format error is a problem with the memory card.

Try using a card reader and a computer to recover the files inside the card, saving them on the computer.
When you have finished try formatting the memory stick or replace it with a new one.
If you still get the error with a newly formatted memory stick, then that is a faulty mainboard inside the camera, but this is not common.
Usually you fix C:13:01 just formatting or replacing the memory card.

What size is the memory card. What picture size has the camera been set to? Check out your Manual for the images sizes viz a vis memory card capacity - and come back