Is it possible for a camera to corrupt memory cards?

My office uses an old 3.1MP FujiFilm Digital camera when they visit job sites. The camera came back once and we tried to pull the images off of it on different readers in the office but they all would not show the card. A new XD card was bought and pictures were taken. Yet again today when i put it in a brand new card reader it does not show on any of the machines here. The card was formatted in the camera. So can a memory card get corrupted by a camera?

Is it possible for a camera to corrupt memory cards?
Hmm this sounds similar to a problem I had with my fujifilm. I think what has happoened is that the card has a write protection on it. What happened to me was that when I put the card in a slot, it came up with a million error messages saying the card is protect blah blah. I had to push enter until it had loaded all the pictures in the folder. you should be able to pull the photos off after that. Another thing to try is to use a cord to attach the camera to the computer. This camera should use the same cord as most other digitil cameras. That should bypass the problem. Another problem might be that you need to re-install the driver for your camera. I hope this all makes sense. Good luck
Reply:yes... our otherwise normal camera corrupted the memory card when my husband went on vacation
Reply:it's possible and it does sound like your camera might be ruining those cards. If you can find another camera to use those cards in, try that. Hopefully those cards are salvageable. If you use another card, and it gets ruined, just pitch the camera since it's very old anyway. You can get a decent camera for about 150
Reply:yes, if you leave your camera in very hot or cold weather and if you leave memory card for long time.
Reply:* If you are in the habit of deleting images off the card in the camera, corruption is possible.





* If you do not format the card after the images are transferred to the computer each time, you can get corruption. The more images a card can hold, the more the above practices can influence corruption.





Best practice is to carry an extra card with you, never delete in the camera and format after every use (after you have the image files on your computer) and delete the images you don't want using your computer skills and the computers file manager.





NOTE: Unless you have your computer set to "auto-play", the card will not come up as a removable drive. You will have to open Windows Explorer to see the drives on your computer and then go from there
Reply:Sure, if your camera's messed up.