Find/borrow an identical sized card and copy the sector 0 data from the good card
to the bad. I've done it between two different brands with success (norton
Diskedit in a LaCie USB reader, mounting the media in 'raw' mode).

Brent Brown wrote:
>
> On 25 Nov 2003 at 22:02, Gordon Williams wrote:
>
> > I'm working on project where I can write files out to a mmc.  The one
> > that I'm using is 16Meg and I have been trying to work out the FAT
> > that I will be using.  I have now screwed up the data in Sector 0
> > (boot sector) and can't read or write to it using the card reader that
> > I have on my PC (W2K).  The PC cant tell what size the mmc is and
> > won't format it.
> >
> > Any smart cookies out there that can explain how to make this writable
> > again?  I've googled my head off and I'm not any further ahead.
> >
>
> http://www.datarescue.com/photorescue/download.htm
>
> Try Card Wiper from adress above. It didn't fix my 128MB SmartMedia card
> that the PC can read/write but my Fuji camera still rejects but that's another
> story...

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