XF100 Can I save my clips before initialising a CF card?

[Sorayabishop]

Hi folks,

I am getting the following message on my Canon XF100: 'Check the data on CF A/CF B Initializing the card is also recommended' I looked this up on Canons help pages and it says the following:

Check the data on CF A/CF B Initializing the card is also recommended

- The CF card cannot be used for any of the following reasons.

• A problem has occurred with the CF card.

• The camcorder cannot read the CF card’s data.

• The CF card was initialized using a computer.

• The CF card has been partitioned.

- Save your clips and initialize the CF card.

My question is: How do I save my clips before initialising my card? I have lots of clips on their that I need to edit into videos and don't want to loose them, but when I open my CF cards on my laptop, none of them will open. It looks like they are .MXF files which my laptop won't open with QuickTime, iMovie or the free version of Da Vinci Resolve.

Can anyone help me to find a way to get my clips before I initialise the CF cards and loose them all?

Any help thoroughly appreciated.

Thanks, Soraya

[shadowsports]

Greetings,

Sorry to hear about your issue.  Once your format or initialize the card, the data will be lost. If you plan to try recovery, you'll need to replace the card.

Have you tried moving the card which cannot be read to a different media slot?

This KB doesn't have any content:  It is not complete unfortunately.

Handling the error message: "Data on CF A/CF B needs recovering Attempt to recover?" (XF105/XF100)

There is never a guarantee when you attempt data recovery.  The camera has a built-in recovery option, but it might further damage the files.  They may be unrecoverable anyway,  

If the clips must be recovered, I'd recommend professional recovery.  This is expensive.  

If you are just hoping to get the data back, you can try software like recuva or photorec.  The card manufacturer might offer recovery software as well. 

The camera itself has a file recovery option also.  See page 39 of the user guide.

xf100-xf105-im8-n-en.pdf

These are the options available to you.  Good luck  

[Sorayabishop]

Hi Rick,

Thank you for taking the time to reply. I will go check out some of your recommendations.

Thanks again,

Soraya