SONY C:13:01 ERROR

I get error C:13:01 in SONY cyber short camera. PLEASE GIVER REPLY HOW TO REPAIR.

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• Re: SONY C:13:01 ERROR Hector Cerpa - 14th Sep 2005 2:20
  Hello. This is the way i solved the problem:
  I hava a Sony DCSW5 cam, a 512MB sandisk memory stick, and suddenly i start receive the fu cking error C:13:01 memory stick error, What I did was turn off the cam, remove the stick, remove the battery(i dont know if this solve the problem) the I squeeze the memory stick, and place everything again into the cam. AND it works!!!, I hope all you guys can also solve this s..
  
  
  • Re[2]: SONY C:13:01 ERROR Kadiyala Nandakishore - 29th May 2007 11:07
    Hello Sir I am Kadiyala Nanda KIshore I was purchased a new cyber shot camera my camera was sudenly format error is c 13:01 how can solve the problem
    
    
• Another E:61:00 Success Story Megacore - 24th Sep 2005 16:06
  My cybershot shot is like my baby so at first i was reluctant to hit it too hard but after about half an hour of constant spanking i gave it one good smack in the arse & it came perfect, no more errors & perfect focus, i couldnt believe it i was just about losing hope, especially at one point during the bashing session it actually got more broken & the lcd screen began to look warped. anyway thanx for the good advice people ive just saved myself alot of money, the technician here told me it needed a new part which would cost $200 id love to go back there & show him how to fix cameras by the bashing method. cheers
  
  
  • Re: Another E:61:00 Success Story marco - 27th Jan 2006 10:41
    hi there i read that you had the E:61:00 solved.. i am very interested how you did that.. i bought my p1 more than 5 years ago and i would love to keep it another five years.. marco
    
    
  • Re: Another E:61:00 Success Story
    David
    - 4th Jul 2006 13:56
    Oh My God!!!! The bash method works. I've had an old Hi8 Sony Handicam sitting in a drawer upstairs for the past 2 to 3 years. I had the infamous E 61:00 error as well, which is the reason why I threw it in the drawer and bought a new one. I saw it in there, remembered the error message and typed it in Google and your post came up about giving it a good smack down. I did it, the screen went out after a few good ones and then when I powered it back up it worked. Well done. We'll see how long it lasts but for now it seems to be working just fine.
    
    
  • Re: Another E:61:00 Success Story Kimberly - 9th Aug 2006 3:06
    Amazing!!! Absolutley amazing... As the last post stated, I too had gotten the E:61:00 error code on my Sony Cybershot. It sat in the drawer for a while until I decided to do a search on the error code itself. Needless to say I found this help site. The rest is history! It only took me about 4-5 medium bashes and it's like new again! The screen didn't even go out. I powered it off, bashed it, powered it on and BINGO!!! WOW! Thanks for turning me into a basher! lol...
    
    
    • Re[2]: Another E:61:00 Success Story
      Dean
      - 6th Nov 2007 3:15
      That is hilarious! But it works. Thanks guys!
      
      
    • Re[2]: Another E:61:00 Success Story
      oscar
      - 7th Sep 2008 23:06
      This is incredible! My camera showed the E:61:00 error message and I was so mad... I let it alone for a couple of weeks in denial. Today, I found this crazy method and I thought... it's already screwed up, if I'm paying for this, it'll cost the same if something else goes bad. I banged my camera 3 or 4 times against my bed holding the lens and the body carefully but applying some force. I turned it on and there was a funny sound in coming from the lens. The error remained. I turned it off and tried it again. I did this 2 times... then in the 3rd try it started to work! Thanks a lot!!!! You saved me 200 bucks and I hope my message helps someone else.
      
      
• Re: SONY C:13:01 ERROR
  ct
  - 9th Oct 2005 7:20
  please help recover pictures from MS
  
  hi. can someone please help us recover very precious pictures of our little baby's first birthday.
  
  we have a sony dsc-s85 using a sony 128mb standard memory stick. i just encountered the C:13:01 error. but before attempting to format it, we would like to recover these pictures....
  
  please help. thanks for any gracious advice.
  
  
  • Re[2]: SONY C:13:01 ERROR
    Jen
    - 16th Feb 2006 4:22
    Don't give up!!!! I've had this c:13:01 error several times and was able to recover my photos each time without using a recovery program or taking apart my camera (I'd be too afraid of that!) First, hook your camera up the the a/c adapter so you don't have to use your battery. Second, hook your camera up to your usb connection. (If you have windows XP: Then open "my computer" on your desktop. Windows xp has a native driver that will pick up the memory stick as soon as the computer is able to read the info) Take out your memory card and using both hands if you have to, hold the camera while pushing in really tight on the memory card. Keep working with it. Take it out and put it back in. Keep trying until the photos show up on your computer. You are trying to make the connectors inside the camera memory slot make more contact with the memory card, even if it is just for a few moments. Quickly and delicately download the photos all the while continuing to press on the memory stick. I'd say the loose connection is a large reason why the 13:01 shows up. I thought Sony put some sort of bug in there that will make it malfunction if you don't buy there super-expensive media cards but maybe that's not the case. After you get your photos safely into your computer and off the camera...go to the setup menu on the camera and then "format". This will erase everything on your card so be sure you downloaded the pictures first. Then the error should be gone. Good luck! I have a Sony DSC-F828 8.0 Megapixel camera but from what I've researched, I think this same technique works with many models. I wish SONY would give you a straight answer and some real help correcting this problem. I would love to throw the 100's of SONY items we own through their window!
    
    
• Re: SONY C:13:01 ERROR
  D Sherman
  - 10th Oct 2005 14:52
  Three cheers for CDRoller! Saved 150 photos of my newborn son. I have a Sony Mavica CD250. Disk Error C:13:01
  
  
• Re: SONY C:13:01 ERROR
  Vivian Bullard
  - 12th Oct 2005 19:38
  I have a cybershot DSC-P1 digital camera with the C:13:01 error. What do I do. Thank you.
  
  
• Re: SONY C:13:01 ERROR George Craft - 19th Oct 2005 0:09
  I fixed it. Sony Mavica CD1000 was making a grinding noise, then the dreaded C:13:01 error. I took the camera apart. Lots of little screws and small ribbon cables. I found a small piece of spring steel with a nylon tooth on it that had lost its spring. I bent the spring steel a little bit, so that the nylon tooth would engage the threaded drive rod firmly. I reassembled the camera and its works better than ever. This job is not for the faint at heart but if you are patient and have a good working light and a tiny philips screwdriver, you can fix it yourself... For anyone interested, I even photographed the problem.
  
  
  • Re[2]: SONY C:13:01 ERROR
    TAZ
    - 22nd Nov 2005 4:24
    I would love to see the photograph, I have a cd250 with the same problem.
    
    
  • Re[2]: SONY C:13:01 ERROR John. - 7th Dec 2005 3:28
    Hi I would like to have those photo that you took fixing your sony camera. I just got same error on mine and would likr to give it try.
    
    
  • Re[2]: SONY C:13:01 ERROR Franco Pandolfi - 21st Dec 2005 11:36
    Hi I would like to have the photo you mentioned for help me in fixing same problem on my camera. Thank you
    
    
  • Re[2]: SONY C:13:01 ERROR Julia - 5th Mar 2006 1:19
    I too find myself with this problem. May I get your photograph of the problem? Thanks!
    
    
  • Re[2]: SONY C:13:01 ERROR Dan Griffin - 26th May 2007 14:49
    Hi, Can you also send those photos to me? I love this Mavica CD1000 but can't afford to have it repaired or replace - and I get the same drive error message. Thanks, Dan
    
    
• Re: SONY C:13:01 ERROR Bruce - 3rd Nov 2005 18:00
  We use the camera often for documenting skin conditions. We have 3 1 dropped. It wouldn't focus and gave me the error message E:61:00 I took the advice of some people who posted and I whacked it with a hammer...tapped it actually around the lens. I think the lens gets stuck.
  
  
• Re: SONY C:13:01 ERROR
  cdmavica
  - 3rd Nov 2005 21:29
  you can fix this error?
  
  
• Re: SONY C:13:01 ERROR Ingrid - 6th Nov 2005 1:33
  I had the same error on my sony dcs-p41 cam. After searching the net i didnt have much hope let but kept on trying.
  
  Go to menu, tab 2 the memorystick, the format OK.... i did it twice and then suddenly next to the 3th line of "Change rec folder" the icon of a cam appeared again and there it was... my problem was solved.. ITS WORKING AGAIN!!!!!
  
  I HOPE IT WORKS 4 U 2, it had nothing to do with the bended strips or so. I had a second stick and that was still working so the cam was ok for sure.
  
  PS: i also put the stick on lock and took it off a couple of times (played with the switch on the back of the stick) It might have been the problem too... i will never know but i am happy with the result.
  
  Good luck with it u all,
  Ingrid
  
  
• Re: SONY C:13:01 ERROR Eric - 17th Nov 2005 23:58
  stick: SanDisk 512mb
  
  C:13:01 flashes on screen
  (with lens cover open) C:13:01 flashes and reads; Format Error
  Pc (winXP Pro sp2) cannot read/format disk either.