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Please help with error code drive error32:01 on the sony mavica FD-87 digital camera

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• MVC-FD87 C:32:01 Error Code Jean You Were Looking For Assistance? Paul - 17th Jun 2005 3:13
  Jean,
  C:32:01 is a format/floppy drive problem on your MAVICA MVC-FD87. It may be fixable without sending your camera for repair.
  
  Would you like to try if you still have camera,
  Paul (AKA MavicaMedic)
  
  
  • Re: MVC-FD87 C:32:01 Error Code Jean You Were Looking For Assistance?
    Chris Pyle
    - 16th Jul 2005 20:11
    I am also getting this error. :^(( Was doing a google on it and saw your post. Suggestions?? Thank you Chris
    
    
    • Re[2]: MVC-FD87 C:32:01 Error Code Jean You Were Looking For Assistance? Don - 31st Jul 2005 0:29
      How would I get this code on a disc that already had pictures on it I took with this camera????? Is there a way to get the pictures Back??? thanks Don
      
      
    • Re[2]: MVC-FD87 C:32:01 Error Code Jean You Were Looking For Assistance? Durenda` - 6th Nov 2006 4:59
      I own this same camera and I am getting ther error code C:13:01 Like you I have been using the same disks. Did you ever get yours fixed. Guess what I just turned it back on and now I am getting the same error code you are Drive Error C:32:01. HELP!
      
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  • Re: MVC-FD87 C:32:01 Error Code Jean You Were Looking For Assistance?
    Puzzled
    - 25th Aug 2005 17:13
    My MVC-FD87 has been working like a charm for about 4 years. I have never used anything but floppies. I don't even have the little memory stick option that fits in the floppy. After taking a picture of our thermometer about to erupt out the top, I set the camera on the counter. Two days later I wanted to get a picture for the grauskinder and it was belly up. I got a "drive error" message with error code C:32:01 and the little disk icon showed the new diskette as being full. I turned it on and off, replaced the diskette, checked the battery, (That is: I took it out and looked at it, and using a few choice words put it back in the camera) I can't find my manual, but I did have the box the camera came in. It has an 888 phone number to call Sony. I fumed a couple of days and finally made the call. As I was on the phone with Sony I turned the camera on to read the error message, and the stinking thing worked like it was supposed to. No error, no error message, no disk full icon. I even took a picture to see if I was mis-reading the thing. The lady I was talking to at Sony told me that the C:32:01 message is supposed to tell me that the camera needs "resetting", (whatever that means). That I had apparently left it unattended for an extended period of time. When I sai, "two days", she asked about the lens cap. I got confused, so she said that I had apparently "reset" it at sometime during my frantic tries to get it to work. She said someting about the lens cap being a part of whatever is going on inside, and I think she also said the cap has something to do with "resetting" the camera. She wanted my email address for future product promos, but she refused to send me anything relating to the error code, what causes it, or the proper fix. Last night I finally got the pictures I wanted for the littlefolk and sent them off by email. So now I am waiting for the next time it happens, and I won't know any more then than I do now. Nice folks them Sony responders. As I said, I'm puzzled.
    
    
  • Re: MVC-FD87 C:32:01 Error Code Jean You Were Looking For Assistance? Robert Land - 19th Dec 2005 20:52
    I also have a Sony MVC-FD87 that has worked perfectly for the ppast 4 years. I have never used anything but floppies. I don't even have the little memory stick option that fits in the floppy. After several clickings on the display button I got a "drive error" message with error code C:32:01 and the little disk icon showed diskette as being full. I turned it on and off, replaced the diskette, checked the battery, (That is: I took it out and looked at it, and using a few choice words put it back in the camera) I use the camera at family events and personal interests. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
    
    
  • Re: MVC-FD87 C:32:01 Error Code Jean You Were Looking For Assistance? Tea - 9th Mar 2006 21:48
    Did you every figure out how to fix this problem? I have the same problem and cant figure out how to fix it. Let me know. Thanks!
    
    
  • Re: MVC-FD87 C:32:01 Error Code Jean You Were Looking For Assistance? joe - 26th May 2006 4:45
    I would appreciate any assistance you could give, I love this camera. I have so many disc with pictures I hate to give up its use. When you turn the camera on you get a flashing disc and a code C32:01. God Bless JOE
    
    
  • Re: MVC-FD87 C:32:01 Error Code Jean You Were Looking For Assistance? John Wilham - 15th Sep 2006 2:59
    I have had a few glitches with this camera before, but sooner or later, it seems to fix itself. Now it has been down 2 months with the Error Code C:32:01. Can anyone help? Must I purchase a new camera? This one suits my travels and my business. JOHN
    
    
    • Re[2]: MVC-FD87 C:32:01 Error Code Jean You Were Looking For Assistance? MavicaMedic - 17th Sep 2006 12:55
      The Floppy Disk Drive (FDD) heads ride on alignment rails that can cause the heads to stick. As the camera boots up slapping the camera sharply in your hand can sometimes temporally repair this problem. If it does the FDD needs servicing. Contact me, MavicaMedic
      
      
  • Re: MVC-FD87 C:32:01 Error Code Jean You Were Looking For Assistance? Russ - 31st Oct 2006 1:41
    I have several Mavica's. The C:32.01 error or the C:13.01 error have shut me out of all of them. The models with the c:13.01 are the FD200's with error appearing for both the floppy and ms, the FD100 gets both the 32.01 and the 13.01 errors. Any help would be apreciated. Thanks Russ
    
    
  • Re: MVC-FD87 C:32:01 Error Code Jean You Were Looking For Assistance?
    Puzzled
    - 24th Nov 2006 5:50
    I read here that the 32:01 error may have something to do with a, or some, camera-to-diskeete contact inside the camera, and that a good slap might get it working again. So I thougth if that's the case, maybe mine was accumulating foreign matter through the inserting and re-inserting diskettes over a period of time. So , , with the thing not working anyway, and Sony not being any help, I got myself a can of compressed air that the computer technicians use. I stuck the little straw on the nozzle and gave the camera innards a couple og gfood doses of compressed air, and , , , , , VIOLA!!! she's working again. I don;t know for how long, but at ;east for now I'm up and running again. Hope this helps somebody else.
    
    
    • Re[2]: MVC-FD87 C:32:01 Error Code Jean You Were Looking For Assistance?
      Dre
      - 30th Nov 2006 2:12
      You, my friend, are a genius. I was for sure that my ol' Fateful camera was a goner. Thank you so much for the post.
      
      
    • Re[2]: MVC-FD87 C:32:01 Error Code Jean You Were Looking For Assistance?
      Frustrated in Denver
      - 28th Feb 2008 22:49
      Thank you for the can of air fix, this fixed my problem for now as well. I was also getting the 32:01 error. Now the camera is working fine after spraying the air in a few times.
      
      
  • Re: MVC-FD87 C:32:01 Error Code Jean You Were Looking For Assistance? John - 4th Dec 2006 19:11
    Hi I too have a problem with the Sony MVC FD87 C :32:01 ERROR CODE would love some advice on how to fix it if possible Thank You
    
    
    • Re[2]: MVC-FD87 C:32:01 Error Code Jean You Were Looking For Assistance? MavicaMedic - 10th Jan 2007 6:02
      Hi John, Still looking for help?
      
      
  • Re: MVC-FD87 C:32:01 Error Code Jean You Were Looking For Assistance? Romeo - 15th Feb 2007 16:23
    Okay I'll bite. What do you suggest I do about my C32:01 error code on my MVC FD87? Thanks in advance?
    
    
    • Re[2]: MVC-FD87 C:32:01 Error Code Jean You Were Looking For Assistance? MavicaMedic - 17th Feb 2007 22:51
      Hi Romeo! C:13:01 & C:32:01 are error codes for Floppy Disk Drive (FDD) & Mem Stk & CD Drives on SONY Digital Cameras. Reasons can be anything from the Floppy Disk (FD) getting stuck & then forcibly removed from camera (permanetly damaging the FDD requiring a $200.00 replacement), the Read/Write heads getting stuck on their alignment/movement rails & needing lube to simply "clearing" the code from the cameras memory. Pull the main battery out of the camera & get back tio me
      
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