My answer:

Your 2000 model year Olympus D-460 Zoom DigitalCamera, that is now possibly going on 8 years old (not sure when youbought it), may not only be having memory card problems so much as it(camera itself) may just be plain tired/worn out period. After all - itmay very well be 8 years old! That is a long time running for anydigital camera!! Olympus included!

First of all - You are hopefully using one of the following SM memorycard sizes in your camera: Removable 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 or 64MB 3V (3.3V)SmartMedia (SSFDC) Cards? I hope so as only these above listed SM sizecards will work in your camera! Anything larger then a 64MB card willnot work, as the camera BIOS chip will not even recognize it at best orsecondly will not even read/write it properly. AND - even if it were totry - the pix saved on it would never be properly (E2PROM) or EEPROM(Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) saved, and wouldnever be able to be fully retrieved properly!! This I KNOW FOR A FACT!!There has to be power to the memory card first before it will doanything - READ or WRITE!! Thus the EE part of the term E2PROM.

(One Olympus 8MB SM card including Panorama function was initially supplied with your camera as well)

Are you still using that same original 8MB card by chance?? Or are youusing a larger SM card no larger then 64MB? If you are still using thatoriginal 8MB card then I can already see a few possible causes offormatting problems you are having there.

First being - Are the electrical GOLD contact strips on that card youare using at present very dirty & tarnished or DULL looking, asopposed to being a very BRIGHT GOLD COLOR? If they are tarnished (verydull looking), and if you handle the SM card(s) (or any memory cards for that matter) improperly - then that is your problem INDEED rightthere, or at least HALF your problem as it were. If you touch these(real Gold btw) electronic contacts time and time again then they willtarnish and cause parity writing problems (bad memory bits) to thecard. Esp writing problems - as the Read part goes hand and hand as itwere! This again I KNOW for FACT!

When the camera writes bad target="_blank">Viewwhich cameras are compatible

Select camera model series and scroll down the model # and research themax card size & type you can use (3 basic XD card speed typesavailable - regular XD - M type - H type).

If you are using the wrong type & size card you will need to returnthat card (if you can) and get the right XD size & type for yourcamera.

2nd - You should always FORMAT (same as ERASE ALL and FORMAT modes onmost Olympus cameras) the new card, or any SM/XD card for that matter inyour camera itself. NOT THE HOME COMPUTER!!! The 2 format proceduresare not the same!!

If you are re-shooting (re-using) the same XD card over and over againand then downloading the JPEG pix directly to the computer using a USBinterface cable there usually is no need to re-format the card again aslong as the XD card stays the camera and is not downloaded into a homecomputer via say a "card reader". If you do the latter "card reader" then Iwould advise doing a card re-format in the camera again just to besafe!!

And lastly - If your home computer recognizes the XD card via a good"card reader" (do not FORMAT the XD card here btw, as you are justchecking the card out to see if it is GOOD is all), but the camera willnot then that is a good sign your camera is OK, but it's just the wrongtype & size XD card.

Hope this helps solve your camera SM/XD problems past to present regardless which modelyou have.

See the following camera example info for your specific model at the link belowunder Storage Media:

Steves Digicams - Fujifilm FinePix A330 - User Review
Best regards,

Frank

Try putting the card back in the laptop and formatting it FAT32 and not NTFS. Some cameras are not able to read the NTFS file system.