Community Newsletter: Q&A: 1/26/07 Help! I can't retrieve my honeymoon photos from my memory card!
- 1/25/07 5:02 PM
alternative approach
by NeilFiertel - 1/26/07 6:46 AM In reply to: Recover My Files by ManyI think there are two possible problems...switch card readers to put this possibility out of the loop. Second, consider going to a Mac computer using OSX as any virus that could have caused this would NOT affect reading the files on the Mac. Open Mac applications folder and find the utilities folder and within that find disk utilities. Open that application and you will see the card..yes, you will see the card damaged or not. Click repair. It will be default repair to the same file format as it sees which in the case of the card is FAT32. Yes, Macs can read FAT32, repair them and read them. If all goes well, you will now have the file registry fixed and you can transfer the files onto a CD or even put the disk back into your own computer to do this though personally, I would make the cd on the Mac in case there is in fact a virus or other problem causing the problem in the first place. By the way, I have done this process many times for people who have pulled out flash cards out of their readers without properly dismounting them from PCs. So there you are and good luck.
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by rsynal - 1/26/07 11:58 AM In reply to: Recover My Files by ManyHello! I think (eventually)you catched a virus this is why it asks to format your memory card but dont do that !!you know you loss all your files .So go to see a professional for a last chance..that is the best advice i can give you. haitiaro@hotmail.com
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by corbatel - 1/28/07 4:51 AM In reply to: Recover My Files by ManyLike someone else has mentioned, I bought a 1GB Extreme III Ultra SD card from SanDisk and it came with a free recovery minidisc called RescuePRO. When I lost approximately 25 photos from a child's birthday party during a computer crash (which needed a reformat), I returned to the SD card only to find I had 'moved' and not 'copied' the files, so they didn't appear on the card. I then ran the RescuePRO utility which is simplicity itself, and it recovered over 1100 photographs, 1075 of which had been 'deleted' by me the year before. Brilliant. I would highly recommend it, also the SD card itself which is so fast it has tripled the battery life of my Panasonic camera. Hope you got your photos back!
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Don't overlook a potential physical problem with the card
by MaineBarry - 1/26/07 7:58 AM In reply to: 1/26/07 Help! I can't retrieve my honeymoon photos from my memory card! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
There is a possibility that there is something physically wrong with the card's connector which is preventing it from making a positive electrical contact. I suggest using a magnifying glass to ensure that the connectors looks free of dust, sand, or anything else that might prevent a nice positive connection.
I had a recent experience which looked like a software problem, but ended up being a problem with a connector.
Good luck!
xD Card reading issue.
by rozhowoz - 1/26/07 8:41 AM In reply to: Don't overlook a potential physical problem with the card by MaineBarryI had the same problem with my 1Gb card. Even after reformatting in the camera , it would allow me to take few pictures then after that start showing me "xD Card Error!" I think the problem is perhaps using the computer's card reader which somehow corrupts the card. So my suggestion for the future is to use always the camera-pc link for downloads. I don't really think there is any physical problems with the card, as I am now able to take pictures without issues using that card, of course, after reformatting couple of times and did one time pixel-mapping (not sure though, if that mattered!?!).
I also I found that my 256mb card is much faster and easier to take pictures and also consumes less power. So I would also recommend using many small cards rather than one big one.
As far as recovering the pictures there are umpteen softwares on the internet both freeware and priced-wares to recover picture from even the formatted card. So my recommendation for that issue is to get a software and install and if need be format the card using your camera (never go even near the PC's card reader) and try to recover pictures using the software. I used UNDELETE, a freewere, and was successful in undeleting one of my pictures that I deleted accidentally. -- Good luck --
Card memory....
by Liceo - 1/26/07 9:00 AM In reply to: 1/26/07 Help! I can't retrieve my honeymoon photos from my memory card! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Having had a minor experience similar to your case.... Have you tried to take pictures w/the same card or is it full? do you hav ethe option to uninstall an dre-install the card reader?
Photo Rescue
by picreative - 1/26/07 9:06 AM In reply to: Card memory.... by LiceoA program by DataRescue (http://www.datarescue.com) "PhotoRescue" helped solve my problem when my computer and camera wouldn't read my card.
Fried Card
by jwellman - 1/26/07 10:45 AM In reply to: 1/26/07 Help! I can't retrieve my honeymoon photos from my memory card! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I'm a professional photographer and have had this happen to me. The sad news is that the card was fried. Most of the times this happens when you want to see the picture while the camera is still writing to the memory chip. This is true for all of the cards. The faster cards have a better chance of getting the information written; however, you should allow a couple of seconds before viewing the photograph you just taken.
I have several recovery programs and would gladly help if you wish. E-mail me at jwellman@ptd.net
Can CNET provide a technical explanation on formatting
by rochagomes - 1/26/07 10:46 AM In reply to: 1/26/07 Help! I can't retrieve my honeymoon photos from my memory card! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
This happen to me last March on my less than 1 year XD card. I lost my XMAS pictures, sent it back to FUJI since they are right here in New Jersey. FUJI reformatted the card as a courtesy since bay the time I sent it in....warranty expired. Until then I never knew that memory cards where formatted.
Can CNET explain why a Memory device needs formatting. The card is not a floppy or hard drive which is divided into sectors and clusters. I am very interested in knowing why.
And another reason why people should not be so "enthusistic" about digital cameras. Keep your old film camera as a viable back-up or primary camera.
I had a similar problem
by Nicon23 - 1/26/07 10:57 AM In reply to: 1/26/07 Help! I can't retrieve my honeymoon photos from my memory card! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
However it turned out that the gold contacts on the card had become dirty at some point in my trip. I used a pencil eraser to GENTLY clean them. And afterward it worked. If it looks like there is something sticky on it you might try a small amount of alcohol on a qtip to clean it but let the alcohol dry and wipe away any residue with a clean qtip before plugging it into anything.
It's also possible that one of the contacts is damaged. You might check this. I've seen gold contacts on other similar types of devices 'smear' when when accidentally scratched and two contacts became shorted together.
Both can be corrected but I would let someone experienced it electronics work do it.
Easyrecovery and Partition Magic
by dt63944 - 1/26/07 11:03 AM In reply to: I had a similar problem by Nicon23Assuming you are using Windows XP and have not physically damaged the memory card or used software that has overwritten the card data, two programs that have been life-and-filesavers for me are Easyrecovery from Ontrack and Partition Magic from Symantec.
help with xd picture cards
by stew_pot - 1/26/07 11:35 AM In reply to: 1/26/07 Help! I can't retrieve my honeymoon photos from my memory card! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
hi there! I always use a program calledimage recall 3 (theres a new version out now IR4) its so easy, you just need a card reader and away you go! you can get at jessops for $24.99, pick it up its brill!!!!
stew
RE: can't retrieve my honeymoon photos from my memory card!
by cirillop - 1/26/07 11:43 AM In reply to: 1/26/07 Help! I can't retrieve my honeymoon photos from my memory card! by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My overall opion would be to find a school that offers Computer Forensics courses and see if they would willing help. In must cases the software metioned thoughout this post might work but a CF person who deals in this sought work in a day in day out could repair the Fat by recreating it manually. Also they could determine if in fact your images are still on the stick by reviewing the stick in a hex editor. Meaning when you delete an image a O is added to the fat to let the system know to go ahead and over write it but if you do not use all of the sticks memorey it will still be there and in some cases it might just a portion or it could be the whole image.
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