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try this smart recovery tool:
http://www.pcinspector.de/smart_medi...uk/welcome.htm
I'm pretty sure it was free at one time but download it and try it.
I used the HDD & FD version which worked reasonably well.
as long as your pc recognises the card you are still in with a chance but dont copy anything to the card
Yes, I got it this morning. I had downloaded f-Recovery trial last night and it found 483 images. I should have bought it straight away as the trila version won't save the recovered files. Today, f-Recovery can't even access the card. It says the card is busy.Quote:
Originally Posted by HangOver
I'm about to try PCinspector again. It wouldn't work in the fast mode so now I'm going to try the more intensive method.
Ron
let me know how that works out for ya, I just got hit with the same quetion from one of the instructors on the course, put his Card in the work camera and now his wife is furious as its got all his kids (4 months old) pics on it and they havent downloaded it.
Dave,
I got it to stop looking busy by using the "eject" function Windows Explorer. Right click the card and selected "eject"
I then grabbed my multi-card reader from storage in the garage.
PC Inspector has so far recovered 475 of the 483 images. I've been looking at them and they look good! It's about 60% thriugh the card.
I really think that the laptop has corrupted the card. I tried it with another card and it was corrupted after plugging into the laptop . I won't use the laptop again, I'll stick with the card reader. (The laptop has an SD slot on the front.)
Ron
its not a DELL insperon series is it... if it is then I think I might know what the problem is.
the card reader is on the same ports as the USB, sound card and the pcmcia reader and the voltage supply to them is questionable.
It's a Compaq Presario X1404AP
I certainly will be doing more tests befoer using it for real again.
Ron
Glad to hear you have had success with it Ron. Let this be a lesson to everyone - BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP! whether talking about computers OR cameras!
John
Reminds me, I must backup the pictures I downloaded from the camera last week, especially since I deleted them from the camera.......