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CF Card Crash
Posted:
Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:29 amby SteveGriffin
I have just returned from the wilds of Tanzania only to find that one of my 2.0Gb CF cards has crashed. It is (was) full of shots and no I don't have a backup.
The files appear to have been renamed DsC"Square Box" xxxx.jpg/NEF . The .jpg files show the correct file sizes but the .NEF's are all indicating 500+ MB filesize. All are unreadable / uncopyable at this stage.
Does anyone have know of any data recovery system that might help retrieve these shots or am I best just to cut to the chase and slit my wrists straight away.
Posted:
Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:33 amby greencardigan
I assume the camera cant read it either?
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Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:44 amby ABG
I got a trial version of Photo Mechanic whith the CF card I bought Steve. Never had to use it (thankfully), so I can't comment on how useful it'd be in your situation. Guessing you can probably d/l it off the web. I hope you recover all of your images.
Posted:
Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:12 pmby avkomp
I recovered a bunch of pix from someone with a corrupted card using some free stuff I got off sandisk's site.
I expect plenty of the recovery stuff around will do a similar job though, unless the card is physically damaged. even then some stuff may rise from the dead.
Steve
Posted:
Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:54 pmby leek
Sorry to hear that Steve...
Try
PC Inspector... I haven't used it myself, but I know that it has worked wonders for others... It's also FREE!!!
Posted:
Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:39 pmby Glen
I second Leek suggestion, had a 50-60% success rate and the price is attractive
Posted:
Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:11 pmby Sheila Smart
You could try these folk
http://www.datarescue.com/photorescue/
I haven't had such a disaster with CFs, touch wood but I feel your pain! When I shot film, a Canadian lab managed to scratch two entire roles of film from one end to the other of shots I took on safari in Zimbabwe
Cheers
Sheila
Posted:
Wed Feb 22, 2006 3:18 pmby SteveGriffin
Thanks for all of the leads. I ave tried a couple and so far Sandisk's RescuePro is the only one that seems to be recovering pretty much everything so out with the credit card I guess.
Nasty nasty business this!!!!
Posted:
Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:20 amby DVEous
... Obsolete ...
Posted:
Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:47 pmby SteveGriffin
Sandisk Ultra II 2.0 Gb
Sandisk's software recovered most of the files in the end (not the names sadly). I have just managed to crash my 2nd 2Gb card by filling it up. Anyone heard of this problem with D70's??