CF Card Crash

[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.

[greencardigan]

I assume the camera cant read it either?

[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.

[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

[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!!!

[Glen]

I second Leek suggestion, had a 50-60% success rate and the price is attractive

[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

[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!!!!

[DVEous]

... Obsolete ...

[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??