Corrupt SD Card

[Laurie]

Please help!
My mum was using a 1GB SanDisk SD Card while we were in the States recently. and one day it decided it would stop working. i have tried everything short of programs to try and get it working. Windows and OSX just cant read the card. Cameras struggle with it too! i have tried it in my phone and it wont read it when in the past it has.
there are about half of our holiday pics on there and my parents are eager to get them off as am I!

any help would be greatly appreciated
Cheers
Laurie

[Oneputt]

Download PCInspector - I have found it very good.

[skyva]

I accidently deleted some files off an 8gb cf card, and was really worried. I searched the net and found freeundelete.exe, which I used to get them back. It ignores fat tables which islikely to be the cause of the corrution. I do not believe freeundelete changes data on the card so I would try that. As the name suggests, it is free! Google it to find it on the web.
After I got the photos off I would reformat the card on a pc, then in camera. Often swapping between multiple devices will corrupt a card.

[Laurie]

Download PCInspector - I have found it very good.

you my friend, ROCK!

i downloaded the software after about 1 hour of fiddling and playing it is recoverying the pictures. weather it is recovering all of them or if it will finish is undetermined, but so far 3 pictures have recovered fine!

thanks mate!
+1 Oneputt

[ATJ]

Laurie,

I have an overwhelming feeling of dejavu.... has your mum had this problem before with her camera/SD card?

Edit: OK, now I know why: http://www.dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?t=24580

[Laurie]

Laurie,

I have an overwhelming feeling of dejavu.... has your mum had this problem before with her camera/SD card?

ATJ
yes

i have told her that canon need to replace/repair the camera.

now its out of warranty its probably too expensive.

[Laurie]

it did it.
i cant believe it, but it worked
wewt