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Old 12-10-2006, 14:45
lil_me
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I just tried to view some pics from an XD card on my laptop. It started to copy the files to the laptop so I clicked to stop that as I just wanted to view them. Now it seems I managed to wipe the whole card....and it's my mother's, with pix going back ages....Is there ANY way of retrieving them?? I get 'card error' when I put it back in the camera...am desperate for any help you can give!!
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Old 12-10-2006, 15:41
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You can get software (both free and paid for) that can salvage images from a card.

Can't recommend any as I've never needed to use one, but the one that sticks in my mind is the aptly named Don't Panic.
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Old 12-10-2006, 16:19
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...already panicking but thanks for the tip!
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Old 12-10-2006, 17:05
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Go to your local photo shop and see if they can read the card. (You do not have not have print them)
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Old 12-10-2006, 18:23
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found a program that shows the pics are still there, only snag is I need to pay to retrieve em, but hey it will be worth it! Thanks again!
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Old 12-10-2006, 19:57
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I've used Smart Flash Recovery recently with some success. Go here: http://www.smartpctools.com/recovery/index.html and scroll down the page to Smart Flash Recovery at the bottom and click Free Download to download. It's free but has a couple of minor nags when you close it that can be turned off for next time.
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Old 12-10-2006, 20:15
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Thanks for the tip. I downloaded it, scanned the dodgy disk and it showed it had scanned 400+ files, which is about how many pics are on it, but it says 'no deleted files on this disk', which is weird seeing as they have obviously been deleted somehow... I will have a tweak and see if I missed something. Thanks for your help!
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Old 13-10-2006, 13:24
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I wiped a SD card and recovered the jpgs using :
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/zaimagerecovery.html

It's free and it worked for me.


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Old 13-10-2006, 18:44
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Also
Zero Assumption Digital Image Recovery

http://www.z-a-recovery.com/digital-image-recovery.htm

(maybe the same as above)
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