OT:CF Recovery

"sandy saunders" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Help .......

Loading my photos onto the PC last night after my 2 week
trip to the mountains of Bolivia, and the last 256 Mg CF
(Curial) used appears to

have

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gone corrupt. No images are visible both when using a CF
adapter, or

when

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the card is in the camera (Canon G3). 130 plus photos
potentially lost,

and

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ones from the best/highest peak summited too! However,
all my other CF cards from the trip were OK.

I last used the card in La Paz when I reviewed the
images on the camera,

in

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the hotel, before flying home last Thrs. The card/images
was OK then.

The

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card travelled in the aircraft hold (as did all my
others), so would

have

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been scanned when checked-in.

Now, I have had a quote from MJM Data Recovery of
Letchworth (found

through

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a Google search), at a staggering 100 pounds plus VAT.
Now, can anyone offer any alternative solutions, a
little cheaper, or do I have to pay

or

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accept the loss of photos. I have down-loaded a couple
of trial

recovery

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programs from other websites (Don't Panic 2 - Lite
Edition being one),

but

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they only detected 9/10 images files, and those were not
viewable.

I cannot afford to revisit Bolivia (if only!) ......
although I shall be

in

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touch with other group members for copies of their
photos, however it

would

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be nice to recovery my own.

Advice would be appreciated.

--
Sandy Saunders @ www.thewalkzone.co.uk

"Mountains or Mole Hills ..... reaching the summit still
brings the same excitement"

This may be worth a try, never used it myself but it
comes highly

recommended from the Fuji forums. pcinspector.de-pcinspector.de-Open ↗
/smart_media_recovery/uk/welcome.htm

Chris.

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sandy saunders <[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Help .......

Loading my photos onto the PC last night after my 2 week
trip to the mountains of Bolivia, and the last 256 Mg CF
(Curial) used appears to have gone corrupt. No images are
visible both when using a CF adapter, or when the card is
in the camera (Canon G3). 130 plus photos potentially lost,
and ones from the best/highest peak summited too! However,
all my other CF cards from the trip were OK.

I last used the card in La Paz when I reviewed the images
on the camera, in the hotel, before flying home last Thrs.
The card/images was OK then. The card travelled in the
aircraft hold (as did all my others), so would have been
scanned when checked-in.

Now, I have had a quote from MJM Data Recovery of
Letchworth (found through a Google search), at a staggering
100 pounds plus VAT. Now, can anyone offer any alternative
solutions, a little cheaper, or do I have to pay or accept
the loss of photos. I have down-loaded a couple of trial
recovery programs from other websites (Don't Panic 2 - Lite
Edition being one), but they only detected 9/10 images
files, and those were not viewable.

I cannot afford to revisit Bolivia (if only!) ......
although I shall be in touch with other group members for
copies of their photos, however it would be nice to
recovery my own.

Advice would be appreciated.

Pop it in the freezer (in a plastic bag to reduce
condensation when removed) for and hour and try again. If no
good then warm it up to 40 or 50 degrees C and try again
(might want gloves at 50!).

Try it in a different reader or in a laptop / PC Card
adapter if you can get one - they are a straight through
connection without electronics.

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Brian <[email hidden]> writes

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:"]news:[email hidden]:

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Pop it in the freezer (in a plastic bag to reduce
condensation when removed) for and hour and try again. If
no good then warm it up to 40 or 50 degrees C and try
again (might want gloves at 50!).

Try it in a different reader or in a laptop / PC Card
adapter if you can get one - they are a straight through
connection without electronics.

You surely jest?

Often ;-) but not now.

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Freezing or heating the card would help?

If the problem is physical (e.g. a poor contact between a
chip and a circuit board) the differential expansion or
contraction of different materials can be enough to fix the
contact at a different temperature. It won't last but it may
work long enough to extract the data. I have recovered files
from hard disks that worked for five or ten minutes after a
good freeze but failed again once they warmed up.

If the problem is not physical but due to file system
corruption or other data errors then it won't help.
Unfortunately tools that attempt to recover corrupt data can
lead to permanent loss when they write to the card / disk
trying to fix what they determine is the problem.

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Advice would be appreciated.

I've had the same problem Crucial memory card in a Canon G3.

Used the following free program and recovered all the
pictures easily.

Plus its free. Download link on the banner at the top of
the page.]

Cheers

Andy

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| >
| Pop it in the freezer (in a plastic bag to reduce
| condensation when removed) for and hour and try again. If
| no good then warm it up to 40 or 50 degrees C and try
| again (might want gloves at 50!).
|
| Try it in a different reader or in a laptop / PC Card
| adapter if you can get one - they are a straight through
| connection without electronics.
|
| --
|

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But before you try that Sandy, try some of the software
solutions first. I've seen plenty of programs for
recovering lost files that may do the trick, and even seen
trials of some of these on digital photography magazine
cover disks. Just try a Google search and see what you come
up with, or perhaps others have experience of software than
they can recommend?

Be very wary of the software recovery route. Many of the
disk "recovery" tools write to the disk in their attempt
to recover the data. That writing can mean even the best
recovery companies cannot recover the data if your
attempt fails.

Please only use read only software except as a last ditch
attempt as writing to the disk / card may well mean that no
further recovery will be possible...

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If the software doesn't work, you can then try freezing,
thawing, cooking, and eating; as Dominic suggests. May I
suggest adding a pinch of salt to make it taste nicer! :-)

Seriously though, when my hard drive broke, I read it was
the 'done thing' to try freezing it, or even wack it. But
these things seem more destructive and as a last resort, so
I'd go for the easy solutions first.

They might seem to be a bad idea but look at the specs for
the kit and you will see that (while not operating) they are
remarkably resilient.

For the case in point the Sandisk specs for their standard
CF cards states:

Non-operating temperature -25 to +85 degrees C.

A domestic freezer is usually about -20.

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"sandy saunders" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Help .......

Loading my photos onto the PC last night after my 2 week
trip to the mountains of Bolivia, and the last 256 Mg CF
(Curial) used appears to have gone corrupt. No images
are visible both when using a CF adapter, or when the
card is in the camera (Canon G3). 130 plus photos
potentially lost,

and

Quoted message said:

ones from the best/highest peak summited too! However, all
my other CF cards from the trip were OK.

I last used the card in La Paz when I reviewed the images
on the camera,

in

Quoted message said:

the hotel, before flying home last Thrs. The card/images
was OK then.

The

Quoted message said:

card travelled in the aircraft hold (as did all my
others), so would have been scanned when checked-in.

Now, I have had a quote from MJM Data Recovery of
Letchworth (found

through

Quoted message said:

a Google search), at a staggering 100 pounds plus VAT.
Now, can anyone offer any alternative solutions, a little
cheaper, or do I have to pay or accept the loss of photos.
I have down-loaded a couple of trial recovery programs
from other websites (Don't Panic 2 - Lite Edition being
one), but they only detected 9/10 images files, and those
were not viewable.

I cannot afford to revisit Bolivia (if only!) ......
although I shall be

in

Quoted message said:

touch with other group members for copies of their photos,
however it

would

Quoted message said:

be nice to recovery my own.

Advice would be appreciated.

news:uk.comp.homebuilt ask for odie - he's the data
recovery expert

Bitstring <[email hidden]>, from the
wonderful person Chris 159
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news:uk.comp.homebuilt ask for odie - he's the data
recovery expert

Seconded .. although he usually deals with hard disks ..
the 'stick it in the freezer' is really a hard disk drive
trick, which'll help with sundry mechanical problems. Not
sure it'll do much for a CF card, with (supposedly) no
moving parts.

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indistinguishable from human typing.

"sandy saunders" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

Help .......

Loading my photos onto the PC last night after my 2 week
trip to the mountains of Bolivia, and the last 256 Mg CF
(Curial) used appears to have gone corrupt. No images are
visible both when using a CF adapter, or when the card is
in the camera (Canon G3). 130 plus photos potentially
lost, and ones from the best/highest peak summited too!
However, all my other CF cards from the trip were OK.

After having dropped my digital camera whilst it was saving
an image, I found the card in a similar state to yours. I
used "Digital Image Recovery" program -
63.141.194.5index.htmlOpen ↗ which flawlessly
recovered all images (apart from the last one when I dropped
my camera) quickly. At the time it was Freeware but now
appears to be commercial. There is a trial version that may
offer what you need - lc-tech.comdownload.htmOpen ↗

Thanks for all the advice folks.

I didn't need to resort to the freezer or cooker! Paid 40
USD to LC Technology International (lc-tech.comlc-tech.comOpen ↗)
for a download version of Photorecovery Ver 3. Worked a
treat and reovered all 139 images ..... worth the outlay.

--
Sandy Saunders @ www.thewalkzone.co.uk

"Mountains or Mole Hills ..... reaching the summit still
brings the same excitement"

:"]news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

Pop it in the freezer (in a plastic bag to reduce
condensation when removed) for and hour and try again. If
no good then warm it up to 40 or 50 degrees C and try
again (might want gloves at 50!).

Try it in a different reader or in a laptop / PC Card
adapter if you can get one - they are a straight through
connection without electronics.

You surely jest?

Freezing or heating the card would help?

--
Brian

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| In article <[email hidden]>,
| sandy saunders <[email hidden]> writes
| >Help .......
| >
| >Loading my photos onto the PC last night after my 2 week
| >trip to the mountains of Bolivia, and the last 256 Mg CF
| >(Curial) used appears to
have
| >gone corrupt. No images are visible both when using a CF
| >adapter, or
when
| >the card is in the camera (Canon G3). 130 plus photos
| >potentially lost,
and
| >ones from the best/highest peak summited too! However,
| >all my other CF cards from the trip were OK.
| >
| >I last used the card in La Paz when I reviewed the images
| >on the camera,
in
| >the hotel, before flying home last Thrs. The card/images
| >was OK then.
The
| >card travelled in the aircraft hold (as did all my
| >others), so would have been scanned when checked-in.
| >
| >Now, I have had a quote from MJM Data Recovery of
| >Letchworth (found
through
| >a Google search), at a staggering 100 pounds plus VAT.
| >Now, can anyone offer any alternative solutions, a little
| >cheaper, or do I have to pay or accept the loss of
| >photos. I have down-loaded a couple of trial recovery
| >programs from other websites (Don't Panic 2 - Lite
| >Edition being one),
but
| >they only detected 9/10 images files, and those were not
| >viewable.
| >
| >I cannot afford to revisit Bolivia (if only!) ......
| >although I shall be
in
| >touch with other group members for copies of their
| >photos, however it
would
| >be nice to recovery my own.
| >
| >Advice would be appreciated.
| >
| >
| Pop it in the freezer (in a plastic bag to reduce
| condensation when removed) for and hour and try again. If
| no good then warm it up to 40 or 50 degrees C and try
| again (might want gloves at 50!).
|
| Try it in a different reader or in a laptop / PC Card
| adapter if you can get one - they are a straight through
| connection without electronics.
|
| --
|

But before you try that Sandy, try some of the software
solutions first. I've seen plenty of programs for recovering
lost files that may do the trick, and even seen trials of
some of these on digital photography magazine cover disks.
Just try a Google search and see what you come up with, or
perhaps others have experience of software than they can
recommend?

If the software doesn't work, you can then try freezing,
thawing, cooking, and eating; as Dominic suggests. May I
suggest adding a pinch of salt to make it taste nicer! :-)

Seriously though, when my hard drive broke, I read it was
the 'done thing' to try freezing it, or even wack it. But
these things seem more destructive and as a last resort, so
I'd go for the easy solutions first.

Good luck!

Ste

Cannot help with the recovery but if you want some photos of
Bolivia I may be able to help

Good luck

Richard Webb

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After having dropped my digital camera whilst it was saving an image,
I found the card in a similar state to yours. I used "Digital Image
Recovery" program - 63.141.194.5index.htmlOpen ↗ which
flawlessly recovered all images (apart from the last one when I
dropped my camera) quickly. At the time it was Freeware but now
appears to be commercial. There is a trial version that may offer
what you need - lc-tech.comdownload.htmOpen ↗

Thanks for the advice. Tried the trial version from LC
Technology International ..... and it found all 139 images,
although each thumbnail image had their copyright logo
across the centre.

Download loaded Ver 3, at a cost of 40 USD, and have a very
happy smiley face ....... I have recovered all my
photographs. I can now complete my website update with
images from the last 6080 metre peak completed.

The cost was worth, and a lot cheaper than 100GBP plus VAT I
was quoted from another recovery specialist.

Cheers again.

--
Sandy Saunders @ www.thewalkzone.co.uk

"Mountains or Mole Hills ..... reaching the summit still
brings the same excitement"

Quoted message said:

I didn't need to resort to the freezer or cooker! Paid 40
USD to LC Technology International (lc-lc-Open ↗
tech.com/) for a download version of Photorecovery Ver 3.
Worked a treat and reovered all 139 images ..... worth
the outlay.

Did you try the free one I recommended earlier it worked
with my G3 and Crucial memory card. Would have been
interesting to see if it worked for others.

Cheers

Andy

sandy saunders said:

Thanks for all the advice folks.

I didn't need to resort to the freezer or cooker! Paid 40
USD to LC Technology International (lc-lc-Open ↗
tech.com/) for a download version of Photorecovery Ver 3.
Worked a treat and reovered all 139 images ..... worth
the outlay.

I wish I'd noticed this before you forked out: Photorecovery
Ver 2 is still around for free and it works fine *without*
putting the logo on the pics!.

Well at least you'll be happy to get your photos safe and
sound. If anyone else wants Ver 2, email me.

Regards

-- GeoffC

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Did you try the free one I recommended earlier it worked
with my G3 and Crucial memory card. Would have been
interesting to see if it worked for others.

Did download and try the trial version. The prog found all
139 images, but when shown in the view window, each image
had the company logo as a watermark across the centre of
each photo. Now, the one thing I didn't check was to see if
the photos had been recovered to my hardrive and free of
logo. Water under the bridge now, although I still have the
demo version so might - out of curiosity - see if it does
save them without logos.

Will report back ....

--
Sandy Saunders @ www.thewalkzone.co.uk

"Mountains or Mole Hills ..... reaching the summit still
brings the same excitement"

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Did you try the free one I recommended earlier it worked
with my G3 and Crucial memory card. Would have been
interesting to see if it worked for others.

Just reinstalled the demo version. It finds the images and
appears to store them in the nominated recovered folder on
drive C. However, the images do not open either in the view
browser of XP when double clicked, or when browsing the
recovery folder in PSP8. Strange in that in Windows Explorer
shows the files in the recovery folder with all relevant
file data, size, date etc., and yet the images will not
open. Clever bit of lock-out software. At least I know I
didn't waste my hard earned cash.

--
Sandy Saunders @ www.thewalkzone.co.uk

"Mountains or Mole Hills ..... reaching the summit still
brings the same excitement"

sandy saunders said:

Thanks for the advice. Tried the trial version from LC
Technology International ..... and it found all 139
images, although each thumbnail image had their copyright
logo across the centre.

Glad to hear it, and glad to know that it's possible if it
ever happens to me. Thanks for the heads up Ed.

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Download loaded Ver 3, at a cost of 40 USD, and have a
very happy smiley face ....... I have recovered all my
photographs. I can now complete my website update with
images from the last 6080 metre peak completed.

The cost was worth, and a lot cheaper than 100GBP plus VAT
I was quoted from another recovery specialist.

The way I look at it, if I'd taken all those shots on slide
film they would have cost me around £35, so you still
haven't really lost anything.

Paul
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GeoffC said:

Well at least you'll be happy to get your photos safe and
sound. If anyone else wants Ver 2, email me.

I'd like one please, just in case.

Paul
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wildwales.fsnet.co.ukwildwales.fsnet.co.ukOpen ↗
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