mogski 0 Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 Anyone know of anywhere that does it? I have 30 photos of my recent trip to Utah on a card that I cannot access. They are defintely there cause I have seen em and my research tells me they will be there for a long time and are recoverable. I see there a lot of places that offer software to do this yourself, but I am hoping this is a one off thing. Anyone know anywhere that does this? Link to post Share on other sites
Higuma 0 Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 Mogski, Try this site Data Rescue They have a free trial version available here Trial Version I am not sure whether you can save what it finds but at least you can see if it is recoverable or not..... Link to post Share on other sites
mogski 0 Posted March 18, 2003 Author Share Posted March 18, 2003 Thanks Higuma! I intend to try this tonight. I actually find that site prior to posting, but because I am a cheap ass I thought I would ask around first without putting my $$$ down. Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 Mogski - what happens when you try to access the card? Are you accessing it through your camera? What kind of camera? What kind of interface? Windows or Mac? Link to post Share on other sites
mogski 0 Posted March 18, 2003 Author Share Posted March 18, 2003 I have tried to view the pics on the card in the camera to no avail. I have tired downlaoding then to my Mac via PMCIA card to no avail. I took my card to the local store to have them try it out on their PC via PMCIA card to no avail. I took it to Kinko's and used thier USB Smartmedia reader to download them to no avail. I knwo the pic's are there. I took em and looked at em on the camera before I removed the full card (turning the power off and removing) and put in another. I have tried taking more photos using the camera mode only to get the message that the card is full. I am therefore led to believe that they are there. I WANT MY PICS! Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 It may be possible but I would say chances are the flash card is bad. The chances of recovering from solid state is way way less than from disk media. I would contact the manufacturer of the media and tell them they need to replace the card and try to recover the data. But basically it's time to kiss the pics goodbye. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 man, that is crappy mogski. It is the kind of thing that happens to me. However, whilst we are on the topic of data recovery. I have a hard disk drive from an old iMac. It died one day and I had to replace it - I lost everything. As far as I am concerned, the data is still on the disk, it is just that the disk is buggered. Surely I can get the data off somehow. I have 100's of photos that I want. Can this be done? Is it expensive? How is it charged... $100 per byte recovered? Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 If the mechanics of the drive are shot than you are looking at spending a ton of dough. That kind of data recovery is really only worth it for mission critical systems. It happens to everyone at least once before they start getting extra careful about backing up data. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 judging by the grinding and clunking noises it used to make, I am guessing that the mechanics are shot. But, I have a plan. I will take out the disks from the broken drive and replace the disks in my current drive with them. That should work. Now, where is me philips head. Link to post Share on other sites
mogski 0 Posted March 19, 2003 Author Share Posted March 19, 2003 endo you have just ruined my day! I was hoping for a glimmer of hope even if it was false! I tried the photorescue software last night on my Mac, but it didn't like the PC card so I have brought the set up to work today to have another go. Next I think I will purchase a cheap USB card reader to try and fool my Mac. I will get my photos back! I really do not want to send the card to the maker, cause to them I am just another ant in the hill and my photos are not as important as their new 6 CCD, 1000x mega zoom, 6 trillion pixle whatever it is they want to shove down our necks. Do I sound pi$$ed? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 I had all my digital photos of my son's years 2-3 on an external hard disk. It crashed. I spent 5,000 yen to be told that the FAT was facked and I would have to spend 1 million yen for every photo I wanted recovered. So I then had to pay to put my hard disk in the gomi. Just thought I'd share that with you mogski. I'm surprised to hear all these tales of woe about Macs giving users problems. I thought that was only PCs... Link to post Share on other sites
mogski 0 Posted March 19, 2003 Author Share Posted March 19, 2003 Not trying to be an advocate for my Mac, but in this case I think the problem lies with the manufacturer of the Smartmedia. As for 1 mill per photo, if I have to spend that I will just go back to Utah and do the trip over! Much cheaper. As for FAT files, perhaps the problem with the damn things lies in the name! If they were SKINNY files I wonder how they would be.... Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted March 20, 2003 Share Posted March 20, 2003 Hey mogs...I said it may be possible. How's that for a glimmer? Good luck bro. Link to post Share on other sites
mogski 0 Posted March 20, 2003 Author Share Posted March 20, 2003 Well folks I lost 4 photographs, but I have 26 others that have returned from the grave. I figured the problem was my PC card was not compatable with this software and so I went out on a limb and purchased a USB card reader. Using the above Photo Rescue software trial version I found that 26 of my photos were salvagable prompting me to spend my hard earned $$ & purchasing the software. So I am a happy camper now and I have decided not to find a tall building and toss my camera. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted March 20, 2003 Share Posted March 20, 2003 Good news. Shame the lost 4 pics were the ones from the fetish party eh? Link to post Share on other sites
mogski 0 Posted March 20, 2003 Author Share Posted March 20, 2003 Actually the breasts of some extremely beautiful young Mardi Gras vixens Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted March 25, 2003 Share Posted March 25, 2003 That's good news buddy (the 26 - not the loss of titties). Link to post Share on other sites
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