hockey44 Posted July 12, 2014 Share #1 Posted July 12, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) I mistakenly was "deleting all" on my M240 and removed the card BEFORE operation was completed. I tried to reformat card on M and it say "unable to read". I also tried using SD Formatter on iMac (latest version) and the card is not found. What can I do to 'breath life' into this card-- my mistake thinking process was done. Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fjheimann Posted July 12, 2014 Share #2 Posted July 12, 2014 Try to format with Windows, if not possible, try this: Free Data Recovery, Backup, Partition Manager, System Utility Software for Windows/Mac/iOS/Android - EaseUS Greetings, Franz Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 12, 2014 Share #3 Posted July 12, 2014 (edited) A bit difficult to use recovery software if the computer does not see the card. The only thing I can think of is to try and find a camera that will recognise the card and format in that camera. After that you can hopefully recover your images using any recovery software. If not, I don't think there is a solution short of enlisting the services of an (expensive) professional data recovery service. Edit: Did you try Disk Warrior? Although that probably won't work either. It is likely the controller chip has died. Edited July 12, 2014 by jaapv Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted July 12, 2014 Share #4 Posted July 12, 2014 Try to format the card in your Mac with Disk Utility. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 13, 2014 Share #5 Posted July 13, 2014 If the computer cannot see it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted July 13, 2014 Share #6 Posted July 13, 2014 If the computer cannot see it? You mean the finder i guess but the latter does not "see" the same way as Disk Utility in that some volumes can appear in the latter while they are not visible on the finder. Worth a try anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 13, 2014 Share #7 Posted July 13, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) That is true. Disk Warrior is even more powerful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockey44 Posted July 13, 2014 Author Share #8 Posted July 13, 2014 Hi, I tried with iMac disk utility and the card if briefly turn us and then disappears. I tried repeatedly and also with SD Formatter-- same thing, if I reboot it appears for a few seconds and I click on it and then"poof" and there is nothing. The links to Disk Warrior (Alsoft) from Singapore don't seem to be functioning. Thankfully I have back-up of the images from Myanmar, but was trying to save the SD card-- is it is basically "toast" now? Thanks. Ed Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted July 13, 2014 Share #9 Posted July 13, 2014 TestDisk is your friend. A marvellous piece of open source software that enabled me to retrieve all my files off an SD card that was not recognised by my Mac (it didn't even show up in Disk Utility) or camera. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 13, 2014 Share #10 Posted July 13, 2014 Hi,I tried with iMac disk utility and the card if briefly turn us and then disappears. I tried repeatedly and also with SD Formatter-- same thing, if I reboot it appears for a few seconds and I click on it and then"poof" and there is nothing. The links to Disk Warrior (Alsoft) from Singapore don't seem to be functioning. Thankfully I have back-up of the images from Myanmar, but was trying to save the SD card-- is it is basically "toast" now? Thanks. Ed I would never trust that card again, even if you manage to revive it. Dustbin fodder, I would say Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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