earleygallery Posted August 31, 2010 Share #1 Posted August 31, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Someone has asked me how to recover images from a memory card - when inserted into a camera it says to format the card but they know there are lots of images on it. Any suggestions or software solutions I can suggest? Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jankap Posted August 31, 2010 Share #2 Posted August 31, 2010 Is there a cardreader (a cheap accessory) available to connect to usb of the pc? That would permit another look at the device. There exists software for this problem too. My P880 formatted the memory card (of course my fault), the pictures could not be recovered. Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overgaard Posted August 31, 2010 Share #3 Posted August 31, 2010 MediaRecover usually does the job 100% for me (though I currently have a 16GB card I deleted without getting the last photos off of and where it closes down after having saved the first 150 shots). But for 2 GB cards with JPG and DNG it has always done the job 10% Works with about 1 hour per GB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamgm Posted August 31, 2010 Share #4 Posted August 31, 2010 Photorescue - PhotoRescue Home Page - PhotoRescue Wizard, PhotoRescue Expert, PhotoRescue Advanced seems to be a well-regarded program (Mac & PC). There is a trial version available from their web site. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
01af Posted August 31, 2010 Share #5 Posted August 31, 2010 Google for 'Recuva.' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted September 1, 2010 Share #6 Posted September 1, 2010 James, A second tick for PhotoRescue, which shipped free with SanDisk memory cards for awhile. I ran it one of my cards to recover some pictures, which it found, but it also found pictures from 18 months previously even though the card had been formatted in the camera at least every week. It seems that as long as the card hasn't been overwritten by the camera saving new pictures then the existing pictures should be recoverable. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overgaard Posted September 1, 2010 Share #7 Posted September 1, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Photorescue - PhotoRescue Home Page - PhotoRescue Wizard, PhotoRescue Expert, PhotoRescue Advanced seems to be a well-regarded program (Mac & PC). There is a trial version available from their web site. Just did the trial of this and it found all. So I bought it, only 29,95 Euro and it will fix everything on a 16GB card (I ejected too early from the card reader and then deleted as I thouht I had it all). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted September 1, 2010 Share #8 Posted September 1, 2010 Normally these programs will also recover from formatted cards. One thing on PC Sometimes Windows will see the files as TIFF, one should rename them to DNG and then they will open easily. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted September 1, 2010 Share #9 Posted September 1, 2010 For those interested, Photorescue (Expert version at least) can recover audio files as well. Highly recommended. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted September 2, 2010 Author Share #10 Posted September 2, 2010 Thanks, I've passed the suggestions on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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