Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Randy. I read the disclaimer, too. These images were not super special so I'm not really concerned about them. Thanks for your advice about getting several 512 cards. I may do that. I have one 264 card so a couple of 512 cards would work well. I do like the capacity of the 2GB card so I may end up with a similar amount of storage. Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Holst" <mrvolvo@cableone.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 3:11 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Compact Flash Card Trouble > Robert Clark wrote: > >>I have a 2GB Lexar CF card that I use with my D70... I put the card in the >>reader and my iMac would not recognize the card... I placed it back in the >>camera and got the message "You Can Not Use This Card." I tried to >>reformat the card (and obviously lose the images) but it wouldn't let me >>do that either... I understand Lexar has a data recovery program for >>about $30...anyone ever used it? Or...should I just cut my losses and get >>another CF card? > > Hi Robert, > > I'm far from an expert on these memory cards, but have been using various > CF cards with different cameras and computer systems for several years and > have come to the conclusion that it's best to use four 512MB cards rather > than one 2GB card. That way, when a card goes bad, you don't lose all > your images and all your memory at once. I have yet to try any type of > data recovery software, primarily because anything I've lost hasn't been > that critical, but also because there is no guarantee that it will work. > If you look at the fine print on Lexar's Image Rescue 2.0 software, you > will see the disclaimer: "Image recovery is not 100% guaranteed". In > other words, it will likely work for everyone but me. If you decide to > try it, I wish you luck. > > The bottom line is that I've lost many images to the "digital gremlins", > but NONE to bad film. > > Randy Holst > Boise, Idaho > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information