Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]another good one is PhotoRec: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhotoRec PhotoRec has the distinction of being GPL'd and runs on linux as well as macs and peecees. the author, Christophe Genier was very helpful and even sent me a patch (which worked) to extract a movie file from a corrupted card. -rei On May01 09:02, Sonny Carter wrote: > Yesterday, I shot a few pictures on the M8 before coming to work. When I > arrived, I put the transcend SD card into my Lexar reader, and found no > pictures. I had chimped a few frames in the car before I left home, so I > felt like there was something there. > > I put the card in the camera, and it gave the message that no images > available to play. > > I put the card back in the reader, tried: > > File Recover > WinUndelete > Arax Disk Doctor > > all to no avail. > > I was feeling pretty low, as the card had several shots that I have made > into web pictures, but had not downloaded at high resolution for > printing. > > Then I Googled a little more and found PCInspector Smart Media Recovery. > > > I took it down and gave it a try. It started finding images right away. > It took more than an hour to get all 135 pictures down, including some > that > I had deleted in the camera, but by gosh I have them. It renamed them, but > saved all the Exif data. > > I think the culprit here is the card reader, but I can't be sure. I've > had > it several years, and it just may be incompatible over 500 MB. > Also, the Trancend cards are not on Leica's list, so I ordered two > Kingston 2 gig cards that are on the list, and a new card reader. > > I'll just use the Transcend cards on my Pentax, and for storage. > > The good news is that it is free to take down and use, and they ask for a > donation via paypal or a credit or debit card. > > Here is where to find PCInspector: > > http://www.pcinspector.de/smart_media_recovery/uk/welcome.htm > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > Natchitoches, Louisiana > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey