Recovering Digital Images From SM Card

Grzyb · #1 22nd Jul 06, 11:53 PM

Hi All,

What is the best program to recover Digital Images From a Smart Media Card which has been Formatted...

Tried a couple & no Images have been found...

Tomboy · #2 23rd Jul 06, 09:54 PM

@Grzyb,

Have you tried this program?

PhotoRecovery for Digital Media v2.1.1.3 (~3 M

I keep a copy on my emergency flash drive, just-in-case....

Tomboy

Grzyb · #3 24th Jul 06, 05:23 AM

Tried that one, although it "recovers" the files...When I use PSP or any other package to view, it says the files are in the incorrect format....

Still looking...

BearCat · #4 24th Jul 06, 09:34 PM

btw:
When doing ANY type of recovery,
copy the recovered files to a NEW destination!
Check them, and then you can re-format the card in the unit you will be using it,
before copying the files back to it.

Grzyb · #5 25th Jul 06, 05:21 AM

I've now tried about a dozen so called "Recovery Programs" All have failed for one reason or the other, either they don't see any files at all, or see the files & extract them to a NEW location. Upon inspection of the extracted files...No programs will open them properly...

I suspect it's the Fuji Camera that I have, which really does mess up the file system once the SM Card has been formatted,

Fortunately after days of searching I have located the missing Pictures on a spare Hard Drive, that I used for backup, So I'm back in the Wife's good books!!!!!

When I have time I will need to experiment with a few more proggies to see what I can reclaim, as I doubt I will be that fortunate again!!!!!!

BearCat · #6 25th Jul 06, 10:48 PM

Congrats

I'm glad you found it, so you can be "safe" around the wife

The problem you mentioned, I have seen some times, while recoverirg hard-drives, when the programs
have problems with crosslinked files and such.

The free programs, coming from the one I mentioned has beem able to fix like 90% of "my" problems.
But there are better ones, but they cost some money,
like "GetDataBack", "R-Studio" and "Active UNDELETE", the last one beeing my favorite at my work.

Grzyb · #7 26th Jul 06, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BearCat

But there are better ones, but they cost some money,
like "GetDataBack", "R-Studio" and "Active UNDELETE", the last one beeing my favorite at my work.

Will these work with Removable Media Cards?? I'll have ago with the DEMO Versions...

freezer121 · #8 27th Jul 06, 08:46 AM

I did a little test. I took a CF card with 3 folders, about 64 jpgs and several Canon raw pics, formatted the card in my PC, then went to a friend who has the latest Recover My Files, stuck the card in a Lexar card reader, and tried our luck!

It seemed to work flawlessly. After locating recoverable files and before saving them you have to specify where to save and what to save. The "what to save" involves individual checkboxes and I ran out of enthusiasm after about 20. All 20 were recovered apparently perfectly, jpg and raw alike.

Perhaps I was lucky but I now know where I'll be going if I mess up my card - hope this is helpful.

adams · #9 10th Aug 06, 02:18 AM

For future reference to anyone, I've tried Zero Assumption and it worked.

http://www.z-a-recovery.com/

JacKDynne · #10 10th Aug 06, 12:35 PM

Grzyb, I have used R-studio in the past with success

/JD