[LRflex] Re: IT expert HELP needed - mute SD card ... Late thanks

  • From: "William B. Abbott III" <captbilly3@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 10:24:49 -0700

Philippe,

Whew! That was a close one, and a learning experience for your son.
My teen age sons are now 45 and 54 y.o. so I have to make my own mistakes.
All the best to you both, both father and son,
Bill


On May 17, 2010, at 4:19 AM, philippe.amard wrote:

> Thank you Bill,
> and merci Xavier
> 
> I finally recovered the files last night using the downloaded app from  
> Scandisk site
> (I had had a registration number offered when I bought one of their  
> cards)
> And it worked fine on the mac - it was slow but very effective.
> 
> I have found that what had caused the demise of this card was dual use  
> on L1 and G1 in succession without a Gengis Kahn formatting in between.
> Well, this will happen when your 16 y.o. son uses the same cards :-)
> 
> Now I was able to save the salvaged files and edit them without a  
> problem afterwards.
> 
> Thanks again all.
> 
> Just a thought Xavier, maybe we could have a sort of virtual tool box  
> with your links posted on the opening page of the list?
> 
> Bien cordialement à tous
> Philippe
> 
> 
> Le 17 mai 10 à 12:05, Bille Xavier F. a écrit :
> 
>> 
>> Hello Philippe.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> As William A. has spoken for the MAC tribe, here is a second opinion  
>> for the PC tribe.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Before you decide for a special software that recovers all, just  
>> take the time to find out whether or not your SD drive is operating.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> For this you need a card, different from the two 'infected' card,  
>> insert it, try to read. Then use the Pana to take a few shots (of  
>> your left foot for instance) and read the files from the computer.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> If you could achieve this step then your drive is OK, the operating  
>> system of your machine is OK, the trouble comes from the card.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I can offer a few links, I have not tried them though, but they look  
>> promising.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> First, the "freeware", recuva, Probably a bit clumsy to use but it  
>> certainly does the trick:
>> 
>> http://www.snapfiles.com/get/recuva.html
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Here is a "card recovery", it has an "read only option" to keep the  
>> card as it is, very interesting in my eye, i would go for that one  
>> first:
>> 
>> http://www.clubic.com/telecharger-fiche189946-cardrecovery.html
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> here is a German product, freeware also:
>> 
>> http://www.pcinspector.de/default.htm
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Another set with a protection, a "buyware", more user friendly
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> This one runs for XP
>> 
>> http://www.filerecoverytools.com/products/fr_sd/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> This one has Vista:
>> 
>> http://www.cardrecovery.com/sd-recovery/
>> 
>> 
>> For the Linux operating system, I'm sure there is a solution though  
>> I don't know wich one.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Let us know !
>> ---------------------------------
>> Xavier F. BILLE
>> Maisons-Alfort - France.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> From: philippe.amard@xxxxxx
>>> To: lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [LRflex] IT expert HELP needed - mute SD card ...
>>> Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 20:24:43 +0200
>>> 
>>> I was at a birthday party today and shot a lot ...
>>> 
>>> Back home I find that one of the SD cards I used is silent, both
>>> 
>>> - in the camera (the screen displayed the jpegs alright this
>>> afternoon, and won't right now),
>>> - and on the computers (I've tried to read it on the Imac and on the
>>> PC).
>>> 
>>> The only info I managed to get is that the card is 1.99GB,
>>> and that 1.09 GB is currently used
>>> so the data must be there
>>> I suspect a FAT problem, but I am no expert at all.
>>> 
>>> Do you know of a (freshman-friendly) recovery programme that would
>>> work well on either the I-mac (10.5.8) or the PC (XP Pro)
>>> 
>>> Thanks in anticipation.
>>> 
>>> Philippe, whose next cam will have a double slot ...
>>> 
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