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 ... >>> >>> >>> ------ >>> Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: >>> http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ >>> Archives are at: >>> //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. >> https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id`969 >> ------ >> Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: >> http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ >> Archives are at: >> //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ >> > > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/