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

  • From: "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
  • To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 21:59:13 +0200

Thanks Bill,

I didn't complain, just informed him, as he sometimes lends me his  
G1 ;-) a cool camera it is

best
ph

Le 17 mai 10 à 19:24, William B. Abbott III a écrit :

>
> 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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