Re: Lost Digi Images - CF Card


"Pat Durkin" <clovers@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Patrick L" <lovintheivories@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Were you able to download them to the computer? Just because your
camera says "error", doesn't necessarily mean the photos are not
downloadable to the computer, you have to verify this first.

If not, the photoresque is an app I've heard of to recover the lost
images.

Also, pull out the battery of the camera, put it back in and reboot to
see if the problem continues on another card.


I have been having this problem too. I own both a 1 gig and a 2 gig card
and it is happening occasionally with both. The first time I lost
everything on the 2 gig card, and naturally assumed there was a flaw in
the card itself, but when I took it to the camera store we played around
with the card in other cameras and it worked perfectly. Then reinserted
into my 14 month old D70 and it worked fine. Now it's had the problem a
few more times and my smaller 1 gig card has done it too.

At the same time I have a related problem. I'll get a "CHR" message on
the display and the camera is non-functional when this is displayed.
According to the manual I should reformat the card. I've done that and
still not cured the problem. I'm beginning to think the problem is not
with the card but the camera instead. Any thoughts?

I saw this alot whilst working with jessops. This occured across all camera
manufacturers and card manufacturers.

software called "don't panic" image recall and sandisk rescue pro were
useful. Even a card formatted several times could yield usuable 6 month old
pictures with rescue pro.

There are trial versions available for download.

1.If using a card reader use it to read only.
2. Copy and paste do not 'move' pictures.
3. only delete or format the card inside the camera.
4. Format the card regularly don't just keep deleting.

stick to name brands such as sandisk. lexar weren't so good for canons for
a while.
pny was a brand that was the worse offender regarding camera or card format.
avoid any shop brand or vendor brand media. Micron have a good reputation
also known as 'crucial'. kingston aren't too bad and viking is a definite
no. Different card readers have different level of success. I have had
this problem with all three readers i have. Sometimes remove and reboot pc
and everything works again. I prefer to use cameras in a mode that the pc
sees it as a drive and not a camera. Don't bother with fancy download
utilities just use explorer and copy and paste.


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