Re: Recovering Deleted Photos


"John H" <iamnot@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 10:58:36 -0600, "Eric Miller"
> <millerericnospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Trevor Noble" <3d4free@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>news:U2svf.4159$j7.91629@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> There have been a number of discussions about the difficulty of
>>> restoring
>>> photos that have been deleted from camera cards. Most people are
>>> convinced
>>> that this is a specialist exercise and are willing to pay good money for
>>> the service. However, it is possible to recover files yourself and for
>>> free.
>>>
>>> There is a prog called PC Inspector File Recovery which I have used
>>> successfully on a number of occasions for just this purpose. It will
>>> recover sub folders and their contents too. It succeeded where
>>> commercial
>>> alternatives failed.
>>>
>>> This is Freeware (no charge software) available from
>>> http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/uk/download.htm
>>> No computer user or digital photographer should be without it!
>>>
>>> Regds
>>> Trevor
>>
>>Ah, I have tried this program. I accidentally deleted a photo, in the
>>camera, and tried to recover the files on my PC. This program searched my
>>1gb flash card for what seemed like an hour (it was probably only 30
>>minutes
>>or so), found nothing and then told me it had to do a more intensive
>>search.
>>I clicked the button and went to bed. When I checked in the morning, the
>>more intensive search had found nothing.
>>
>>By contrast, all the commercial demos found the deleted file, along with
>>several other deleted files, in seconds. One even showed me the thumbnails
>>of the deleted files.
>>
>>Eric Miller
>>
>
> Hmmm.... I've had great success with it on a number of
> occasions. Did you possibly miss setting the file type you wanted to
> recover?
>
> John H

I set it to recover the Canon "CRW" files which is what I had on the card. I
won't say its not possible that I did something wrong, but I think I used it
correctly.

Eric Miller



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