emergency

**MAXIMUS2111-SPQR** · October 29th, 2004, 08:02 AM

i really need help on this one

i work for a high school in the it division

one of our kids was killed last week in a car wreck

the parents of said kid came in today (a few days after the funeral) with an SD mem card

the card says that it cant be accessed until its formatted
this card has all the pix from the funeral the kids locker his friends & relatives that flew in from outta town

is there any way to recover the pix?

i would really appreciate it as would the parents

**CeeBee** · October 29th, 2004, 08:26 AM

download from the camera that was used to take the pictures

**GreenGrime** · October 29th, 2004, 08:28 AM

Like the previous poster said, use the camera as a reader by plugging it into the PC instead of trying to access the card directly.

**Archer** · October 29th, 2004, 09:07 AM

If that fails try the freeware tool PC INSPECTOR™smart recovery

is the new data recovery program from CONVAR for Flash Card™, Smart Media™, SONY Memory Stick™, IBM™ Micro Drive, Multimedia Card, Secure Digital Card or any other data carrier for digital cameras..

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**MAXIMUS2111-SPQR** · October 29th, 2004, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by Archer

If that fails try the freeware tool PC INSPECTOR™smart recovery

ill give it a shot

thank you for the replies

i tried the camera first
it give the same message as the card readers "card not formatted, would you like to format now?"

archer if this works you own

**Shard92** · October 29th, 2004, 11:01 AM

It's expensive but you could also tell them to try DataRecoveryMasters.com

**MAXIMUS2111-SPQR** · October 29th, 2004, 01:34 PM

using the link archer threw up i was able to recover 154 items of the sd card

only probs i have now os that some fo the pictures dont work

they preview fine but arent there

any ideas?

**jitBob** · October 29th, 2004, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by MAXIMUS2111-SPQR

using the link archer threw up i was able to recover 154 items of the sd card

only probs i have now os that some fo the pictures dont work

they preview fine but arent there

any ideas?

Do the names need to be restored?

**jimmm33** · October 29th, 2004, 04:40 PM

You can get that data. Consider a data recovery place. It's expensive (I'm guessing about $500 in your case) but it would be worth it to the family and friends. Consider Ontrack, I have used them a few times.

Dont format or otherwise write to the disk in the meantime.

**MAXIMUS2111-SPQR** · November 1st, 2004, 08:09 AM

i want to thank you all for your help

the pictures that i was able to recover were exactly what they were looking for.

i used the program archer posted

ran it with 3 dif settings & retrieved 153, 154, 155 pictures

thanks dude you rock