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Forgot to format memory card - help !!

  • 16-10-2010 7:11am
    #1
    Greener2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭


    Hoping someone can help me. Bought a new CANON 550 about a week ago and took it with me on a family week-end to celebrate my mother's significant birthday down in Kellys. Never read the instruction booklet - just popped the SDHC card into the card-slot and started snapping away.
    Inserted the card into my PC but it appears that the PC isn't reading the card. Having consulted the manual, it appears I should have formatted the card first. However, manual warns me that when I format the card, it will erase all existing images on the card.
    Any ideas for how I can transfer the images from the card onto my pc or a momeory stick or something ?


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  • #2
    derra_121
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 320 ✭✭derra_121


    Have you got a USB cable that will connect the actual camera to your computer... This may require you to upload the Cannon software onto your computer(sometimes CD included in box or sometimes download from website)

    You should be able to download the pictures then through the connected camera to your computer


  • #3
    hbr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 760 ✭✭✭hbr


    Greener2 wrote: »
    Any ideas for how I can transfer the images from the card onto my pc or a momeory stick or something ?

    Most if not all new SDHC cards are pre-formatted. It seems unlikely that
    the camera would write your images to an unformatted card. Are you
    sure your pictures are on the card? Can you view them on the camera LCD?

    If you are using an older card reader, it might not support newer SDHC
    or SDXC cards. Try using the USB cable to read them off the camera.
    Try a different card reader or a laptop with built-in SDHC reader.


  • #4
    your desired user name
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 114 ✭✭your desired user name


    If you do end up having to format the disc try recuva to recover lost files

    I'd be trying every other option first though


    http://www.piriform.com/recuva


  • #5
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,520 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    The cord should already be formatted and the camera will simply add the DSC and Misc folders to the card once you power it up. If you can see the photos on the camera then the files should be there.

    When you open the card in Explorer what do you see?


  • #6
    gbee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,388 ✭✭✭gbee


    Have you used the SDHC card previously?

    It sounds like your card reader is not SDHC compliant. A lot of them are not, to resolve this you need to download a patch from Microsoft, or if this is already on your machine, as it should be from XPSP3 onwards, you need to download new drivers for your device.

    Even generic SDHC drivers from Texas Instruments are likely to cure your issue.

    But connecting up the cable to the camera in the meantime will allow your to get your pics COPIED off the card.


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