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Recover pictures from a damaged CF card

  • 29-01-2011 3:08pm
    #1
    Buckz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 80 ✭✭


    Once upon a time I dropped a camera, tripod, lens and memory card into a small river. The tripod lived, the camera and lens didn't, and the memory card worked initially, but then stopped before I copied the files off it. The pictures on the card are not the greatest ever taken, but one picture from another card the same morning was on the weather forecast , so there could be some stuff worth saving. The sandisk recovery disk didn't work, and when I brought it intlo Conns they saved a fw jpegs from the card, but not the 50 raws I'm trying to recover. One computer shop I went to said the files could be recovered by dismantling the card, and placing the chip in another card to copy the files off it. They weren't interested in doing it, and went bust since so I can't get a recommendation as to who could do this.
    Can anyone here recommend someone who could do this, or where I should put this question?

    The splash happened right infront of 2 other photographers, and they both missed it.


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  • #2
    Hugh_C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,852 ✭✭✭Hugh_C


    You could try Critical Data Services out near j5 off the m50. Try googling them, they might be able to help.


  • #3
    flutered
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,710 ✭✭✭flutered


    download.com has an utility called pandora recovery, it is freeware, i have used it sucessfully on formated sd cards, this is worth a try.


  • #4
    Jolly Roger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭Jolly Roger


    I had a problem with a 4GB PNY SD memory card for my camera. I came back from holidays having taken hundreds of photos only to find that it no longer read the card. I tried several other cameras, card readers, laptops, desktops etc, but they didn’t register or recognise the card either.
    I called into some IT and camera shops in Dublin but after paying €25 each time to see if they could fix it, I had no option but to try elsewhere and had to send it away to a specialist data recovery company, where they would preform some physical 'surgery' on the card.
    I contacted several places in Ireland and the UK, but their quotes were so expensive: at least €300, and in one case €600! Other places wanted to charge a minimum €45 investigation fee, but wouldn’t provide any rough cost estimates as to how much it would cost afterwards, thus leaving me totally open to being exploited, and being charged whatever they liked.
    I spent days trying to find a place and almost gave up, but eventually came across a company called Recoverfab in Germany: http://recoverfab.com. They’re prices are listed on their website http://recoverfab.com/price.php so everything was totally transparent and correct. I sent the memory card on Friday evening, and at 7am Monday morning I got an email to say it had arrived. 2 days later they confirmed that they had retrieved all the data and provided a sample 50 photos for inspection. They were thoroughly professional and efficient in their approach and service, and would definitely recommend them! Hope this helps!


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