SD card error - recovering photo help

Tusky

Just returned from travelling with about 1,000 photos on my 32gb SD card. Was browsing the photos on my laptop when a message popped up saying I had to format the card. I was then unable to access any of the photos. I put the card back into the camera and it gave me an error message.

I've downloaded the free version of Recuva, but when I try select the drive (Removable disc G) I get a pop up that says I need to format. If I cancel that I get an error message that says: "G is not accessible. The Volume does not contain a recognized file system. Please make sure that all required file system drivers are loaded and that the volume is not corrupted."

If I ignore that and go ahead, Recuva tells me "the Path does not exist."

If I ask Recuva to scan all removable discs it says "unable to read boot sector."

Any ideas? Would be heartbreaking to lose all my photos.

Darren 83

Tusky wrote: »

Just returned from travelling with about 1,000 photos on my 32gb SD card. Was browsing the photos on my laptop when a message popped up saying I had to format the card. I was then unable to access any of the photos. I put the card back into the camera and it gave me an error message.

I've downloaded the free version of Recuva, but when I try select the drive (Removable disc G) I get a pop up that says I need to format. If I cancel that I get an error message that says: "G is not accessible. The Volume does not contain a recognized file system. Please make sure that all required file system drivers are loaded and that the volume is not corrupted."

If I ignore that and go ahead, Recuva tells me "the Path does not exist."

If I ask Recuva to scan all removable discs it says "unable to read boot sector."

Any ideas? Would be heartbreaking to lose all my photos.

Is it a xd card?

mordeith

Is the card reader integrated into your laptop? If so it might be worth getting hold of an external reader and using that. Proabably won't make any difference but might be worth a shot

yoyo

Try TestDisk and PhotoRec. Also try another card reader

Nick

Tusky

Darren 83 wrote: »

Is it a xd card?

It's an SDHC card. Not sure what xd is?

mordeith wrote: »

Is the card reader integrated into your laptop? If so it might be worth getting hold of an external reader and using that. Proabably won't make any difference but might be worth a shot

Card reader is integrated into laptop, yes.

yoyo wrote: »

Try TestDisk and PhotoRec. Also try another card reader.

Nick

Are these free?

Thanks for help.

yoyo

Tusky wrote: »

Are these free?

Thanks for help.

100% free. Obviously make sure to save the contents of the disk to another disk such as the hard drive. Testdisk can help rebuild partitions while photorec can help recover actual data. Both can be tried

Nick

JR1210

I bought a Duracell SD card, same thing, failed after a few months and the support has been rubbish

Duracell Class 10.200x ProPhoto SDHC Memory Card - 16 GB

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0055859U8/ref=cm_cr_rev_prod_title

Have loads of pics of my new baby, gone

Anyone know of somewhere that might be able to recover this?

yoyo

JR1210 wrote: »

I bought a Duracell SD card, same thing, failed after a few months and the support has been rubbish

Duracell Class 10.200x ProPhoto SDHC Memory Card - 16 GB

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0055859U8/ref=cm_cr_rev_prod_title

Have loads of pics of my new baby, gone

Anyone know of somewhere that might be able to recover this?

Have you tried Recuva? Its free . Just recover onto another disk, not the memory card

Nick

Darren 83

If it's a xd card you cant format it recover data off it, as its a not this you should be able to format it and recover data off it.

There might be a virus on the card, try to scan the card with your antivirus

JR1210

Darren 83 wrote: »

If it's a xd card you cant format it recover data off it, as its a not this you should be able to format it and recover data off it.

There might be a virus on the card, try to scan the card with your antivirus

The card is not being read as a hard drive so can't scan it

yoyo

JR1210 wrote: »

The card is not being read as a hard drive so can't scan it

Its not a virus, try testdisk/photorec I linked above

Nick

bonzodog2

Does it show up in DiskManagement? (MyComputer->rightclick->menu->Manage)(well in Xp, later versions may differ)
I'd also recommend GetDataBack or R-Studio