Learned a very valuable lesson yesterday, NEED HELP!!!
Nov 24, 2019 08:14:53 #
After a shoot yesterday I was going through my pictures and editing them and saving them to a separate file. Normally I would download everything to my computer first but failed to do this for this shoot. I managed to get 118 done and saved when my computer said that the SD card that I am using could not be read and it needed to be formatted. I had formatted it before the shoot and it worked fine until I had maybe 25 photos left to edit and now the card doesn't work. I tried my laptop and putting the card back in the camera with the same results. All three of my cameras have dual cards slots and I have never used the option of writing the images to both cards with any of the tens of thousands of photo I have taken, but from now on every photo I take will be written to both cards to eliminate this problem.
If you have a recommendation for some recovery software please put it in a comment below. The card stopped working on the image I most wanted and I am not a happy photographer. Any suggestion would be appreciated.
If you have a recommendation for some recovery software please put it in a comment below. The card stopped working on the image I most wanted and I am not a happy photographer. Any suggestion would be appreciated.
Nov 24, 2019 08:22:34 #
Using the dual slot as a backup is a great practice. In the future, download the files on the card before working on them. Don't reformat the card until you have the files safely saved. You can always delete the ones you don't want to keep. Consider keeping the reject files until a later time. You might be surprised to find a keeper among those later on.
Nov 24, 2019 08:24:07 #
Have you tried connecting the camera to the computer with the card in it? Might not work, but it is worth a try.
Nov 24, 2019 08:29:07 #
I have heard that experts are available the can scan whatever information is on your cards and recover lost data. The pictures, in this case, are still on your card but the index your computer uses to know that they are there, and where they are, is corrupted. There might be tools on the internet you can download that will do the job.
Nov 24, 2019 08:39:05 #
nikon_jon wrote:
Have you tried connecting the camera to the computer with the card in it? Might not work, but it is worth a try.
I put the card in the camera and it says "This card is not formatted, format the card"
Nov 24, 2019 08:58:18 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
Don’t ever ever ever do it that way again. 😉😉 But on a serious note, the Read-then-Copy repetitive sequence must have introduced an electronic error onto the card medium. Hopefully you can find a recovery method.
Nov 24, 2019 09:06:08 #
autry
Loc: Ashland, VA. - Center of The Universe
Please be nice. ..Please check the switch on the side of the Card??
Nov 24, 2019 09:12:35 #
Something like this is bound to happen to all of us eventually. It happened to me once but the dual card slot saved me. In my case I accidentally removed the card from the reader while downloading. Sorry I have no answer as to recovery. Anyone else out there not using their second slot for backup is playing with fire. Thanks for sharing, hopefully this will save others from future disasters.
Nov 24, 2019 09:13:20 #
autry wrote:
Please be nice. ..Please check the switch on the side of the Card??
I had already checked it and it isn't locked.
Nov 24, 2019 09:30:21 #
grandpaw wrote:
After a shoot yesterday I was going through my pic... (show quote)
If it is a san disk card, they have a recovery card that you can download and try. I have used that in the past and they get good results. Sooooo...... I would try the card manufacturer to see what you can find.
Nov 24, 2019 09:52:26 #
David Kay wrote:
If it is a san disk card, they have a recovery card that you can download and try. I have used that in the past and they get good results. Sooooo...... I would try the card manufacturer to see what you can find.
I went to Sandisk and downloaded CardRescue. It said to drag it from downloads to applications folder which I did then it says to open with launchpad and that doesn't work for me.
Nov 24, 2019 10:32:19 #
grandpaw wrote:
I went to Sandisk and downloaded CardRescue. It said to drag it from downloads to applications folder which I did then it says to open with launchpad and that doesn't work for me.
I would contact sandisk.
Nov 24, 2019 11:36:52 #
Nov 24, 2019 14:02:48 #
I always copy to at least 2 places, local and cloud. I once had a reader which fouled up a card. I was able to use a sequence of Microsoft applications, built into Win10, to recover the disk. I wish I remember which ones and in what order, but I don't. If your operating in Win, you might want to try the disk repairing programs.
Nov 24, 2019 14:43:38 #
autry
Loc: Ashland, VA. - Center of The Universe
Best Buy (Geek Squad) can probably recover your exposures. It will cost $100 and you’ll get service for 1 year along with Security & antivirus software on all your computers.
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