Partially-lost images on card
Jun 16, 2022 18:26:48 #
Can anyone help with this problem? I have a card on which I recorded images in jpg over a span of ~ a year, all of which display perfectly fine on the (Nikon) camera’s Display, but none of which are any longer recognizable by any of my PC’s utilities – They are not even downloadable. I had previously downloaded most of them but not all. The card reader is not at fault because it does read other cards normally. The images are not corrupted because they still display perfectly on the camera.
During the time when the something went wrong, it happened I was trying to up load images from the card to a smart phone. The file manager recognized the images, but seems to have written its own files on the card as if trying to impose a file structure on it – data flowing backwards. I never was able to get the file manager to transfer any of the images to anywhere in the phone.
So, does anyone know of a way to recover the images? Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
During the time when the something went wrong, it happened I was trying to up load images from the card to a smart phone. The file manager recognized the images, but seems to have written its own files on the card as if trying to impose a file structure on it – data flowing backwards. I never was able to get the file manager to transfer any of the images to anywhere in the phone.
So, does anyone know of a way to recover the images? Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Jun 16, 2022 22:22:57 #
When you attempt to read the card on the computer via card reader, do any files or folders on the card show up? Does the card register at all being connected?
Jun 17, 2022 11:39:10 #
rook2c4 wrote:
When you attempt to read the card on the computer via card reader, do any files or folders on the card show up? Does the card register at all being connected?
Yes, there are Android files such as "Android", "Audio Books", ... - all empty, as well as the proper DCIM - which contains 2 images.
Jun 17, 2022 12:26:39 #
What type of card - CF, SD, XQD, CF Express, etc.
I have had success with similar situations and would be happy to give it a shot.
PM me if you are interested.
I have had success with similar situations and would be happy to give it a shot.
PM me if you are interested.
Jun 17, 2022 12:30:25 #
Fred F wrote:
Can anyone help with this problem? I have a card o... (show quote)
I had the same issue of having LOTS of photos on a disk and the back up was corrupted as well. I have used RECUVA before back years ago to retrieve photos and it worked well. I use the free version. I put the disk in the computers disk reader and ran the program. I had not over written the disk so it recovered 1986 photos in little over 25 minutes. It was over a years worth of photos. I have NO idea what happened to the disk but Recuva did same my buns. I hope it will help you out. I reformatted the disks and started to use them again. My D7200 uses two disks, one for the orig and one for back up.
Jun 17, 2022 14:07:04 #
jeff1234
Loc: Kirkland, WA
I had a similar experience with an XQD card. Recuva found the files, but I couldn't access them. They did not show up on the camera. The free Sony software recovered them among a bunch that I had reformatted over and I just had to pick them out and recover them.
Jun 17, 2022 14:58:21 #
Don't waste time or effort playing with the card. The more you mess with it, the more can go wrong. Down load and run a recovery program -- I use RescuePRO, but there are others - ASAP.
https://lc-tech.com/sandisk-rescuepro-and-rescuepro-deluxe/
https://lc-tech.com/sandisk-rescuepro-and-rescuepro-deluxe/
Jun 17, 2022 17:53:29 #
Fred F wrote:
Yes, there are Android files such as "Android", "Audio Books", ... - all empty, as well as the proper DCIM - which contains 2 images.
Meanwhile I have managed to save all the images, a great relief. The lesson, experiment with uploading files to smart phones on non-critical material first, until certain how to do it.
Jun 17, 2022 17:56:46 #
jeff1234 wrote:
I had a similar experience with an XQD card. Recuva found the files, but I couldn't access them. They did not show up on the camera. The free Sony software recovered them among a bunch that I had reformatted over and I just had to pick them out and recover them.
Thanks (and to all other replies too) for the suggestion; I'll get the recovery software just in case. It turned out I was able to recover the images, not quite sure how.
Jun 17, 2022 19:54:10 #
Glad you recovered. Freeware Recurva works well.
Likewise, SanDisk Extreme Pro cards come with a slip of paper with a 2 year license for Rescue Pro recovery software. Time only starts when software is installed.
In both cases, there is a quick scan option, and if that doesn't work, a deep scan option.
I recently had a case where the card in my phone suddenly wanted to be reformatted. Took it out, backed it up with Macrium Reflect on computer, put it back in phone and let phone reformat it, then back to computer to mount image and copy everything back. PITA, but it worked.
Likewise, SanDisk Extreme Pro cards come with a slip of paper with a 2 year license for Rescue Pro recovery software. Time only starts when software is installed.
In both cases, there is a quick scan option, and if that doesn't work, a deep scan option.
I recently had a case where the card in my phone suddenly wanted to be reformatted. Took it out, backed it up with Macrium Reflect on computer, put it back in phone and let phone reformat it, then back to computer to mount image and copy everything back. PITA, but it worked.
Jun 17, 2022 20:30:03 #
Fred F wrote:
Yes, there are Android files such as "Android", "Audio Books", ... - all empty, as well as the proper DCIM - which contains 2 images.
Why Android files? Are trying to download the images onto an Android tablet?
Jun 18, 2022 08:32:57 #
This seems to be one drawback of digital photography - the naughty memory card. You take award-winning photos, but your card doesn't give them to you. That's why all cameras should have two card slots.
Jun 18, 2022 08:51:46 #
If you are worried about corrupting a card during a download, most cards have a physical tab on the side that can be used to write protect the card. This will make it impossible for any changes to the card during the process of exporting the photos
Jun 18, 2022 09:41:54 #
Schoee
Loc: Europe
Could you download through the cable to the camera rather than removing the card?
Jun 19, 2022 00:40:16 #
Schoee wrote:
Could you download through the cable to the camera rather than removing the card?
Schoee, that is exactly what I was going to suggest. Most of us probably have an old male USB-A to mini-USB-B laying around that will work. But be careful, there are several kinds of mini-USB plugs. Some are very flat, and others are a bit thicker and trapezoidal shaped. --Richard
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