SD card erased by by mistake
Nov 1, 2017 07:30:21 #
jdubu wrote:
Recuva is one program I find works well. Your files are still on the card, just the directory allowing you access to them has been erased. Without the directory, the card is telling the camera that those files can be overwritten.
I've used Recuva several times, not only on SD cards, also on an external hard drive.
Works great every time. Bonus: It's free. <https://www.piriform.com/recuva>
Depending on the brand card you use, some manufacturers also make recovery software available, but I can't speak for that as I've never used it.
Nov 1, 2017 07:53:09 #
Lilka wrote:
While trying to save my photos, through a FileHub+, I somehow erased all 3 days of my African Safari. The card has not been reformatted. Is there any way to salvage them???
Recuva worked for me a few months ago when I inadvertently reformatted a Sandisk SD card. The Recuva program came free with one of my Sandisk memory cards. The program is good for 1 year free after it's installed on your computer.
Good luck!
Nov 1, 2017 08:05:10 #
MadMikeOne wrote:
Recuva worked for me a few months ago when I inadvertently reformatted a Sandisk SD card. The Recuva program came free with one of my Sandisk memory cards. The program is good for 1 year free after it's installed on your computer.
Good luck!
Good luck!
This restriction must be for the program included with the cards.
Download the free version from the website and it will be free forever. I've had mine on this computer for about 2 1/2 years now and it still works fine.
Nov 1, 2017 09:07:45 #
Even Best Buy can recover them for you if you don't wan't the aggrevation of trying it yourself
Nov 1, 2017 09:28:52 #
Dale40203
Loc: Louisville, KY
I've used Data Rescue to recover data on HDDs and flash media. It's not free.
Nov 1, 2017 11:31:36 #
Lilka wrote:
While trying to save my photos, through a FileHub+, I somehow erased all 3 days of my African Safari. The card has not been reformatted. Is there any way to salvage them???
I had good luck with a program Search and Recover made by Iola. These were files from my computer, but also shows it works with SD cards.
Nov 1, 2017 12:33:59 #
Use Laxar cards and I believe they come with a free recovery program. Been years since I made the mistake but the software did recover my photos.
Nov 1, 2017 13:25:19 #
Lilka wrote:
While trying to save my photos, through a FileHub+, I somehow erased all 3 days of my African Safari. The card has not been reformatted. Is there any way to salvage them???
As of a couple years ago, every genuine Sandisk, (Extreme pro at least), comes with a free download of Rescue Pro Delux.
Mentioned before, there are many similar programs to do just what your asking also.
Nov 1, 2017 13:55:59 #
jdubu
Loc: San Jose, CA
schneiderp007 wrote:
Even Best Buy can recover them for you if you don't wan't the aggrevation of trying it yourself
I have a friend with the lost photos problem a while back. The Best Buy geek told her that she could only retrieve files from a hard drive, not flash drives. She called me and recuva found everything. The advice you get depends on how knowledgeable the person is you find.
Nov 1, 2017 14:10:10 #
Nov 1, 2017 19:05:57 #
Lilka wrote:
While trying to save my photos, through a FileHub+, I somehow erased all 3 days of my African Safari. The card has not been reformatted. Is there any way to salvage them???
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec
has never let me down
Nov 1, 2017 19:50:01 #
Lilka wrote:
While trying to save my photos, through a FileHub+, I somehow erased all 3 days of my African Safari. The card has not been reformatted. Is there any way to salvage them???
If you are computer literate enough, there are software programs you can get to do this. If not take it to the local pro. and good luck....I don't know about yours, but I have heard some cards have a write lock on them, that you can set to protect as soon as you take the card out. Then you can only read it.
I just loaded Recuva, and came back and edited this msg.......it is super simple and free from here http://filehippo.com/download_recuva
Nov 1, 2017 22:08:49 #
Morning Star wrote:
This restriction must be for the program included with the cards.
Download the free version from the website and it will be free forever. I've had mine on this computer for about 2 1/2 years now and it still works fine.
Download the free version from the website and it will be free forever. I've had mine on this computer for about 2 1/2 years now and it still works fine.
Thanks for that info. Will check it out. I had no idea there was a freebie out there.
Nov 1, 2017 22:18:01 #
jdubu wrote:
I have a friend with the lost photos problem a while back. The Best Buy geek told her that she could only retrieve files from a hard drive, not flash drives. She called me and recuva found everything. The advice you get depends on how knowledgeable the person is you find.
I have said before, and I will say it again..... Stay away from Best buy.... They are wanna bees...
Nov 1, 2017 22:22:40 #
MadMikeOne wrote:
Recuva worked for me a few months ago when I inadvertently reformatted a Sandisk SD card. The Recuva program came free with one of my Sandisk memory cards. The program is good for 1 year free after it's installed on your computer.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Recuva is free forever... They have a paid version for 19.95. the only difference is the paid one auto updates.
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