Bad SD card

spuddy · 04-17-2007

A friend of mine went for a holiday in Korea with 2X 512mb Sd cards. Half way thru one of the cards could not be read after having several shots. She asked me for help when she got home. I tried several card-reader but still unable to read.
Anyone has any suggestions?
Thank you.

dc2 · 04-17-2007

Check on the side of the card for a small slide switch that may have been accidently switched to write only.

Alejandro · 04-23-2007

Depends on the card SanDisk has rescue software that you can download for free. works ok. I have this issue before with a 512 generic brand. Once they don't want to work they are trash. That is one of the demons of digital photography. If you had lost a roll are 36 pictures but if you lost a card usually they are more. That’s why you want to invest as much as you can in your cards.

EOS_JD · 04-23-2007

Purchase software that will do a low level read of all info on the disk. It's amazing what the software can do.

I've recovered data from formatted and corrupt disks.

I use Bad Copy Pro. (Do a google search) It has never failed me.

jfrancho · 04-23-2007

I've used PC Inspector Smart Recovery with excellent results. It's free, search Downloads.com for it. There are two, you want the one for removable storage devices.

spuddy · 04-23-2007

Dear All,

Thank you for all the suggestions.I will certainly try them.

EOS_JD · 03-24-2010

Many companies can recover the data. I woudl go to a reputable one.

Steven G Webb · 03-31-2010

Why are we still suggesting things to a thread that's in the neighborhood of 3 years old? The revival was obviously made by a spammer. 1st post to a 3 yr old thread and contains an ad link.
Just wonderng.
Steve

swampler · 03-31-2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by Songman45

Why are we still suggesting things to a thread that's in the neighborhood of 3 years old? The revival was obviously made by a spammer. 1st post to a 3 yr old thread and contains an ad link.
Just wonderng.
Steve

Might still help someone else, though.

EOS_JD · 03-31-2010

My fault and I don't know how I looked at a thread of three years old!!! Please accept my apologies. Surfing blind I think

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04-23-2007	#3
Alejandro Alpaca Location: New York Posts: 34 CamelKarma: 11 Gallery \| Blog	Re: Bad SD card Depends on the card SanDisk has rescue software that you can download for free. works ok. I have this issue before with a 512 generic brand. Once they don't want to work they are trash. That is one of the demons of digital photography. If you had lost a roll are 36 pictures but if you lost a card usually they are more. That’s why you want to invest as much as you can in your cards.
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EOS_JD Llama Posts: 899 CamelKarma: 2460 Gallery \| Blog	Re: Bad SD card Purchase software that will do a low level read of all info on the disk. It's amazing what the software can do. I've recovered data from formatted and corrupt disks. I use Bad Copy Pro. (Do a google search) It has never failed me.
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jfrancho Camel Breath Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 11,609 CamelKarma: 4939 Editing OK?: No Gallery \| Blog	Re: Bad SD card I've used PC Inspector Smart Recovery with excellent results. It's free, search Downloads.com for it. There are two, you want the one for removable storage devices.
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04-23-2007	#6
spuddy Vicuna Location: Singapore Posts: 87 CamelKarma: 46 Editing OK?: Yes Gallery \| Blog	Re: Bad SD card Dear All, Thank you for all the suggestions.I will certainly try them.
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03-24-2010	#7
EOS_JD Llama Posts: 899 CamelKarma: 2460 Gallery \| Blog	Re: Bad SD card Many companies can recover the data. I woudl go to a reputable one.
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EOS_JD Llama Posts: 899 CamelKarma: 2460 Gallery \| Blog	Re: Bad SD card My fault and I don't know how I looked at a thread of three years old!!! Please accept my apologies. Surfing blind I think __________________ Members don't see ads in threads. Register your free account today and become a member of PhotoCamel to open up the site's many benefits and features.
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