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    HELP! SD card gone bad!! lost important pictures!

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by yoyo1299, Sep 17, 2007.

  1. yoyo1299

    yoyo1299 Notebook Evangelist

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    hey all, this is BAD NEWS! the memory card is showing an error, and won't be read by the pc, is there anything i can do to fix this? i need the card working and the pics!! can i freeze it like a HDD????

    thanks, i'm going nuts here
     
    yoyo1299, Sep 17, 2007
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    Lite Notebook Deity

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    You can get recovery tools for sd cards... google it - I know you can for hard drives , not entirley sure about sd cards but im 90% sure you can. just goole recover sd card...
     
    Lite, Sep 17, 2007
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  3. obsolete

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    Try this. It's free to try, so you can see if it's worthwhile before paying for it. Linky.
     
    obsolete, Sep 17, 2007
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  4. yoyo1299

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    i tried a different program, which didn't work
     
    yoyo1299, Sep 17, 2007
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    Have you tried a different card reader? It may be that that card reader doesnt want to recognize it. Try and test it on another pc.
     
    jessi3k3, Sep 17, 2007
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  6. yoyo1299

    yoyo1299 Notebook Evangelist

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    ok dude, i'm no noob here. I've tried a different pc, didn't work. i've tried different cards, which worked both in the reader and in the camera. one program managed to read that i had a sandisk 512 mb card in slot G, but couldnt get any pics off....
     
    yoyo1299, Sep 18, 2007
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  7. obsolete

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    Well, if you've already tried the different recovery software and different readers and still no dice, I think your only option is to send it to a company that specializes in data recovery or live without those pics. Sorry.
     
    obsolete, Sep 18, 2007
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