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  1. smellycat_forever's Avatar
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    Recovering from an SD card?
    Okay so I've found myself in a bit of a pickle today. I wanted to import some pictures from my camera onto my computer but was unable to find the wire connecter thing. So I used a card reader and inserted the sd card. I selected the option 'import files' and waited for them to upload.
    However I found that numerous files had not successfully been uploaded and they were images taken from the last fews months. I removed the sd card from the card reader and put it back in the camera. I checked the photo playback thing and the images were nowhere to be found :eek:
    Somehow some of my images have been deleted from the sd card- is there anyway of me recovering these? I know there is software you can use to recover deleted files but it seems not to be working. Maybe its because the images were deleted whilst the sd card was in the computer and not manually on the camera, i'm not sure :confused:
    Does anyone know how or if I can recover these? And is there any software that will work?
    Thanks
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    Re: Recovering from an SD card?
    Im not sure what the software is but there definitely is some out there thatll work to recover your lost files, i think it might cost a pretty penny though :/
    oh and this might sound stupid but being deleted and all may i suggest you check the recycle bin ?
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    Re: Recovering from an SD card?
    I checked the recycle bin in sure hope it would be there but the file sadly weren't there, meh i'll keep searching for some software, thank you
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    Re: Recovering from an SD card?
    (Original post by smellycat_forever)
    I checked the recycle bin in sure hope it would be there but the file sadly weren't there, meh i'll keep searching for some software, thank you
    Have you tried recuva (http://www.piriform.com/recuva) with the option to do a deep scan and for 'non-deleted files'?
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    Re: Recovering from an SD card?
    (Original post by Chrosson)
    Have you tried recuva (http://www.piriform.com/recuva) with the option to do a deep scan and for 'non-deleted files'?
    This.
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    Re: Recovering from an SD card?
    (Original post by Chrosson)
    Have you tried recuva (http://www.piriform.com/recuva) with the option to do a deep scan and for 'non-deleted files'?
    Thanks, I'll give it a shot! :crossedf:
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    Re: Recovering from an SD card?
    (Original post by smellycat_forever)
    Thanks, I'll give it a shot! :crossedf:
    I actually had to recover some files from an SD card last night and found that recuva did not give me very good results, so I had to fall back on another program that I occasionally use which is more complicated but arguably better.

    Basically, if you find recuva doesn't work, there is another hope.

    p.s. hopefully you aren't using the SD card at the moment or doing anything with it other than trying to recover files from it
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