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dthomsen8
06-14-2006, 08:27 AM
http://www.ultimateslr.com/memory-card-recovery.php

provides a long list of flash memory card recovery tools.

Does anyone in the forum have any experience with such tools? I have a flash memory with pictures that I really, really need to recover, but I am cautious about how to go about it.
BobRoosth
06-14-2006, 04:36 PM
I have used PhotoRescue version 2. Did what I needed. As I recall, it can make an image of the flash memory and process that image, rather than risking changes to the card itself.
dthomsen8
06-14-2006, 05:47 PM
I have used PhotoRescue version 2. Did what I needed. As I recall, it can make an image of the flash memory and process that image, rather than risking changes to the card itself.

Can I assume it read the card and made an image through a flash card reader, but not using the Windows driver?
dthomsen8
06-14-2006, 05:50 PM
I have used PhotoRescue version 2. Did what I needed. As I recall, it can make an image of the flash memory and process that image, rather than risking changes to the card itself.

I learn from web sources that this software is only $29, and has good reviews.
dthomsen8
06-18-2006, 03:56 AM
I have used PhotoRescue version 2. Did what I needed. As I recall, it can make an image of the flash memory and process that image, rather than risking changes to the card itself.

Yes, PhotoRescue does the job. It uses hardware reads for each cluster, and recovers the entire card without using the FAT. My problem was that the FAT was corrupted, so I had some confidence that it would work.
zlatan24
03-29-2007, 07:32 AM
I have had good results using
foto recovery (http://www.oemailrecovery.com/photo_recovery.html). This application may recover corrupted images from CF, SD, MMC cards and etc.