My son reminds me that we downloaded those images to his computer so my
granddaughter could view them. He hasn't deleted them so I do have a
backup copy. However, I'd still like to know if anyone can recommend a
free image recovery app.
Chuck Norcutt
On 7/5/2011 7:56 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> Chuck,
>
> Sounds like the cheapest out might be to buy another card, and stow the
> questionable one until you get home.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
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> From: "Chuck Norcutt"<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 3:26 PM
> Subject: [OM] Query for free image recovery software
>
>
>> I formatted a CF card this morning assuming it had already been
>> downloaded. Then I realized that if it had been downloaded it was on my
>> other computer. I think it was downloaded but I'm not 100% sure and
>> have no way to check for another week. But I'd like to have the 8GB
>> space back if I can.
>>
>> From using a SanDisk utility I know the data is there and recoverable.
>> But SanDisk wants more than $30 for the unlocked version that actually
>> recovers what it told me was detected. I tried downloading a freebie
>> "open source" utility which turned out to be a character mode thing full
>> of Unix gobbeldy gook which I didn't understand well enough to answer
>> the questions it was asking. It looked to me that if I made an error it
>> could potentially write to the disk I was trying to recover. Not good.
>>
>> So, does anyone know of a free Windows utility that you're willing to
>> recommend that will recover images from a CF card?
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
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