PC Inspector Smart Media Recovery saved my butt!!

06/22/2006 06:06:47 AM · #1

it doesn't matter how it happened, but here's a thumbnail sketch:

i had a card in my card-reader that i thought had been read. i used windows xp to do a quick format on the card. later, i noticed a gap of about 300 missing photos, and realized that the card had NOT been read.

like a champ, PC Inspector Smart Media Recovery recovered EVERY SINGLE image off of the card. this is a freeware executable, and it rocks! you can read a review here.

you might want to either bookmark this thread, or visit the site and bookmark it. even better, go on and download it, because, you just never know when you're gonna need it.

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

06/22/2006 08:55:00 PM · #2

13 hours later, and i'm still impressed ;-)

Kelli

Canon EOS-D60

06/22/2006 08:58:02 PM · #3

Thanks for the link. I could have used this about a week ago!

colyla

Canon EOS-50D

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM II

06/22/2006 09:28:34 PM · #4

got it bookmarked! thanks skip!

Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon

06/22/2006 10:33:27 PM · #5

some key words, just in case someone searches the forums ;-)

disk recovery erased format formatted files lost images

yanko

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

06/22/2006 10:53:08 PM · #6

Bookmarked. Thanks for the link. Btw, those keywords you are adding is a great idea but given the horrible search function this site has it still doesn't make a difference. However, when Google indexes this page I'm sure those will work like a charm.

justin_hewlett

Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

06/22/2006 11:07:15 PM · #7

Originally posted by skiprow:

some key words, just in case someone searches the forums ;-)

disk recovery erased format formatted files lost images

LOL.

fotomann_forever

06/22/2006 11:08:51 PM · #8

Originally posted by skiprow:

some key words, just in case someone searches the forums ;-)

disk recovery erased format formatted files lost images

repeating for google :-)

Cool link skip. Hope I never need it, but this is going into my watch list.

idnic

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

06/22/2006 11:17:16 PM · #9

I used it for the first time a few weeks ago when I did basically the same bone-head maneuver. Saved my butt too.... was wedding shots.

Glad you got it recovered, my friend. God bless freeware!

dwterry

Canon EOS-1D Mark III

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

07/20/2006 08:08:36 AM · #10

I've been doing so good, for so long. I've never accidently deleted images. Last night I hit format and then immediately realized my CF card had images that I was supposed to give to someone.

PC Inspector worked like a charm.

I'm now among the butt-saved elite. Thanks to DPC and this discussion! :-)

leaf

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

07/20/2006 08:26:06 AM · #11

Originally posted by idnic:

Saved my butt too.... was wedding shots.

ouch.. that could have been nasty

Message edited by author 2006-07-20 08:26:15.

Bobster

Canon EOS-20D

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

07/20/2006 08:41:22 AM · #12

Recover My Files saved my butt last month - whole wedding in the trash by mistake (selected wrong folder)

tried every free trial there was - some recovered but because they were CR2 files, they recovered them as corrupt.. Recover My Files recovered the CR2 files as TIFF, so a quick rename later and hey presto everything was back :D money well spent! :)

Telehubbie

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

07/20/2006 08:53:30 AM · #13

This software sure is a butt-saver Skip, glad it worked out for you. Here's my bonehead story:

A couple weeks ago I was doing some headshots and just about filled a 2 gig card. So I went to change cards, but accidentally put the same card back in and formatted it. Oops! I quickly realized what happened and (discreetly) took it out and put the other card in, knowing I had this same software that hopefully would recover the files later (never had to use it before though). So we did a lot more photos just in case, the client never knew what happened and just thought I was giving him more time, I was able to recover the files later that night, and they ended up getting twice as many shots to choose from. -Whew!

Everybody should try it before you actually need it, works great. Also, I've since labeled my cards 1-4, so I start with 1 and move up so there's no mix-up again.

dahkota

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

08/26/2006 01:45:50 PM · #14

Just wanted to repeat this. Saved my butt this morning. Got all 114 files back. This is the only product I could find that worked with .CR2 files. The other one I tried converted them to excel files for some reason.

Definitely an amazing program!

jdannels

Nikon D300s

Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Nikon

06/29/2007 05:37:02 PM · #15

thanks for the keywords skip, dpchallenge actually found it. But I can't recover anything. I had used Wolverine 80 gig flashpac portable hardrive and cardreader to shoot some band photos for their cd cover. The first part of the shoot for the album cover I thought was downloaded to the drive, reformatted the CF card in camera and continued to shoot, the folder or photos aren't on the drive and and the card has been used up again about 75% but even when I try to access the card, it doesn't show any old photos. Damn it! If any one else has ideas that would be great. To clarify, the photos aren't on a computer they are on an external hard drive plugged into a USB port. I believe I am fairly screwed...