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05/20/2008 08:47:40 PM · #1

just deleted all her photos off her camera right before uploading them to the computer. any way at all to retreive them form the camera?

Sam94720

Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di for Nikon

05/20/2008 08:49:53 PM · #2

Do you use a SanDisk CF card? I think they provide software with the card for exactly this situation. It should be able to retrieve the images for you.

StOlafPhotographer

Nikon D200

05/20/2008 08:50:24 PM · #3

There are special software programs meant to retrieve photos that have been deleted off of memory/CF cards. Google search it or go to your local computer store

Evan

faidoi

Pentax K10D

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

05/20/2008 08:51:08 PM · #4

What ever you do, don't take anymore pictures with that card.

Louis

Nikon D800

Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D

05/20/2008 08:53:32 PM · #5

This will cost you 19.95.

05/20/2008 08:56:46 PM · #6

Originally posted by faidoi:

What ever you do, don't take anymore pictures with that card.

oh...well, ok. i did. sigh...

05/20/2008 08:58:15 PM · #7

Not sure about this, but sometimes the cards come with a cd that has "recovery software" on it. Mine are those mini cds....

Alternatively, you may be able to install the card in a reader, and use your computer to access the "hidden" folders/files: usually they are not really deleted, but have a "-" or something added to their filenames that lets the OS know they are free space, and were "deleted".

Open the explorer window that shows your card--Under the Tools menu, select Folder Options, then the View tab, scroll down and check the box that says "Show Hidden Files and Folders" and then you should see the image files with a funky naming thing added to them. Rename them, should have access. But the Recovery Software that came with the card will likely do this in a much more user friendly way.

finally, you might find the software online, if you cannot find your disk: googly link

Good luck!

Niten

Canon EOS-20D

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

05/20/2008 09:00:40 PM · #8

//www.pcperformancetools.com/recover-lost-files-email-data-pictures.htm?gclid=CLyTxrewtpMCFQ0Bswodel_ICg

//www.easyphotorecovery.com/

I don't remember what I used but I have recoved them before. If you have taken photos over them though I think you will have lost some of them forever. Don't give up easy though run the recovery several times.

faidoi

Pentax K10D

05/20/2008 09:02:22 PM · #9

Originally posted by JDubsgirl:

Originally posted by faidoi:
What ever you do, don't take anymore pictures with that card.

oh...well, ok. i did. sigh...

If you didn't fill up your card you may still be able to recover old pictures. Use the software that has been previous posted.

05/20/2008 09:10:44 PM · #10

does anyone have something i dont have to pay for?

05/20/2008 09:29:58 PM · #11

can't say I have used it, but it appears to be free: SanDisk_Memory_Card_Recovery_Software

05/20/2008 09:43:32 PM · #12

this program i bought is now dumping every photo i have ver looked at on the internet or my own camera onto my desktop. blah

ralph

Nikon Z9

05/20/2008 09:58:04 PM · #13

i've used PC Inspector smart recovery with good success
www.convar.de

Gordon

RIM BlackBerry Curve

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

05/20/2008 10:33:05 PM · #14

I used ZAR (zero Assumption Recovery) at the weekend to recover 4Gb of images when a card reader went on the fritz half
way through a download and trashed the card.

It's free and got all the images back (including a few from about 6 months ago...)

//www.z-a-recovery.com/

You can pay for it, but the digital camera file recovery portion of the program is fully functional without having to pay anything.

Message edited by author 2008-05-20 22:33:43.

05/22/2008 12:24:25 AM · #15

so now, after spending over $100 dollars, i am in the final few moments of waiting to see if the damn photos will magically appear on my screen (of course using a free program since all the others just took my money). in case i end up destroying my computer in a violent rage and never speak to a dp-er again, i really like this site. good bye cruel world!

05/22/2008 12:30:53 AM · #16

Well, at least you got a PostLumie Nomination! One of those plus 7 bucks is good for a small Starbucks coffee! Direct some violent rage toward a pillow, and stay on the site--we want more images from you!

rjkstesch

Nikon D700

05/22/2008 12:38:45 AM · #17

Originally posted by Gordon:

I second Gordon. I've used some of the other software and not been able to recover my images, but I got them back with ZAR.

Give it a try.

05/22/2008 12:45:01 AM · #18

Originally posted by chromeydome:

lol yeh i was thinking of just going and crying in the shower, but instead im commenting on photos. hmm....maybe that isnt what i should be doing right now...

and btw what really is the nomication for? ive never gotten one, so i really have no idea how special i should be feeling...

Message edited by author 2008-05-22 00:45:24.

05/22/2008 12:55:00 AM · #19

WAAAZAAAAAAAAAAA WWWWWWHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I GOT MY PHOTOS BACK YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

05/22/2008 12:58:56 AM · #20

Originally posted by JDubsgirl:

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and btw what really is the nomication for? ive never gotten one, so i really have no idea how special i should be feeling...

well, I can't tell you how special to feel :~) but in this thread people give out their own personal awards to images they liked in challenges, often those that seemed overlooked in the voting... I do the PostLUMIES slightly differently than others do theirs: they do their own Blue, Red, Yellow custom "ribbons". I, however, am notably indecisive, and cannot usually narrow down to just 3, so I "nominate" as many as I darn well please (I am no slave to convention!) and then give the Winner to just one.

but if you check that thread, and see the PostHumous award winners, and the others, even a lowly postlumie puts you in the same thread, in mighty company :-)

05/22/2008 12:59:28 AM · #21

Originally posted by JDubsgirl:

WAAAZAAAAAAAAAAA WWWWWWHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I GOT MY PHOTOS BACK YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Now THAT is GREAT News!

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/22/2008 01:05:19 AM · #22

of course now i have duplicates of every photo that ever passed through my memory card, but what the hell, i got my photos back! now im too happy to go to sleep. weee!

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

05/22/2008 01:56:13 AM · #23

Always good to hear a happy ending. Although I heard stories about curses befalling those who resurrect dead photos. Probably just folk tales though. ;-)