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 10/08/2007 07:09:37 PM · #1
I have an A-Data 8GB CF card that has worked fine for several months.

I shot my kid's school play the other day and I can't seem to get the files off the card.

I can see the files and they are the correct size. They will not copy to the hard drive and when I gry to open one in PS I get a message that says it doesn't recognize the file type (Canon RAW from a 5D). When I try to copy them to the hard drive I get a can not access message with "error code -36"

Any way to salvage these files?

Thanks
 10/08/2007 07:16:08 PM · #2
See if you can track down a copy of SanDisk RescuePro. I had to use it this past summer and it worked like a charm. You lose your filenames, but you get your pictures back.

Or do a google search for CF Card file recovery. There are several other products out there, some free, that may do the job for you.
 10/08/2007 08:17:08 PM · #3
Thanks Larry,

Does that apply even if you can see all the files? They're there, I just can't copy them.
 10/08/2007 08:27:55 PM · #4
Originally posted by scarbrd:
Thanks Larry,

Does that apply even if you can see all the files? They're there, I just can't copy them.


The fact that you can see the file names, sizes, etc. (the directory structure) means that the area in which the directory is contained is unaffected. On a FAT volume (which is how CF cards are formatted) the directory structure is just a special kind of file that stores information about the data files on the volume.
The problem may be with the data files themselves, or with the file allocation table (another area on the volume that stores information about where the data for each file resides. Note that a single file may be broken into two or more chunks, a process called fragmentation.
 10/08/2007 10:09:47 PM · #5
Thanks Fritz, I geall that. I DL'd a recovery program for hte MAc and it worked great.

My real question is, do I trash this card now? Is the card to be tusted once it had corrupted files?
 10/08/2007 10:20:03 PM · #6
Originally posted by scarbrd:
Thanks Fritz, I geall that. I DL'd a recovery program for hte MAc and it worked great.

My real question is, do I trash this card now? Is the card to be tusted once it had corrupted files?


Toss the card, IMHO when that happens something caused it, either internal or external. Question is, how lucky do you feel that you recovered the shots today? Lucky enough to try it again?

MattO
 10/08/2007 10:25:05 PM · #7
Originally posted by scarbrd:
Thanks Fritz, I geall that. I DL'd a recovery program for hte MAc and it worked great.

My real question is, do I trash this card now? Is the card to be tusted once it had corrupted files?


See if you have any warranty on it.
 10/08/2007 10:25:52 PM · #8
You give a homeless guy access to a computer and what happens.... he goes crazy on DPC like he did back in the day (3 months ago).

I cant get off and goto bed ARGH! Glad to see you got yours back. There is another great and free tool for PC that I always like to point out to people. ZAR 8.0 - Zero Assumption Recovery. Its main feature is a non free utility for hard drive recovery. But its sub feature is free and unlimited and thats the memory card recovery tool. Its saved my ass when the camera powered down in the middle of a timed exposure.
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