Memory Card Fail - HELP!!
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Hi all,
So I came back from a good day's shooting with the family in France, and looked through some nice shots on the camera. Then removed the Lexar SD card and inserted it into a card reader, attached to an OTG Samsung phone adapter. While doing this the card reader fell off the phone and on to a hard floor from about waist height with the card still in it. Since then nothing can read the card. When inserted back into the camera, there's nothing (that's how I know it's not the card reader). I have tried the write protection switch in both places. I'm being asked to reformat the card each time.
Now I'm back home I have downloaded Lexar's recovery software, but it's no use if it can't 'see' the card. I've tried cleaning the contacts. I'm quite surprised that a fall like that is enough to kill it? I know they're not supposed to take impact...but still....
Any suggestions on how I might be able to get the photos back?
So I came back from a good day's shooting with the family in France, and looked through some nice shots on the camera. Then removed the Lexar SD card and inserted it into a card reader, attached to an OTG Samsung phone adapter. While doing this the card reader fell off the phone and on to a hard floor from about waist height with the card still in it. Since then nothing can read the card. When inserted back into the camera, there's nothing (that's how I know it's not the card reader). I have tried the write protection switch in both places. I'm being asked to reformat the card each time.
Now I'm back home I have downloaded Lexar's recovery software, but it's no use if it can't 'see' the card. I've tried cleaning the contacts. I'm quite surprised that a fall like that is enough to kill it? I know they're not supposed to take impact...but still....
Any suggestions on how I might be able to get the photos back?
I had a card that Windows suggested needed re-formatting. Tried lots of data recovery some worked to an extent.
What worked more successfully was looking at the card within Linux and using the simple "copy and paste and ignore broken sectors" within a terminal recovered 95% of what was on the card. It's a lot more forgiving that Linux.
I just googled how to do it and it's pretty clear. You just need a bootable USB stick with Linux on it.
What worked more successfully was looking at the card within Linux and using the simple "copy and paste and ignore broken sectors" within a terminal recovered 95% of what was on the card. It's a lot more forgiving that Linux.
I just googled how to do it and it's pretty clear. You just need a bootable USB stick with Linux on it.
Spragnut said:
I had a card that Windows suggested needed re-formatting. Tried lots of data recovery some worked to an extent.
What worked more successfully was looking at the card within Linux and using the simple "copy and paste and ignore broken sectors" within a terminal recovered 95% of what was on the card. It's a lot more forgiving that Linux.
I just googled how to do it and it's pretty clear. You just need a bootable USB stick with Linux on it.
+1 for the use of Linux. If you don't have a USB stick you could also use a Live CD, you'd just need a blank CD/DVD for it.What worked more successfully was looking at the card within Linux and using the simple "copy and paste and ignore broken sectors" within a terminal recovered 95% of what was on the card. It's a lot more forgiving that Linux.
I just googled how to do it and it's pretty clear. You just need a bootable USB stick with Linux on it.
Furthermore, I've been in this position before and I found the steps in this page very useful.
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/14560/how...
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