Mark, I had troubles early on with my *ist D. Sometimes I'd put the card in the card reader but there were no files visible. Put the card back in the camera & there they were. I ended up using PC Inspector Smart Recovery to recover the images.
I find that if I don't format the card after downloading the files, I have intermittent problems with corrupted & invisible data. Dave S On 4/27/05, Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good thing you were able to salvage most of the files. Keep us posted if > you learn the ultimate cause of the problem. > > I downloaded the file recover software you mentioned, but it does not appear > to recover PEF files so I couldn't test it. > > I downloaded and registered a program called WinUndelete a few months ago > after I accidentally nuked a directory with something like 30 gigs of files > in it (I've since learned not to put all my PEF's in one basket.) - it does > not seem to work with Cf cards where the files have been either deleted or > the disk has been formatted, even though it is supposed to work with digital > media and cameras. It did work wonders on my hard drive though. > > - MCC > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Mark Cassino Photography > Kalamazoo, MI > www.markcassino.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Frantisek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PDML" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 8:25 PM > Subject: Corrupt card recovery > > >I was struck by quite bad luck today, the Cf card in (non-Pentax) a DSLR I > >used to > > photograph a big event today (new Prime minister and new government > > inauguration...) was all corrupted. I had quite a shock when I came > > back and found just 30 files on the 512MB card!!! I am finally not > > swearing > > now, but I did a lot then. After few strong drinks I tried some ways of > > recovering the files. Finally, one program (PC Inspector Smart > > Recovery, which I can now recommend highly - it is freeware too) > > managed to recover most of the files (some were corrupted completely, > > though, some had only half image the rest was garbage data). Some of > > the best shots were recovered, fortunately. Some were lost. Such is > > the digital life, not much different when I stepped on a fallen negative > > in > > the darkroom or similar things. But for these I could blame only > > myself... Anyway I am glad I rescued most of the shots. > > > > Pfooow. > > > > I hope it won't come again. Especially on a big event!!! All the > > politicians must have some bad karma radiating all around, I had > > shutter failure on D70 before when shooting an earlier event from the > > political crisis here <g>. > > > > I guess it would be a good idea to completely reformat the card, > > overwriting it with zeroes, and format it again, to make sure it is > > usable. Although I think it was battery failure that caused this, I am > > not sure. > > > > It is 2:25 in the morning and few minutes ago the recovery process > > finished, with the results above. Now I can finally sleep :) > > > > Frantisek > > > >
