Help needed - My pictures have gone!!!

[Stephen]

Good value if it works -let us know how you get on.

[StuartC]

definitely worth trying a specialist firm for that kind of fee

if they're any good - tell us!

and if they're not, tell us so we can avoid em!

[lloydwatkin]

£25 - £50 doesn't sound too bad.

Did you try the format recovery option on easy recovery pro, or the deep scan? You'll lose the filenames and details (time taken, etc) but you should be able to get them back with that.

[Mike Ward]

£50 for some of the best pics you've ever taken? In't owden days you'd a spent more'n that on film!

Go for it!

[Damo]

Originally Posted by lloydwatkin

£25 - £50 doesn't sound too bad.

Did you try the format recovery option on easy recovery pro, or the deep scan? You'll lose the filenames and details (time taken, etc) but you should be able to get them back with that.

I think I was getting confused with the software I have. I've actually got rescue pro, which is recommended on the Sandisk website, but didn't find anything.

Do you think that the easy recovery pro is worth trying as I can get hold of it??? Will the scan affect any chances of somone else recovering the data if I fail to do so???

I won't be able to post the card till Monday, so thought I could have a go over the weekend.

[uwila]

I would recommend these people
7dayshop.com - Online shopping made easy !
They have some good bargains and are legit. The professional photographer in the office below ours uses them.

Buy lots of cheap cards and use one per dive. Even the medium speed cards are fast enough unless you really do take 3 frames per second - remember it usually takes a strobe about 2 sec minimum to become fully re-charged

[abucksdiver]

Originally Posted by Damo

Just spoke to Sandisk and It turns out I've got a counterfeit card. This was bought off an Internet company not ebay, but that's another issue.

Damo,
Can you drop some serious hints as to the website you bought these off, so that others don't make the same mistake?

Andrew

[lloydwatkin]

Do you think that the easy recovery pro is worth trying as I can get hold of it??? Will the scan affect any chances of somone else recovering the data if I fail to do so???

It's worth giving it a go, it's managed to get files back after a botched repartition in the past (after both partitions were then formatted).

Can't see any way it would effect a future recovery effort, it's just reading the card.

[big_si]

Coincidently there's a question about losing pics on memory card..... here

I haven't looked at all the answers but hopefully they'll help you

Si

[devilgas]

i've used a freebie program called photorec in the past. did the job. made by a firm called artplus. any probs getting hold of it, pm me.