help me plsss (smartmedia cards)

Almoraboy · Mar 10th, 2006, 11:11

hi all,
yaar there is a big problem here.
i took two smartmedia cards, 16 mb and 28 mb.
the 16 mb card has 37 pics. the 128 mb card has 200 pics + 2 videos
now during the trip the 128 mb card conked out. i mean, as i opened the digi cam to take another pic, the lcd monitor showed "write protect". however the photo indicator was showing that space for obnly 51 pics is left. thios meant (i thought) that those 200 pics + 2 videos r still there. however, when i try to browese through them, it shows "no picture".
i tried to check it on my lappie. it shows 91 mb as occupied and the rest as free space. but still does not show any file. what shall i do now? shall i try for data recovery or use a file recobvery software??
i wiill upload the 37 pics from the other smaller card on webshots in a day or 2 and then post the link here.
it was a verrry verrry beautiful trip. the most beautiful trek of my life, coz i guess i was the 2nd trekker of the season, so no one else was there. also, there was lots of snow .. almost 4 feet at har ki dun. i saw everything .. clear weather, blue skies, snow and even a snowfall
if only i can somehow recover the pics from that card ... there r just too many of them ...

Nick-H · Mar 10th, 2006, 12:12

Look on the bright side: you could have been blown up!

But seriously, recovery software can't do any harm, I guess. I don't have any experience, but it would be good to know recomendations before it is needed.

Anyone?

GoanCanuck · Mar 10th, 2006, 13:14

Almoraboy, use this http://www.oo-software.com/en/products/oounerase/

Have had good results with this tool.

seventies'hippy · Mar 10th, 2006, 13:25

Those pictures will be on there somewhere, I've experienced a similar problem before, I also thought I'd lost my pictures forever.
I took the card into a good photo shop in the uk & they performed a full picture recovery & retrieved them all.

So all is not lost
Good Luck

jivan · Mar 10th, 2006, 15:00

They use professional tools like http://www.imagerecall.com/software.asp This one I've used at times with pretty good results.

Nick-H · Mar 10th, 2006, 15:37

Oh dear

When ever I see this thread in the list I think it is someone asking for assistance in the toilet

Going to a pro shop sounds like a good idea. There are many of them around.

jivan · Mar 10th, 2006, 16:02

as always u seem to evoke a smile in me Nick

Almoraboy · Mar 10th, 2006, 21:26

i tied one of the softwares goan canuck suggested. i downloaded it and then ran it. it showed some files but will not recover them without the license key

.

Almoraboy · Mar 10th, 2006, 21:31

ok, i will try jivan's suggestion also

Almoraboy · Mar 10th, 2006, 21:45

jivan, image recovery software is working. however, it is allowing me top recover 10 pics only. it says to recover all of them u need to buy the license key. what to do now??

Hyderabadi · Mar 10th, 2006, 22:24

Try another one - free ware:http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm

PC INSPECTOR™ File Recovery 4.x is a data recovery program that supports the FAT 12/16/32 and NTFS file systems.

The current version 4.x replaces the previous version 3.x, which is now over 6 years old.

Here are some of the new features in PC INSPECTOR™ File Recovery 4.x
• Finds partitions automatically, even if the boot sector or FAT has been erased or damaged

• Recovers files with the original time and date stamp

• Supports the saving of recovered files on network drives

• Recovers files, even when a header entry is no longer available. Competition products cannot recover such files. The "Special Recovery Function" supports the following disk formats:

ARJ AVI BMP CDR DOC DXF DBF XLS
EXE GIF HLP HTML HTM JPG LZH MID
MOV MP3 PDF PNG RTF TAR TIF WAV
ZIP

Almoraboy · Mar 10th, 2006, 23:09

yoohoooo, yipeeee, i haverecovered em all

i tried the free recoverry software at www.download.com
it took an awful long time but recoverd the 214 pics and the 2 videos.
thanks for ur help everyone

Nick-H · Mar 10th, 2006, 23:35

Glad to hear it; well done

Digital does have its advantages: couldn't recover anything from the four blank rolls of film I brought back from my first trip here. Oh well, at least it meant I had to come back

seventies'hippy · Mar 11th, 2006, 00:02

Good News indeed,,,,,,,,,,,,

Pleased to know that it works.

Almoraboy · Apr 8th, 2008, 15:42

Hi all,

Reopening this thread. This time I have a camcorder and we accidentally deleted all the pictures. Found a software on www.download.com which allows you to find the missing files, but to recover them, you need to buy it. You can only recover the files which are less than 640 KB in size in the free version. However, since these are video files, these are really quite big and would need some other software which can recover large video files (for free)

any suggestions?

Mar 10th, 2006, 11:11	#1
Almoraboy Trekker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: London.....Himalayas in between Posts: 729	help me plsss (smartmedia cards) hi all, yaar there is a big problem here. i took two smartmedia cards, 16 mb and 28 mb. the 16 mb card has 37 pics. the 128 mb card has 200 pics + 2 videos now during the trip the 128 mb card conked out. i mean, as i opened the digi cam to take another pic, the lcd monitor showed "write protect". however the photo indicator was showing that space for obnly 51 pics is left. thios meant (i thought) that those 200 pics + 2 videos r still there. however, when i try to browese through them, it shows "no picture". i tried to check it on my lappie. it shows 91 mb as occupied and the rest as free space. but still does not show any file. what shall i do now? shall i try for data recovery or use a file recobvery software?? i wiill upload the 37 pics from the other smaller card on webshots in a day or 2 and then post the link here. it was a verrry verrry beautiful trip. the most beautiful trek of my life, coz i guess i was the 2nd trekker of the season, so no one else was there. also, there was lots of snow .. almost 4 feet at har ki dun. i saw everything .. clear weather, blue skies, snow and even a snowfall if only i can somehow recover the pics from that card ... there r just too many of them ... __________________ Trek blog over here

Mar 10th, 2006, 12:12	#2
Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 22,907	Look on the bright side: you could have been blown up! But seriously, recovery software can't do any harm, I guess. I don't have any experience, but it would be good to know recomendations before it is needed. Anyone? __________________ . IndiaMike Mod Team (The Grumpy One)

Mar 10th, 2006, 13:25	#4
seventies'hippy Maha Guru Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: UK Posts: 2,126	Those pictures will be on there somewhere, I've experienced a similar problem before, I also thought I'd lost my pictures forever. I took the card into a good photo shop in the uk & they performed a full picture recovery & retrieved them all. So all is not lost Good Luck __________________ . . . My Photo Gallery

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Mar 10th, 2006, 13:14	#3
GoanCanuck Maha Guru Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Vancouver Posts: 2,715	Almoraboy, use this http://www.oo-software.com/en/products/oounerase/ Have had good results with this tool.

Mar 10th, 2006, 15:00	#5
jivan Maha Guru Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pune, India Posts: 820	They use professional tools like http://www.imagerecall.com/software.asp This one I've used at times with pretty good results.

Mar 10th, 2006, 15:37	#6
Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 22,907	Oh dear When ever I see this thread in the list I think it is someone asking for assistance in the toilet Going to a pro shop sounds like a good idea. There are many of them around.

Mar 10th, 2006, 16:02	#7
jivan Maha Guru Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pune, India Posts: 820	as always u seem to evoke a smile in me Nick

Mar 10th, 2006, 21:26	#8
Almoraboy Trekker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: London.....Himalayas in between Posts: 729	i tied one of the softwares goan canuck suggested. i downloaded it and then ran it. it showed some files but will not recover them without the license key .

Mar 10th, 2006, 21:31	#9
Almoraboy Trekker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: London.....Himalayas in between Posts: 729	ok, i will try jivan's suggestion also

Mar 10th, 2006, 21:45	#10
Almoraboy Trekker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: London.....Himalayas in between Posts: 729	jivan, image recovery software is working. however, it is allowing me top recover 10 pics only. it says to recover all of them u need to buy the license key. what to do now??

Mar 10th, 2006, 22:24	#11
Hyderabadi Maha Guru Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: GA,USA. Posts: 972	Try another one - free ware:http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm PC INSPECTOR™ File Recovery 4.x is a data recovery program that supports the FAT 12/16/32 and NTFS file systems. The current version 4.x replaces the previous version 3.x, which is now over 6 years old. Here are some of the new features in PC INSPECTOR™ File Recovery 4.x • Finds partitions automatically, even if the boot sector or FAT has been erased or damaged • Recovers files with the original time and date stamp • Supports the saving of recovered files on network drives • Recovers files, even when a header entry is no longer available. Competition products cannot recover such files. The "Special Recovery Function" supports the following disk formats: ARJ AVI BMP CDR DOC DXF DBF XLS EXE GIF HLP HTML HTM JPG LZH MID MOV MP3 PDF PNG RTF TAR TIF WAV ZIP

Mar 10th, 2006, 23:09	#12
Almoraboy Trekker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: London.....Himalayas in between Posts: 729	yoohoooo, yipeeee, i haverecovered em all i tried the free recoverry software at www.download.com it took an awful long time but recoverd the 214 pics and the 2 videos. thanks for ur help everyone

Mar 10th, 2006, 23:35	#13
Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 22,907	Glad to hear it; well done Digital does have its advantages: couldn't recover anything from the four blank rolls of film I brought back from my first trip here. Oh well, at least it meant I had to come back

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Mar 11th, 2006, 00:02	#14
seventies'hippy Maha Guru Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: UK Posts: 2,126	Good News indeed,,,,,,,,,,,, Pleased to know that it works.

Apr 8th, 2008, 15:42	#15
Almoraboy Trekker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: London.....Himalayas in between Posts: 729	Hi all, Reopening this thread. This time I have a camcorder and we accidentally deleted all the pictures. Found a software on www.download.com which allows you to find the missing files, but to recover them, you need to buy it. You can only recover the files which are less than 640 KB in size in the free version. However, since these are video files, these are really quite big and would need some other software which can recover large video files (for free) any suggestions?