SD Card Crash
 

had a 32gb card go down recently

couldn't read it at all

after a bit of searching came across this ZAR 9.2 which read the card and recovered pics, video & sound files :thumbsup:

get it here if your card/drive has crashed

now I can reformat the card and see if it's still OK or will it be a nuisance and crash agian?

http://www.z-a-recovery.com/download.htm

recovered all the files:D but the card won't re format :mad:

Try using a terminal or an ubuntu machine. They can sometimes recover/reformat stuff windoze can't

What card is it? Since cameras are using these horrid little cards more and more instead of proper man-cards like CF, I've had to start using them over the past couple of years.
I've come to the conclusion they are generally crap. Even big brands.

The only card I trust and would buy now is the new samsung ones - they are really good and unlike the lexar ones I had previously which broke just through use, I've had one of these in a carpark for a week, rained on and driven over (I lost it) and it still worked fine when I found it.

these are the fellas I use in all my SD cameras.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SAMSUNG-SD...item5ae9237a6d

Always be careful of touching the contacts, you can fry cards easily with a bit of static madness.

explain please, in the meantime I'll google

same as this
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1307124395...ht_1861wt_1086

Terminal = C:\ prompt like old windows! ;-)
Ubuntu = a linux based operating system.

I've used both to recover crashed/corrupted memory cards of various types.

There's loads of fake SD cards being sold on eBay, my mate being one that bought a Samsung that was only half the size and Class 4 instead of the Class 10 written on it.

I'd have to read up on that :woot:

pal at work may have one I could try

Glenn, it's foreign but the text in English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ww4KQXcGBk

I suspect it may be as newer versions of windows are a bit nervous about connecting to dodgy corrupted cards, and don't want to catch anything off them.
Ubuntu (and a terminal) are much less fussy, and in Ubuntus case, much more robust against stuff like that!

Thats my theory anyway!

2 PC's both on vista, both up to date

used same card reader, 8gb stick in picture and on the laptop it reads it and I've transferred files to it. :confused: :woot: Haven't tried the desktop yet but I will one day.