SD Card Crash

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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

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

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recovered all the files but the card won't re format

[mattr]

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

[jimmy]

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.

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Originally Posted by jimmy

What card is it?

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

[mattr]

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.

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Originally Posted by mattr

Try using a terminal or an ubuntu machine.

explain please, in the meantime I'll google