STUPID STUPID MISTAKE...HELP ME PLEASE!

[melissaandkris]

Ok, I did a session today and had forgotten to delete the pics from my last session...plus a lot of other junk on there. So not long after we started our session I got the memory card full msg. No problem...I had already downloaded, PP'd, and ordered the ones from last week so I deleted them.....and mistakingly delete the first ones from todays session....just happens to be some of my favorite ones. IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET THEM BACK??????

Please please please if you know a way help me!

[V8Rumble]

Get a file recovery program. Deleting only deletes the makers that allow the file to be seen. The 1's and 0's are still there.

Oh, and don't be a fool. Buy a program one, not some cheap free one,

[Roach711]

Don't save any more pictures to the card before running the recovery software on it. A delete just removes the file allocation table entry and leaves the actual data intact. Any good recovery program can recover deleted files that haven't been overwritten, but if you save new files to the card you'll lose the data in the overwritten sectors.

I've used Badcopy to undelete files on hard drives and memory cards. Do a google search for Badcopy Pro. It can be downloaded for about $40.

[melissaandkris]

Don't save any more pictures to the card before running the recovery software on it. A delete just removes the file allocation table entry and leaves the actual data intact. Any good recovery program can recover deleted files that haven't been overwritten, but if you save new files to the card you'll lose the data in the overwritten sectors.

I've used Badcopy to undelete files on hard drives and memory cards. Do a google search for Badcopy Pro. It can be downloaded for about $40.


I did not notice this until I got home so the rest of the session was saved to the card (I didnt get any more full msgs...not sure if that matters or not). Can they still be recovered?

[poloman]

Maybe....as long as part of their space on the card was not overwritten.

[melissaandkris]

Ok, thanks! Gonna try it now!

[melissaandkris]

ok, downloaded badcopy. next problem...Im not very good at computer stuff. I dont have a card reader and it wants me to pick a drive for my memory card. Can I do this wo a card reader and if I can where do I find out which drive to use?

[poloman]

Your drive should be visible as a drive. Look in my computer to see it.

[melissaandkris]

Ok, I think I figured that out. now it wants to know what file type...the S5 writes as jpeg right? sorry for all the question!

[poloman]

.jpg

[melissaandkris]

Ok, its running. There seems to be a ton of them...was there a way to pick within a certain time frame or do I just let it go? Thank you so much for your help with this!

[Zilly]

Ok, its running. There seems to be a ton of them...was there a way to pick within a certain time frame or do I just let it go? Thank you so much for your help with this!

just let it go