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Apr 21, 2015 06:48 |  #1

Help please, we have managed to retrieve files from an SDF card that we purchased (from ebay, now realising that it's a fake), and have been able to retrieve over 80 files but they are all in SWF format. Any ideas what to use to be able to open these files. .


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Apr 21, 2015 16:55 |  #3

Try renaming to jpeg or cr2 and see what happens when you try opening them.


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Apr 21, 2015 18:29 |  #4

SWF is adobe flash....from my experience....

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Apr 21, 2015 18:56 |  #5
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110yd wrote in post #17526987 (external link)
SWF is adobe flash....from my experience....

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I concur, they are swf players by using a particular search engine of your choice




  
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Apr 21, 2015 23:01 |  #6

Sure, but why do you all think there would be swf files on a memory card that's been used in a camera? The main reason is because recovery software puts the wrong extension onto the file, which is why I suggested renaming it to the extension of the expected files - jpeg or cr2.


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Apr 22, 2015 09:21 as a reply to  @ tim's post |  #7

Definitely. This happened to me a few years back. Drive crashed, recovery software renamed all files to filexxxx.txt. To find all my images, I registered Photoshop to open .txt files, then opened each and saved as to a new file name, about 800 times. Both CR2 and jpegs.

I have since implemented a much more rigorous back up routine.


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Apr 22, 2015 09:44 |  #8

Thanks for the responses, will give your suggestions a go.... Guess the thing to note here is, dont buy fake cards from ebay and get slammed later on...

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