CF card corruption and restoration

ob1 · 11th February 2004, 9:57 PM

After taking ~200 photos the other day, i came home to find my CF card was corrupt and i couldn't access any of the pics

After seeing a lot of commercial proggies that did boot sector/FAT/file restoration, i came across a free solution that worked very well - jpegdump.
It only restores jpegs, not any other type of file, but it managed to salvage all but 5 of my shots...and its free

http://www.goto.onlinehome.de/dsc/jpegdump.htm

Widowmaker · 12th February 2004, 9:46 PM

sometimes when i put the card into my reader it doesnt work but if i remove and reinstall it, it somtimes helps.

Or if that fails i put it back in the camera and turn it on and check the photo's via the camera and if that works just chuck it back into the computer and it should work, if the camera doesnt even read the card then cross your fingers and download that CF rescue or whatever its called

ob1 · 12th February 2004, 10:37 PM

I tried in the camera and card reader multiple times, but neither showed anything. According to http://www.datarescue.com/laboratory/smartflash.htm
the card had a corrupt boot sector, as it was complaining about not being formatted.

Widowmaker · 12th February 2004, 10:40 PM

Sorry cant help you luckily ive never been there

eva2000 · 14th February 2004, 1:53 PM

what brand card was it ? never experienced CF corruption before

ob1 · 14th February 2004, 7:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by eva2000
what brand card was it ? never experienced CF corruption before

Neither have i...I've taken over 3000 shots on this card and this was the first time. It is a PQI 45x 512MB card.

Zagadka · 25th February 2004, 2:59 PM

Convar PC Inspector Smart Recovery

I found this when I ran into this boggle. Lost a 512 CF too. 300 Odd images.

11th February 2004, 9:57 PM	#1
ob1 Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The mighty metropolis of Brisbane Posts: 896	CF card corruption and restoration After taking ~200 photos the other day, i came home to find my CF card was corrupt and i couldn't access any of the pics After seeing a lot of commercial proggies that did boot sector/FAT/file restoration, i came across a free solution that worked very well - jpegdump. It only restores jpegs, not any other type of file, but it managed to salvage all but 5 of my shots...and its free http://www.goto.onlinehome.de/dsc/jpegdump.htm

14th February 2004, 1:53 PM	#5
eva2000 DDR1/DDR2/DDR3 Addict Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 21,889	what brand card was it ? never experienced CF corruption before __________________ * Questions about memory? No PMs Ask on forums * i7 980X Club @4844mhz H20 * Asus P6T6 WS Revo - W3540 @4821 H20 \| W3570 @4997Mhz H20 \| DFI UT X58-T3EH8 USB3.0

25th February 2004, 2:59 PM	#7
Zagadka Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney Posts: 494	Convar PC Inspector Smart Recovery I found this when I ran into this boggle. Lost a 512 CF too. 300 Odd images. Last edited by Zagadka; 25th February 2004 at 3:01 PM.

12th February 2004, 9:46 PM	#2
Widowmaker Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,219	sometimes when i put the card into my reader it doesnt work but if i remove and reinstall it, it somtimes helps. Or if that fails i put it back in the camera and turn it on and check the photo's via the camera and if that works just chuck it back into the computer and it should work, if the camera doesnt even read the card then cross your fingers and download that CF rescue or whatever its called

12th February 2004, 10:37 PM	#3
ob1 Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The mighty metropolis of Brisbane Posts: 896	I tried in the camera and card reader multiple times, but neither showed anything. According to http://www.datarescue.com/laboratory/smartflash.htm the card had a corrupt boot sector, as it was complaining about not being formatted.

12th February 2004, 10:40 PM	#4
Widowmaker Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,219	Sorry cant help you luckily ive never been there