That's the first thing I tried and that's the one that thinks I'm a Unix
kind of guy. I wasn't at all sure about the disk ID it was giving me
and couldn't be sure that I wouldn't write the recovered data right back
to the problem disk. I killed the process before it had a chance to run.
Chuck Norcutt
On 7/6/2011 3:50 PM, Frank Wijsmuller wrote:
> I recently tried some of the ones below but was not really satisfied. Free
> trails do seem to have a catch.
> The one I used was Testdisk/Photorec. Read the wiki and start from there<
> http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec>.
> Actually it is dos based, but don't let that put you off.
> Best, Frank.
>
> 2011/7/6 Daryl Hurley<dhurley1@xxxxxxx>
>
>> Try:
>>
>> www.recuva.com
>>
>> www.undelete-plus.com (Free Trial)
>>
>> www.z-a-recovery.com (Free Trial)
>>
>> Daryl Hurley
>> www.darylsphotos.com
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:12 AM
>> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [OM] Query for free image recovery software
>>
>> My son reminds me that we downloaded those images to his computer so my
>> granddaughter could view them. He hasn't deleted them so I do have a
>> backup copy. However, I'd still like to know if anyone can recommend a
>> free image recovery app.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 7/5/2011 7:56 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>> Chuck,
>>>
>>> Sounds like the cheapest out might be to buy another card, and stow the
>>> questionable one until you get home.
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Chuck Norcutt"<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: "Olympus mail list"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 3:26 PM
>>> Subject: [OM] Query for free image recovery software
>>>
>>>
>>>> I formatted a CF card this morning assuming it had already been
>>>> downloaded. Then I realized that if it had been downloaded it was on my
>>>> other computer. I think it was downloaded but I'm not 100% sure and
>>>> have no way to check for another week. But I'd like to have the 8GB
>>>> space back if I can.
>>>>
>>>> From using a SanDisk utility I know the data is there and recoverable.
>>>> But SanDisk wants more than $30 for the unlocked version that actually
>>>> recovers what it told me was detected. I tried downloading a freebie
>>>> "open source" utility which turned out to be a character mode thing full
>>>> of Unix gobbeldy gook which I didn't understand well enough to answer
>>>> the questions it was asking. It looked to me that if I made an error it
>>>> could potentially write to the disk I was trying to recover. Not good.
>>>>
>>>> So, does anyone know of a free Windows utility that you're willing to
>>>> recommend that will recover images from a CF card?
>>>>
>>>> Chuck Norcutt
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