Lost photo's

[SpikeK6]

I need a little help.
I have done a search but cannot find anything for this, I took some pics the other week of my new job, big extension on the rear of the property, so it is going to be a before after deal sort of.
Any ways I have gone to look for them and be blown if I can find them, I remember down loading them from the camera but now they have gone.

Done all the searches on the PC but still nothing.

Now I know you can retrieve files from the CF card but the only info I can find is donot use the card till you have retieved them, trouble is I deleted the pics from the card and have since used it.

Is there anyway of getting the pics from the card or are they gone forever????

spike

 

[Mark G]

If you filled the card up then the chances are that they're gone. It depends on where they were written on the card and if that has since been over written.

You can try and retrieve them but keep everything crossed.

 

[TCR4x4]

Buy or download some recovery software, You'll be amazed what you can retrieve from cards. Stuff you thought was long gone. Not guarenteed of course.

Ive used sandisks own software before with good results.

 

[SpikeK6]

I have not got a card reader(just ordered one from ebay) so can this be done through the camera as the pc does not have a reader either???

Thanks again

spike

 

[Yardbent]

Done all the searches on the PC but still nothing.?spike

have you done a search by date

i just did and was amazed at the info returned - even to shortcuts I'd used

 

[Tringa]

Couple of points

1. As Yardbent has mentioned, search your hard drive (because you said you had downloaded the photos) for any photo files.

2. Google for Recuva - it is free and is software that may be able to recover files that may have been deleted.

Good luck

Dave

 

[Oggy]

I have not got a card reader(just ordered one from ebay) so can this be done through the camera as the pc does not have a reader either???

Thanks again

spike

Not with Rescuepro (the Sandisk software), and probably not with other software other as none of the Canons I have met connect to Windows as a simple removable disk.

 

[Byker28i]

Not with Rescuepro (the Sandisk software), and probably not with other software other as none of the Canons I have met connect to Windows as a simple removable disk.

Really? I have a 50D, a 40, a 400D and had a 300D, all connect fine up to both XP and Windows 7 via USB and present themselves under file manager.

Personally I can recommend File Scavenger - http://www.quetek.com/prod02.htm. It costs but it's very good.

However, first I'd search your whole PC for image files by date, i.e. the last 7 days

 

[SpikeK6]

Thanks for all the advice guys.
I have tried all the programs and nope they have gone, it does not matter as my boss took some pics of the job before I started so seen his and they will do for what I want them for.

The images where not that important anyways

Thanks again

spike

 

[funky_sam]

UL Spike, oh well, happens.

 

[markyboy80]

Cor don't tell my wife about this or I'm in trouble lol. Only kidding

 

[Oggy]

Really? I have a 50D, a 40, a 400D and had a 300D, all connect fine up to both XP and Windows 7 via USB and present themselves under file manager...

Maybe W7 is different to XP in this context. With both my 50D and my 7D if I connect via USB I do not get the USB device notification the the system tray and whenI open "My Computer" I get a 50D/7D icon but not the standard removable drive icon. Rescupro does not see it.

 

[Islander]

It depends on whether you've overwritten the space originally used to store the files - flash technology uses a wear levelling algorithm to try and ensure that all of the space on the card is used regularly so if you've only taken a few pics since, you may get away with a recovery attempt.

Piriform's Recuva will do the job if it's doable and best of all, it won't cost you anything to find out - it's a superb piece of software

 

[Byker28i]

Maybe W7 is different to XP in this context. With both my 50D and my 7D if I connect via USB I do not get the USB device notification the the system tray and whenI open "My Computer" I get a 50D/7D icon but not the standard removable drive icon. Rescupro does not see it.

That's strange. I can't remember if I had to load any drivers with XP (perhaps from the disk that came with the cameras?), but with Windows 7 and XP all three (50D, 40D and 400D) present themselves as a drive, similar to using a card reader. You can then browse the dcim folder. I didn't load any drivers with the Windows 7 build. I went off and tried it with both OS's yesterday before posting.

I never do it that was anyway - I always use a card reader.

 

[Oggy]

Curiouser and curiouser. If I click on the 7D icon in "my computer" It takes me straight to the pictures and sometimes I also see a folder called "miscelaneous". Never seen the dcim folder. I have all the Canon software loaded including the Canon Raw codec. Off to read the distructions methinks.

 

[Pezza4u]

Does anyone know of a free data program I can use for Mac OS X (non intel) as I need to recover a couple I accidently deleted? I have already used the unregistered ones and they're still on the card but I don't want to pay for a one off use.