Corrupted CF Card

[francis_thibault]

I am not the first person to have a corrupted CF Card but I havent found the exact same problem.

 

Here is the problem : I have took many pictures on a 8 gb CF Card ExtremeIV. The thumbnails were always

displaying while I was shooting. I came back home, put the card in a CF reader. It asked me to format the card

before being able to read it. I have hit Cancel. Put the card back in my Canon 10D. It now says CF error!

 

When I put the card in the computer the card appears as Nikon D200. Altough I have a 10D and only took pics with

my 10D (never had a Nikon in my life)

 

I have bought the card on Ebay. Is it possible that it was used and the last user had a Nikon D200 and formated

the card with that camera.

 

I have read about photo rescue but I would like to create a a backup image first in case it erases everything

(the pictures are about 3\4 of my trip in California!)

 

Thank you!

[jonathans]

Do you have a Windows or a Mac? I've used DiskImage to do a byte-by-byte image of flash drives - http://www.dubaron.com/diskimage/. It's a windows program - can be a bit technical to use but its free.

 

A good file recovery utility shouldn't delete anything off the flash drive - it will just read it and attempt to recover files.

[.th]

with your extreme IV you probably got a disk containing scandisk's file recovery program. i've been able to save most (unfortunately not all) content from a corrupt card using that program. good luck!

[francis_thibault]

I did got a file recovery program. I will try that. I would be so mad if I lose those files!

[ronald_moravec1]

You should have formatted the card in your camera before you used it. This is very basic.

[thirteenthumbs]

<a href=http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec> PhotoRec </a>.

[josh_baker]

<p>If you bought it from e-bay then you should check to make sure it is not a fake. I got one once, and now I never

even look at cards on e-bay.

Take a look at this link to see if you got a real one:</p>

<a href ="http://reviews.ebay.com/FAKE-SanDisk-Extreme-Compact-Flash-Cards-

Exposed_W0QQugidZ10000000001456539"> Ebay Fake Sandisk Cards Exposed</a>

[francis_thibault]

It is a fake, I am taking action to get my money back right now. But i am still on my way to get my files(after it is a card in a card it should work)

[francis_thibault]

Thanks everyone I have got my raw files using Card Recovery 3.60 then I had to decode the files but I havent lost any pictures.

[Spearhead]

Kingston has few problems with counterfeits and you can buy them inexpensively on Amazon if you watch the prices.

[wilfried_jahnke]

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