Recovering corrupted files

[vincent_man]

<p>I just got back from a family vacation in which I used my Nikon D70. I used it on two separate days. On the first day, I took around 100 photos and at night I reviewed them on the camera. Everything seemed fine. The images were saved and they looked good as well.<br>

On the second day, however, when I pulled out the camera to take more photos, I could not access the earlier photos. I did not format the card and judging by the number on the screen, I knew that those earlier photos were taking space on the compact flash card. Anyhow, I took photos on that second day and those were fine.<br>

I got home and plugged my CF into a card reader and was able to save the second set of photos on my computer, but still no look with the first ones. I can see the files, but they have been renamed. For example, rather than DSC_7230, it reads DSC_7r30 or some variation where letters are in place of numbers. Though I can see these files, I can not do anything to them. I can't copy, rename them or anything.<br>

In the past, I've had difficulty at times with compact flash cards with the D70. But most of the time I just eject the card an reinsert it into the camera and all is fine.<br>

So in the end, I'd like to know if there is any way I can recover those photos that seemingly have been corrupted. Please help! It would be greatly appreciated.</p>

[JosvanEekelen]

<p>May be a hard one. Try file recovery software (Recuva, Convar, check the archives for others). In general recovery software will not correct corrupted files, you can try JPEGsnoop for correcting the files. I've had reasonable succes with JPEGsnoop but YMMV.</p>

[Jochen_S]

<p>There used to be a Russian freeware that did a great job digging RAWs out of my bitching Microdrive. - Sorry I forgot the name - several system changes ago... - I know it became less free recently but stil capable of helping with just one memory card. - Googled it was by "Zero Asumption". - I tspotted files but I had to batch rename them fome "IMG" (wrong) to PEF(Raws I am shooting) to deal with them.<br>

Good luck!</p>

[sem_svizec]

<p>Don't write anything to the card at start. Later you can try the chkdsk /F command in the cmd window, but only after you've tried recovering with recovery software (to another drive). <br>

Try the Recuva for JPGs, and there's also free PC Inspector File recovery that looks a bit ancient but saved a recent batch of my wrecked NEFs. There's a bunch of pay softwares, some touted as image recovery and others as generic file recovery. Some run a scan for free, so you can decide on payment after you see if your files seem recoverable. </p>

[ShunCheung]

<p>I certainly wouldn't write anything more onto that card, i.e. capture more images with it.</p>

<p>One software that works for me is RescuePro. That comes at no additional cost when I buy SanDisk memory cards.</p>

[bob_flood1]

<p>Plus one on Shun's recommendation. The free RescuePro that came with a Sandisk card I bought several years ago did the trick when I had file problems on an Alaska trip. And coincidentally, it was a card in a D70.</p>

[Richard Williams]

<p>If the other suggestions have not worked, and before you try chkdsk, it's worth having a go with PhotoRec:</p>

<p>http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec</p>

<p>Old-school interface, but I've found it to be very effective.</p>

[vincent_man]

<p>Thanks for all the suggestions, everyone. I tried most of those programs, but the one that worked for me (partially) was CardRecovery 4.10.1220. I was trying to salvage 133 files and I got around 40 of them in perfect condition. The photos I was after most were among those 40, so I'm happy. <br>

Richard, I haven't checked out PhotoRec yet but it's worth a shot. <br>

Thanks again!</p>

[denis_ric]

<p>Connect your card to your system by making use of card reader and recover the photos from it just like how it's done here in this video</p>

 

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<p>I'd rather suggest you to make use of the same software used in the tutorial. This should really solve your problem.</p>