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After downloading four 1GB cards of images from Greece with absolutely NO problems, suddenlly the fifth card showed no images on the Mac screen. I took the card out and put it in the camera and got the "no image" message on the LCD of my 20D. I had verified that the images were there before I put the card in my Lexar card reader. I tried the same thing with three more additional cards and the same thing happened.

So I put a fresh card in the camera and shot a few images which displayed on the camera LCD and then downloaded flawlessly into my Mac. So I know the problem isn't with the camera, the card, the card reader or the computer.

I posted this on the 20D forum and the Retouching forum, and got a reference to this recovery program :

http://bermangraphics.com/coolpix/recover.htm

I went there and downloaded the "trial version". It ran several scans, and indicated that it had recovred images but wanted a password to show me the thumbnails. To get the password, I had to pay the $29.95 fee. I'm sorry, but that just doesn't flyl with me. I didn't just fall off the turnip truck, and in my thining, a "trial version" is just that. It seems to me that you should be able to see what it can do before you pay.

Am I wroing ? Does anyone know if this is a legit "reseller"? Does anyone have a suggestion for a good recovery program that works on a Mac ?

I'm devastated, and KNOW that the images are on the cards. I edited my images every evening and they were definitely there when I left Greece. Can security zap images ? It was pretty rigorous in Frankfurt airport.

carolyn
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Ranger a.k.a chammett
http://www.pbase.com/chammett

'elegance is simplicity'
 
Try this instead:

http://www.datarescue.com/photorescue/

They will give you free previews and will refund your money if you are not able to recover. I have used this program on my Macs several times. I now own FileSalvage (latest version) which does much MUCH more than just pics, but it is $89 on disk or $79 for the download. They DO have a Trial Version available to download. It has paid for itsel MANY times over especially when a file has been deleted by accident as well as several flakey CF cards with 100's of pics on them!

http://www.subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=200&products_id=1
c.hammett said:
After downloading four 1GB cards of images from Greece with
absolutely NO problems, suddenlly the fifth card showed no images
on the Mac screen. I took the card out and put it in the camera
and got the "no image" message on the LCD of my 20D. I had
verified that the images were there before I put the card in my
Lexar card reader. I tried the same thing with three more
additional cards and the same thing happened.

So I put a fresh card in the camera and shot a few images which
displayed on the camera LCD and then downloaded flawlessly into my
Mac. So I know the problem isn't with the camera, the card, the
card reader or the computer.

I posted this on the 20D forum and the Retouching forum, and got a
reference to this recovery program :

http://bermangraphics.com/coolpix/recover.htm

I went there and downloaded the "trial version". It ran several
scans, and indicated that it had recovred images but wanted a
password to show me the thumbnails. To get the password, I had to
pay the $29.95 fee. I'm sorry, but that just doesn't flyl with me.
I didn't just fall off the turnip truck, and in my thining, a
"trial version" is just that. It seems to me that you should be
able to see what it can do before you pay.

Am I wroing ? Does anyone know if this is a legit "reseller"?
Does anyone have a suggestion for a good recovery program that
works on a Mac ?

I'm devastated, and KNOW that the images are on the cards. I
edited my images every evening and they were definitely there when
I left Greece. Can security zap images ? It was pretty rigorous
in Frankfurt airport.

carolyn
--
Ranger a.k.a chammett
http://www.pbase.com/chammett

'elegance is simplicity'
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Scott
 
Well, it looks like this is the same program, just sold through Data Rescue instead. It claims you should be able to see the preview and their have their guarantee:

http://www.datarescue.com/photorescue/refund.htm

Again, I have used this program and while it did work just fine, I moved onto FileSalvage as it actually recovered about 10% more pictures AND it can recover dozens of other file types and even deleted files if they have not been overwritten with other data.

Hope this helps. If you buy PhotoRescue, I encourage you to buy it through DataRescue due to their guarantee.
Scott Weierich said:
http://www.datarescue.com/photorescue/

They will give you free previews and will refund your money if you
are not able to recover. I have used this program on my Macs
several times. I now own FileSalvage (latest version) which does
much MUCH more than just pics, but it is $89 on disk or $79 for the
download. They DO have a Trial Version available to download. It
has paid for itsel MANY times over especially when a file has been
deleted by accident as well as several flakey CF cards with 100's
of pics on them!

http://www.subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=200&products_id=1
c.hammett said:
After downloading four 1GB cards of images from Greece with
absolutely NO problems, suddenlly the fifth card showed no images
on the Mac screen. I took the card out and put it in the camera
and got the "no image" message on the LCD of my 20D. I had
verified that the images were there before I put the card in my
Lexar card reader. I tried the same thing with three more
additional cards and the same thing happened.

So I put a fresh card in the camera and shot a few images which
displayed on the camera LCD and then downloaded flawlessly into my
Mac. So I know the problem isn't with the camera, the card, the
card reader or the computer.

I posted this on the 20D forum and the Retouching forum, and got a
reference to this recovery program :

http://bermangraphics.com/coolpix/recover.htm

I went there and downloaded the "trial version". It ran several
scans, and indicated that it had recovred images but wanted a
password to show me the thumbnails. To get the password, I had to
pay the $29.95 fee. I'm sorry, but that just doesn't flyl with me.
I didn't just fall off the turnip truck, and in my thining, a
"trial version" is just that. It seems to me that you should be
able to see what it can do before you pay.

Am I wroing ? Does anyone know if this is a legit "reseller"?
Does anyone have a suggestion for a good recovery program that
works on a Mac ?

I'm devastated, and KNOW that the images are on the cards. I
edited my images every evening and they were definitely there when
I left Greece. Can security zap images ? It was pretty rigorous
in Frankfurt airport.

carolyn
--
Ranger a.k.a chammett
http://www.pbase.com/chammett

'elegance is simplicity'
Click to expand...
--
Scott
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--
Scott
 
Scott Weierich said:
http://www.datarescue.com/photorescue/refund.htm

Again, I have used this program and while it did work just fine, I
moved onto FileSalvage as it actually recovered about 10% more
pictures AND it can recover dozens of other file types and even
deleted files if they have not been overwritten with other data.

Hope this helps. If you buy PhotoRescue, I encourage you to buy it
through DataRescue due to their guarantee.
Scott Weierich said:
http://www.datarescue.com/photorescue/

They will give you free previews and will refund your money if you
are not able to recover. I have used this program on my Macs
several times. I now own FileSalvage (latest version) which does
much MUCH more than just pics, but it is $89 on disk or $79 for the
download. They DO have a Trial Version available to download. It
has paid for itsel MANY times over especially when a file has been
deleted by accident as well as several flakey CF cards with 100's
of pics on them!

http://www.subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=200&products_id=1
c.hammett said:
After downloading four 1GB cards of images from Greece with
absolutely NO problems, suddenlly the fifth card showed no images
on the Mac screen. I took the card out and put it in the camera
and got the "no image" message on the LCD of my 20D. I had
verified that the images were there before I put the card in my
Lexar card reader. I tried the same thing with three more
additional cards and the same thing happened.

So I put a fresh card in the camera and shot a few images which
displayed on the camera LCD and then downloaded flawlessly into my
Mac. So I know the problem isn't with the camera, the card, the
card reader or the computer.

I posted this on the 20D forum and the Retouching forum, and got a
reference to this recovery program :

http://bermangraphics.com/coolpix/recover.htm

I went there and downloaded the "trial version". It ran several
scans, and indicated that it had recovred images but wanted a
password to show me the thumbnails. To get the password, I had to
pay the $29.95 fee. I'm sorry, but that just doesn't flyl with me.
I didn't just fall off the turnip truck, and in my thining, a
"trial version" is just that. It seems to me that you should be
able to see what it can do before you pay.

Am I wroing ? Does anyone know if this is a legit "reseller"?
Does anyone have a suggestion for a good recovery program that
works on a Mac ?

I'm devastated, and KNOW that the images are on the cards. I
edited my images every evening and they were definitely there when
I left Greece. Can security zap images ? It was pretty rigorous
in Frankfurt airport.

carolyn
--
Ranger a.k.a chammett
http://www.pbase.com/chammett

'elegance is simplicity'
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Scott
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Scott
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--So you are saying your program and the one I had the link for are the same ? I'll go to your site and see if it will show me the thumbnails. Did you get those on your Mac with the trial version, or do you remember ?

carolyn
Ranger a.k.a chammett
http://www.pbase.com/chammett

'elegance is simplicity'
 
When I first used PhotoRescue two years ago, it seems that I could see the thumbnails and then I was asked to pay for the program (which I did and it worked). So it seems odd that you cannot see the thumbnails now without paying.

I see that the makers o FileSalvage have a trimmed down version that is only for memory cards at their site too that had a free trial. Might check that out too althought the download version is $10 more than PhotoRescue.

--
Scott
 
Worth every penny i paid for it.

You should be able to see what it will recover before you have to buy it.

Tracey
 
TraceyS said:
Worth every penny i paid for it.

You should be able to see what it will recover before you have to
buy it.

Tracey
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--That is exactly what I think, and it wouldn't show me what it would recover without my paying $29.95 for the password !

carolyn
Ranger a.k.a chammett
http://www.pbase.com/chammett

'elegance is simplicity'
 
I downloaded the trial verson from datarescue and here is what I got from a 512 mb card. It appeared to rescue everything, but I don't understand what it is showing me. Here is a screen shot of most of the data they trial version gave.



Does this mean that only the three images shown (not all shown on the screen shot) are all that was rescued, or is this just a sample ? What are ".trashes" ?

thanks guys... this looks good, but I hope it rescued more than 3 pictures off a 512 mb card. I didn't want to put a 1 GB card in the reader because if it is damaging the card I didn't want to risk anyting more than the smaller card.

carolyn
Scott Weierich said:
http://www.datarescue.com/photorescue/refund.htm

Again, I have used this program and while it did work just fine, I
moved onto FileSalvage as it actually recovered about 10% more
pictures AND it can recover dozens of other file types and even
deleted files if they have not been overwritten with other data.

Hope this helps. If you buy PhotoRescue, I encourage you to buy it
through DataRescue due to their guarantee.
Scott Weierich said:
http://www.datarescue.com/photorescue/

They will give you free previews and will refund your money if you
are not able to recover. I have used this program on my Macs
several times. I now own FileSalvage (latest version) which does
much MUCH more than just pics, but it is $89 on disk or $79 for the
download. They DO have a Trial Version available to download. It
has paid for itsel MANY times over especially when a file has been
deleted by accident as well as several flakey CF cards with 100's
of pics on them!

http://www.subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=200&products_id=1
c.hammett said:
After downloading four 1GB cards of images from Greece with
absolutely NO problems, suddenlly the fifth card showed no images
on the Mac screen. I took the card out and put it in the camera
and got the "no image" message on the LCD of my 20D. I had
verified that the images were there before I put the card in my
Lexar card reader. I tried the same thing with three more
additional cards and the same thing happened.

So I put a fresh card in the camera and shot a few images which
displayed on the camera LCD and then downloaded flawlessly into my
Mac. So I know the problem isn't with the camera, the card, the
card reader or the computer.

I posted this on the 20D forum and the Retouching forum, and got a
reference to this recovery program :

http://bermangraphics.com/coolpix/recover.htm

I went there and downloaded the "trial version". It ran several
scans, and indicated that it had recovred images but wanted a
password to show me the thumbnails. To get the password, I had to
pay the $29.95 fee. I'm sorry, but that just doesn't flyl with me.
I didn't just fall off the turnip truck, and in my thining, a
"trial version" is just that. It seems to me that you should be
able to see what it can do before you pay.

Am I wroing ? Does anyone know if this is a legit "reseller"?
Does anyone have a suggestion for a good recovery program that
works on a Mac ?

I'm devastated, and KNOW that the images are on the cards. I
edited my images every evening and they were definitely there when
I left Greece. Can security zap images ? It was pretty rigorous
in Frankfurt airport.

carolyn
--
Ranger a.k.a chammett
http://www.pbase.com/chammett

'elegance is simplicity'
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--
Scott
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Scott
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--
Ranger a.k.a chammett
http://www.pbase.com/chammett

'elegance is simplicity'
 
c.hammett said:
I downloaded the trial verson from datarescue and here is what I
got from a 512 mb card. It appeared to rescue everything, but I
don't understand what it is showing me. Here is a screen shot of
most of the data they trial version gave.



Does this mean that only the three images shown (not all shown on
the screen shot) are all that was rescued, or is this just a sample
? What are ".trashes" ?

thanks guys... this looks good, but I hope it rescued more than 3
pictures off a 512 mb card. I didn't want to put a 1 GB card in
the reader because if it is damaging the card I didn't want to risk
anyting more than the smaller card.

carolyn
Ranger a.k.a chammett
http://www.pbase.com/chammett

'elegance is simplicity'
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Can someone tell me what a "drive letter " is on the datarercovery program ? I also would like to know what ".trashes" means in the above screen shot .

Thanks... carolyn
--
Ranger a.k.a chammett
http://www.pbase.com/chammett

'elegance is simplicity'
 
I use Lexar's Image Rescue and it has always worked great for me as long as you use the high-level search. My copy came on a CF card but I'm pretty sure you can go to their web site and download a copy for free.

Jack
 
rjackb said:
I use Lexar's Image Rescue and it has always worked great for me as
long as you use the high-level search. My copy came on a CF card
but I'm pretty sure you can go to their web site and download a
copy for free.

Jack
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--Thanks so much for that suggestion. I'll do that tomorrow. I've been fooling with this all afternoon and evening and am just about "there" with it for the day. I think the Lexar rescue might be the best bet. A friend suggested the same thing.

carolyn
Ranger a.k.a chammett
http://www.pbase.com/chammett

'elegance is simplicity'
 
Apparently Prosoft, the company that made Photo Rescue has sold it to another distributor, JoeSoft. It is a good program, but that screen doesn't look promising. Personally, I tried, and then bought, Data Rescue II from ProSoft. It is totally amazing. It will recover stuff that no other program would recover. But I have also heard good things about Lexar's image rescue, and maybe it's free. Can't beat that price!

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Only my opinion. It's worth what you paid for it. Your mileage may vary! ;-}
http://www.dougwigton.com/
 
.trashes is the Mac's (probably the Finder's) internal name of the database that lists all the files that have been dragged to the Mac's trash and "emptied" during some time span. Excuse my pedantry here, but when a user empties the trash basically the trashed files are actually being flagged as erasable. But due to how space is reallocated on a hard drive (or a flash memory card), those trashed files are often intact for quite a while. Long enough for a recovery program such as PhotoRescue (which use and like) to locate and copy back to a safe area of your hard drive.

The drive letter is just a shorthand approach for PhotoRescue to generically designate a device where your card reader is connected. This follows a Windows (actually DOS) approach to naming drives, including CD/DVD devices. So, you hard drive can be called drive C:, your CD/DVD drive D:, and the card reader E:.

Hope this helps.
 
Just to add my experience. I accidently deleted 388 very precious photos (wedding photos that I shot) from my second hard drive on my Mac Pro. I was absolutely ill. After much searching I found that FileSalvage from Subrasoft was able to recover 369 of those files. I could have recovered thousands of other files that were still on that drive if I had wanted to as well. It worked very well and I owe lots to the folks at Subrasoft. I then decided to try it on a 250 gb drive that crashed and I couldn't even get it to mount or be seen with even Disk Utility or any other program. It recovered over 70 gb of data on that drive as well. Very impressed. I found their software very easy to use and I'm sold on their data recovery software. Well worth downloading their trial packages. I used FileSalvage but they also have a cheaper version called CameraSalvage that will do what you are asking for. Good luck in getting your photos back.

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geoduck said:
.trashes is the Mac's (probably the Finder's) internal name of the
database that lists all the files that have been dragged to the
Mac's trash and "emptied" during some time span. Excuse my
pedantry here, but when a user empties the trash basically the
trashed files are actually being flagged as erasable. But due to
how space is reallocated on a hard drive (or a flash memory card),
those trashed files are often intact for quite a while. Long enough
for a recovery program such as PhotoRescue (which use and like) to
locate and copy back to a safe area of your hard drive.

The drive letter is just a shorthand approach for PhotoRescue to
generically designate a device where your card reader is connected.
This follows a Windows (actually DOS) approach to naming drives,
including CD/DVD devices. So, you hard drive can be called drive
C:, your CD/DVD drive D:, and the card reader E:.

Hope this helps.
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Yes, this helps a LOT. Thanks for taking the time to talk me thruogh it !

carolyn
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Ranger a.k.a chammett
http://www.pbase.com/chammett

'elegance is simplicity'
 
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