URGENT! My kodak memory card is saying it needs formatting, but I will lose all pics

Lucyxx · 18 April 2008 at 2:56PM

Please please help, I am not the slightest bit any good with technology these days and have a major problem

My camera and computer are both telling me I need to format my Kodak SD card, but if I do all pictures will be lost?

I had it in the PC the other night, and quite possibly forgot to take it out when I switched the power off, would this be why it has suddenly done it? I have done this by accident before but this hasn't happened?

I am absolutely gutted (sat here in tears!) as this is the memory card that holds all the photos from my sons first months of life right from the second he was born. I hadn't got round to getting them printed due to lack of money, and this is the only place I have them stored.

is there anything at all I can do???? I am so upset you wouldn't believe, it would have been easier to accept if it was just bog standard photos, but obviously these are the most precious ones I own

Any help most gratefully received

Lucy x

spaceman5 · 18 April 2008 at 2:59PM

when u put the card in the computer, does the computer recognise that there is pictures on the card

Lucyxx · 18 April 2008 at 3:03PM

I don't think so, it just pops up saying you need to format this card, click here to do it, and either a continue or a cancel

espresso · 18 April 2008 at 3:04PM

Read this thread here If you do format the card you will definitely not see your pictures again! You really should have saved the pictures onto your PC and burned them to CD or saved them on-line somewhere etc.

spaceman5 · 18 April 2008 at 3:05PM

most cards when new before u can use them need formatting i believe( i may be wrong though), is there a chance that when you have taken these photos they have saved to the cameras internal memory, rather than the memory card, if that is the case you should be able to download the pictures directly from the camera to the computer.

LouBlue · 18 April 2008 at 3:07PM

Lucyxx wrote: »

Please please help, I am not the slightest bit any good with technology these days and have a major problem

My camera and computer are both telling me I need to format my Kodak SD card, but if I do all pictures will be lost?

I had it in the PC the other night, and quite possibly forgot to take it out when I switched the power off, would this be why it has suddenly done it? I have done this by accident before but this hasn't happened?

I am absolutely gutted (sat here in tears!) as this is the memory card that holds all the photos from my sons first months of life right from the second he was born. I hadn't got round to getting them printed due to lack of money, and this is the only place I have them stored.

is there anything at all I can do???? I am so upset you wouldn't believe, it would have been easier to accept if it was just bog standard photos, but obviously these are the most precious ones I own

Any help most gratefully received

Lucy x

So sorry Lucy. There are lots of clever peeps on here, so hopefully someone can help you out.

I lost a few pictures a while back and was very upset, so I always put them on CD straight away now, I do know how you feel. xxx

Lucyxx · 18 April 2008 at 3:11PM

spaceman5 wrote: »

most cards when new before u can use them need formatting i believe( i may be wrong though), is there a chance that when you have taken these photos they have saved to the cameras internal memory, rather than the memory card, if that is the case you should be able to download the pictures directly from the camera to the computer.

No, no chance at all, the camera is a few years old so not a recent fantastic model, and only held about 5 pictures on it before it was full.

I can't believe it, I don't even know what formatting is on memory cards or anything, I had never heard of a memory card going wrong, so didn't really know I had to back them up.

Thank you for all replies so far

luc x

superscaper · 18 April 2008 at 3:32PM

Lucyxx wrote: »

I had never heard of a memory card going wrong, so didn't really know I had to back them up.

Camera could be stolen, destroyed in fire etc etc. Developing a fault shouldn't be your sole reason for backing up.

sassi · 18 April 2008 at 4:18PM

probably won't work but maybe try taking it to boots, see if they can print any off for you (bet someone on the boots grabbit board has a coupon spare for 5 free pics);)

will cost obviously, but worth a shot??!

superscaper · 18 April 2008 at 4:21PM

sassi wrote: »

probably won't work but maybe try taking it to boots, see if they can print any off for you (bet someone on the boots grabbit board has a coupon spare for 5 free pics);)

will cost obviously, but worth a shot??!

If the OP can't recover the photos themselves from the link espresso gave, I seriously doubt that Boots would be able to do anything.

geekgirl · 18 April 2008 at 5:36PM

Are you using a memory card reader or the leads?
I had a memory card at work the other day that didn't recognise that there were pictures on it I tried it in another computer and it read the card with no problem.

Do not get your hopes up that this will be the case with yours but could be worth the try just to see.

URGENT! My kodak memory card is saying it needs formatting, but I will lose all pics

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