olympus C25 camera xd card- clean card

dvon9

gone on holiday taken loads of pics.. came back to download onto pc only to find that when switching on camera it says "clean card" "format"!!!. I dont want to format as I will defo lose pics (or will I) - I have windows xp and a vista laptop but camera is not being recognised if I connect to either of them now---- pls can anyone help me get the photos back?

goldgordon

Apologies if this is too obvious but have you tried putting the card directly into the laptops card reader (assuming it has one).

dvon9

thanks tried camera connected with usb to windows xp pc but it doesn't recognise the camera. no card reader. downloaded pc inspector to try and recover and have ordered a usb card reader to see if it will open via this route
also have a laptop with vista with card reader but it doesnt open on this and downloaded pc inspector but that doesnot open either as its not compatible with vista
thanks for note. I have never done the forums before. I can only see 1 reply (yours) below mine, but there are 37 views - can you tell mehow I view these replies also