please help with digi camera photo upload

woodess

Dave_C wrote: »

Cause of problem: not reformatting the SD card in the camera often enough.

Solution: use Recuva to get the files off your SD card. Do this before you re-format

HTH, Dave

Hi
I have downloaded this and there are lots and lots of files where would i find the files for my SD card i am ok at basics so if you can help i would very much appreciate it and do i have to have tjhe sd card in the usb port when i do it

Mrs_Arcanum

SimplySaveMoney wrote: »

I don't have any suggestions, but can anyone offer tips to prevent it from happening? (I take a lot of pictures and am now worried it could happen to me!) How do you reformat an SD card in the camera? How often is enough?

DH formats the card once he has saved all the pictures to the PC - every time. (he does take an average 200 shots minimum whenever he goes out with his camera and at air shows & suchlike he may take over 1,000 :eek:). He learnt the hard way after a card got fragged and he had to pay OTT prices to replace it as he was out and about at the time.

woodess

Mrs_Arcanum wrote: »

DH formats the card once he has saved all the pictures to the PC - every time. (he does take an average 200 shots minimum whenever he goes out with his camera and at air shows & suchlike he may take over 1,000 :eek:). He learnt the hard way after a card got fragged and he had to pay OTT prices to replace it as he was out and about at the time.

Hi
I am having massive problems locating the file for my sd card and its giving me a big headache would it resolve the problem if i bought a new sd card

woodess

woodess wrote: »

I will give this a go many thanks

Tried and didnt work thankyou anyway

woodess

Darkmatter wrote: »

Hi,

You should be able to use it still

try going to "My Computer" then right click on the SD card (f: in your case) and click open.

it should have all the pictures there, its annoying but its a quick fix.

I am having a big dull moment how do i access "My computer" my heads that full of info lol

Mrs_Arcanum

woodess wrote: »

I am having a big dull moment how do i access "My computer" my heads that full of info lol

There should be an icon on your computers desktop for "My Computer" if not there should be an item from the start menu on the right hand side for "computer".

Dave_C_2

woodess wrote: »

Hi
I have downloaded this and there are lots and lots of files where would i find the files for my SD card i am ok at basics so if you can help i would very much appreciate it and do i have to have tjhe sd card in the usb port when i do it

1) Plug the SD card into the computer - presumably you have a card reader.
2) Start Recuva and the wizard should start. If not select Options then Run Wizard
3) Select Next
4) Obviously select Pictures on the file type screen then select Next
5) On the file location screen select On my media card or ipod then Next
6) On the ready to search screen ignore the deep scan for now and select Start
7) If it finds files then skip the next step
8) If you get a No files found do you want to search with Deep scan message then select Yes
9) Hopefully you should now be looking at thumbnails of pictures. Tick the ones you want to recover (presumably all of them) and click on Recover
10) On the next select location for recovery screen pick/make a new folder. I suggest browsing to My documents\My pictures then select make new folder and call it Recovered
11) Now OK and your pictures should now be on your PC in the folder My documents\My pictures\Recovered
12 Close Recuva
Let us know how you get on

The above is the process for recovering accidentally deleted files, I'm not sure about recovering from corrupted SD cards.

Dave

woodess

Dave_C wrote: »

1) Plug the SD card into the computer - presumably you have a card reader.
2) Start Recuva and the wizard should start. If not select Options then Run Wizard
3) Select Next
4) Obviously select Pictures on the file type screen then select Next
5) On the file location screen select On my media card or ipod then Next
6) On the ready to search screen ignore the deep scan for now and select Start
7) If it finds files then skip the next step
8) If you get a No files found do you want to search with Deep scan message then select Yes
9) Hopefully you should now be looking at thumbnails of pictures. Tick the ones you want to recover (presumably all of them) and click on Recover
10) On the next select location for recovery screen pick/make a new folder. I suggest browsing to My documents\My pictures then select make new folder and call it Recovered
11) Now OK and your pictures should now be on your PC in the folder My documents\My pictures\Recovered
12 Close Recuva
Let us know how you get on

The above is the process for recovering accidentally deleted files, I'm not sure about recovering from corrupted SD cards.

Dave

When i get to file location and click on media card or ipod it says there isnt anything
but if i type in sd card it comes up with the f (which i have now managed somehow to change to z) when i click on that it says please insert a disk into removable disk??? hope this makes sense as i cant get any further

Dave_C_2

woodess wrote: »

When i get to file location and click on media card or ipod it says there isnt anything
but if i type in sd card it comes up with the f (which i have now managed somehow to change to z) when i click on that it says please insert a disk into removable disk??? hope this makes sense as i cant get any further

Ouch, it looks like Recuva won't handle corrupted SD cards.:(

I'm reluctant to recommend anything I haven't tried, but if you Google "corrupt sd card" there are loads of recovery programs to choose from.

This one looks simple to use and is free for photo recovery. More instructions here. As always, virus scan with malware bites before installing. Use at your own risk.

Any other recommendations folks?

Dave