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02/08/2005 05:18:48 PM · #1 |
| While visiting my sister I took alot of pictures - we wanted to view them on her computer so I put them in my card reader and plugged it into her USB port. Her computer didn`t recognize the new hardware - we tried everything we could think of and it still didn`t work. Put the compact flash card back in my camera and it said "this card cannot be used". Tried a few image recovery programs on line and none of them can recover my pictures. Is there any way I can get these pictures back? I have no idea what happened to them. Can anyone please help??? |
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02/08/2005 05:31:47 PM · #2 |
have u tried another computer, I had that happen before on a pc running xp and could not get it to work for anything. Then I went to another pc got some but not all then tried it on my mac and got all them back that way one or two may have been damaged though......
Just a really wierd problem though.....
try another computer, also running xp
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02/08/2005 07:43:51 PM · #3 |
| I tried it on my computer at home - also XP. It recognized the card reader but said there was no data on the card. Does that mean my pictures are gone forever?? I did email Lexar hoping they may be able to help. Any other suggestions? Thanks! |
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02/08/2005 08:30:40 PM · #4 |
PLugging a card reader into a computer for the first time with a card in it is a real no-no. Sigh. I have a recovery utility that works IF THE IMAGES WERE ERASED by accident, which may be the case if the card is otherwise usable.
Don't use this card, that's for sure. You may be writing over images. The thing of it is, when you "erase" images they are actually still there; all that's erased is the "index" that tells the computer where they are.
If you want to mail me the card I can try... I'm on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Where are you?
Robt.
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02/08/2005 08:43:58 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by bear_music:
PLugging a card reader into a computer for the first time with a card in it is a real no-no. Sigh. Robt. |
I had not heard that, good to know. I imagine that how bad this is depends on the card reader but why take a chance? |
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02/08/2005 08:51:31 PM · #6 |
I doubt it depends much on the individual reader. In a plug-n-play system like windows xp the machine wants recognize and install the reader before it becomes operable, and to do that it is sending all sorts of messages to, and receiving messages from, the reader. Clearly, it's not in your best interests to have a card in the reader while it undergoes this process. In fact, the instructions for my reader specifically warn against this. I was told to install the reader empty, then load the card after it was up and running.
Robt.
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02/08/2005 09:00:01 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by bear_music:
I doubt it depends much on the individual reader. In a plug-n-play system like windows xp the machine wants recognize and install the reader before it becomes operable, and to do that it is sending all sorts of messages to, and receiving messages from, the reader. Clearly, it's not in your best interests to have a card in the reader while it undergoes this process. In fact, the instructions for my reader specifically warn against this. I was told to install the reader empty, then load the card after it was up and running.
Robt. |
It must be possible to make a reader that does not have this requirement of connecting to the computer the first time with out a card inserted. My F828 is like a card reader, in fact I use it to get the photos off of my wife̢۪s 20D, when transferring them to my computer. I don̢۪t believe there is any worries about plugging the camera into a computer for the first time with the card installed, I do this all time. But I an also believe that to save a bit of money card readers might be a hazardous place for a card to be during the first hand shaking.
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02/08/2005 09:05:59 PM · #8 |
Once the card reader is installed on the computer, it's not a problem. I'm talking about the first time the reader is ever plugged into a paricular computer. There's a process the computer and reader engage in to get the reader recognized,a nd this is hazardous. I'd guess, but I don't know, that it's not a hazard with the camera 'cuz that has an onboard cpu; the card readers don't, they are just dumb, they take all their processing power from the computer's cpu.
I'm no expert on this; I just was taught from day one not to have anything in a new drive when it was first installed; and that's what you're doing when you introduce a card reader to a computer for the first time; installing a drive. And, as I say, my instructions specifically told me to leave the reader empty while I was plugging it in for the first time.
Robt.
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02/09/2005 06:54:59 AM · #9 |
Robt.
That is probably what happened - I had the card in the reader when I put it in my sisters computer. Wish they would tell you that stuff! The card is not usable in my camera anymore - so I don`t know if that means the images were erased or if the card was damaged or what. If you think you may be able to recover the images I would gladly send it to you. I am in North Dakota. Let me know. Thanks!
Lexar did get back to me, all they want to do is replace the card - I really want my pictures! |
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