SSSS: losing pictures

[RoniMan]

I just got home from a trip to Costa Rica, took about 700+ pictures. I wanted to take a look at them, and so I copied them from the SD card to my hard drive. however, somehow, i must have done something wrong, b/c after file #200, it stopped showing the thumbnails. when i try to open it with photoshop, it says it's corrupted or something.

i'm soooo upset right now. please...is there anything positive anyone can help me with?!

[Jeffbx]

DON'T DO ANYTHING TO THE CARD!! Don't format it & don't write to it. There's a good chance that you can recover your pics.

Here's a recovery tool (http://www.datarescue.com/photorescue/) specifically for photo cards that I've used successfully in the past. Download the trial & then buy the full version if it looks like it'll recover them.

[Airencracken]

What were you using to copy them? Picasa?

[RoniMan]

i just copied/pasted straight from the disk reader

from reading lots of forums, i think it has something to do with my buffer not being able to to keep up with so many pix being copied at once. i think it somehow overwritten the rest.:throw: :throw: :throw: :bawl: :ugh: :faint:

[Airencracken]

:/

The tool JeffBx provided is a good one. Give it a go.

[brainsmile]

let us know what happened.

[Cheesypuff]

hey roni...check this out

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/

they have a recovery program for today...just what you need. maybe this will help you out.

[RoniMan]

Woot!

Turns out it was my card reader that was faulty. And thanx to Jeffbx's suggestion, I bought that program and it was able to recover almost all the pictures. WHEWWWW!

[Markel]

WHEWWWW!
I guess that's how you spell 'relief'! Glad you got the pictures back.