doninwales
- Aug 24, 2015
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I have just returned from a lovely 2-week Summer holiday to Egypt.
100’s of photos were taken of the family, all stored to a 32Gb Transcend SHHC Card.
And the card has now failed :-(
I have tried various options, but the card is not recognised by any PC (windows or Linux) or even the original camera itself.
(If the card was at least recognised, I have enough IT skill to perform software recovery if there were any software issues. But the card itself is not recognised.)
From what I have read, the issue is likely to be either related to the processor chip or the memory chip.
Professional companies will charge extortionate sums for attempted data recovery :-(
My data is not critical. I will not suffer if I do not get the files back.
However, I have lost many memories from a wonderful holiday.
In particular, I have a disabled daughter and she is quite depressed that we have lost photos of her on stage and doing various activities.
Hence I would like to at least attempt to recover the data without spending too much money.
A colleague who is an electronics enthusiast has suggested that there may be some experts on here that might be able to offer advice.
Unfortunately my friend does not have expertise in this particular area so unable to assist directly.
But he has explained that he is aware of people who have repaired motherboards and other hardware, and that it might be worth asking around on here.
I’m guessing that some specialist equipment might be needed to remove and read the memory chip from my SD card.
Perhaps I’ll be lucky and someone on here will own such equipment (AND know how to use it…
Am currently feeling a bit depressed after a lovely holiday, having lost all my photos and movie clips.
Am hoping someone on here might be able to provide some guidance…..
Cheers,
Don
100’s of photos were taken of the family, all stored to a 32Gb Transcend SHHC Card.
And the card has now failed :-(
I have tried various options, but the card is not recognised by any PC (windows or Linux) or even the original camera itself.
(If the card was at least recognised, I have enough IT skill to perform software recovery if there were any software issues. But the card itself is not recognised.)
From what I have read, the issue is likely to be either related to the processor chip or the memory chip.
Professional companies will charge extortionate sums for attempted data recovery :-(
My data is not critical. I will not suffer if I do not get the files back.
However, I have lost many memories from a wonderful holiday.
In particular, I have a disabled daughter and she is quite depressed that we have lost photos of her on stage and doing various activities.
Hence I would like to at least attempt to recover the data without spending too much money.
A colleague who is an electronics enthusiast has suggested that there may be some experts on here that might be able to offer advice.
Unfortunately my friend does not have expertise in this particular area so unable to assist directly.
But he has explained that he is aware of people who have repaired motherboards and other hardware, and that it might be worth asking around on here.
I’m guessing that some specialist equipment might be needed to remove and read the memory chip from my SD card.
Perhaps I’ll be lucky and someone on here will own such equipment (AND know how to use it…
Am currently feeling a bit depressed after a lovely holiday, having lost all my photos and movie clips.
Am hoping someone on here might be able to provide some guidance…..
Cheers,
Don