Recovering deleted images

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>From: "John" noone@home.net

>I have a Sony digital camera that uses memory sticks.
>Someone tried to download the images on a memory stick and somehow deleted
>them all.
>Is there a way of recovering the images?

Like, why would you want to?

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<donpgibson@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I have used a product from http://www.imagerecall.com/ to recover lost
> files from my CF cards. Thier web site indicated Memory Stick is also
> supported. They have a free trial version so you can see if it will
> work or not before you buy.
>
> It is important that you not use the memory card/stick until you have
> recoverd the lost pictures from it. If you do, some of your lost picts
> may be lost forever, but the rest can be recovered.
>
> Good luck.
> Don Gibson

Thanks very much.
I appreciate the info.

>
> John wrote:
>> I have a Sony digital camera that uses memory sticks.
>> Someone tried to download the images on a memory stick and somehow
> deleted
>> them all.
>> Is there a way of recovering the images?
>> TIA
>>
>> John
>

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"John" <noone@home.net> wrote in message
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>
> I have a Sony digital camera that uses memory sticks.
> Someone tried to download the images on a memory stick and somehow deleted
> them all.
> Is there a way of recovering the images?
> TIA
>
> John

John, I had the same problem about three months ago. As another poster said
earlier, make darn sure you do not write to the memory stick before data
recovery; otherwise, you will overwrite and they will be lost forever.

Here was my experience. I tried several programs by searching for them with
Google. Most of them are neutered programs that aren't worth a craaap.
Some of them want you to invest money into them before you know whether they
will work or not. I made the mistake of investing in one of them, and it
didn't work.

However, I have good news. I finally ran across one that did work! It is
called PC Inspector Smart Recovery. You can find it at the following
location:

http://www.pcinspector.de/smart_me [...] elcome.htm

There is a download tab at the top. Also, right underneath the picture of
the box, it says it's free.

Give it a shot and let us know if it helped you or not. It recovered every
file that I had deleted. I also formatted the CF card, and it still
recovered the files.

Good luck.

Clyde Torres down in Key West (ogling with my 20D)

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I can email it to you if you want.

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"Hunt" <noone@hunt.com> wrote in message
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> In article <jZ0Bd.42733$Ew6.2792@twister.socal.rr.com>, noone@home.net
> says...
>>
>>
>>I have a Sony digital camera that uses memory sticks.
>>Someone tried to download the images on a memory stick and somehow deleted
>>them all.
>>Is there a way of recovering the images?
>>TIA
>>
>>John
>
> John,
>
> Depending on exactly what happened in the above attempt, you should be
> able to
> do a recovery. First thing I'd do is Google "image recovery software," and
> do
> a bit of reading on what freeware might be available. Also, www.tucows.com
> is
> a good resource for free/shareware, with a good search function. Sandisk
> offers one, as do many card mfgrs. Check their Web sites. I think you will
> be
> better served, if you are trying to do this from a card reader, rather
> than
> through the camera's USB/Firewire connection to your computer. While I
> have
> yet to have to resort to these utilities, I've seen a lot of good stories
> about what they were able to recover.
>
> Good luck,
> Hunt

Thanks, Hunt.

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"Pete D" <no@email.com> wrote in message
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>A free program called Digital Image Rcovery available here will do what you
>want.
>
> http://63.141.194.5/dir/index.html

Thanks, Pete.
Okay, so now I have four programs.
Soon, I will need a 12 Step Program for resisting file recovery programs.
<)

> "John" <noone@home.net> wrote in message
> news:jZ0Bd.42733$Ew6.2792@twister.socal.rr.com...
>>
>> I have a Sony digital camera that uses memory sticks.
>> Someone tried to download the images on a memory stick and somehow
>> deleted them all.
>> Is there a way of recovering the images?
>> TIA
>>
>> John
>>
>
>

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In article <AyeBd.55720$gd.12056@twister.socal.rr.com>, noone@home.net says...
>
>
>"Clyde Torres" <clyde_torres@hotmale.com> wrote in message
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>> "John" <noone@home.net> wrote in message
>> news:jZ0Bd.42733$Ew6.2792@twister.socal.rr.com...
>>>
>>> I have a Sony digital camera that uses memory sticks.
>>> Someone tried to download the images on a memory stick and somehow
>>> deleted
>>> them all.
>>> Is there a way of recovering the images?
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> John
>>
>> John, I had the same problem about three months ago. As another poster
>> said
>> earlier, make darn sure you do not write to the memory stick before data
>> recovery; otherwise, you will overwrite and they will be lost forever.
>>
>> Here was my experience. I tried several programs by searching for them
>> with
>> Google. Most of them are neutered programs that aren't worth a craaap.
>> Some of them want you to invest money into them before you know whether
>> they
>> will work or not. I made the mistake of investing in one of them, and it
>> didn't work.
>>
>> However, I have good news. I finally ran across one that did work! It is
>> called PC Inspector Smart Recovery. You can find it at the following
>> location:
>>
>> http://www.pcinspector.de/smart_me [...] elcome.htm
>>
>> There is a download tab at the top. Also, right underneath the picture of
>> the box, it says it's free.
>>
>> Give it a shot and let us know if it helped you or not. It recovered
>> every
>> file that I had deleted. I also formatted the CF card, and it still
>> recovered the files.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> Clyde Torres down in Key West (ogling with my 20D)
>
>Thanks, Clyde.
>I had already recovered the files through two other programs. But I was so
>impressed that I added this program, too.

John,

Just for future reference, as this question gets asked a lot, what program(s)
did the best for the recovery?

Hunt