image recovery

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Hi!

I´m sure this has been asked a thousend times, but I couldn´t find a simple
answer. I accidentally deleted some pictures from my digicamera. With a
recovery software this wouldn´t be a problem. But I went and took some more
pics with my camera before I had recovered anything. Are the pictures I
deleted now irreversibly gone? Does the camera overwrite the deleted images
when new pics are taken? Or can I somehow recover my pics? I would just like
to know before I go and buy a card reader... Thanks!!

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The answer may depend somewhat on the media you use in the camera (CF
card, MicroDrive, etc).

If it's a MicroDrive, it's likely formatted with FAT32 - in which case
the rules of the FAT32 filesystem would likely apply. Basically, the
space on the media was 'freed up for reuse' when the original files
were deleted. That doesn't necessarily mean your old pix have been
clobbered when the new ones were written, but the more pix you took
after the deletions, the higher the chance you've overwritten the
clusters on the disk that had the old images. You could likely get some
luck with recovery software. But, if the files on the disk were
fragmented, the recovery of full images will be less likely.

If you've _filled_ the card with new images after the deletions, I
expect you're scooped.

Personally, I've never heard of someone doing file recover on a memory
card, but if the storage principles are the same then I guess it's
possible.

DW

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In article <52016BA2A477D@PhotoKB.com>,
"James - via PhotoKB.com" <forum@PhotoKB.com> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I´m sure this has been asked a thousend times, but I couldn´t find a simple
> answer. I accidentally deleted some pictures from my digicamera. With a
> recovery software this wouldn´t be a problem. But I went and took some more
> pics with my camera before I had recovered anything. Are the pictures I
> deleted now irreversibly gone? Does the camera overwrite the deleted images
> when new pics are taken? Or can I somehow recover my pics? I would just like
> to know before I go and buy a card reader... Thanks!!

The only way you will know is if you try. The files might have been
overwritten. If they have, they can not be recovered. But there is no
way of knowing where images are stored on the card. So I guess it
depends on hhow many photos you have taken after you erased the others.

Just let them go. They are only images.

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On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 18:36:44 GMT, CFB <look@u.com> wrote:


>Just let them go. They are only images.

<g>

That just gave me an idea for my next bit of freeware.

"As Good As It Gets Digital Image Recovery"

After asking 20 insanely complicated questions about the recovery
mission / type / nature of images / location to put the files /
estimations on how long they've been deleted / camera make and model
that wrote them / what formatted the card / what make and model the
card is / lenses used etc the user can finally press the 'GO' button.

After a few minutes with cute animated 'busy recovering' graphic and
some gentle whirring sound effects, the program status bar will read
"Contacting Buddha..." and 10 seconds later will halt with the
message:

"Buddha says: Just let them go. They are only images."

It'll then offer to print a little memorial, using the information
gathered in the beginning of the process, which can be folded up and
buried somewhere.

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Owamanga!
http://www.pbase.com/owamanga

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In article <cicie1prm4kthlp5jn06ea1f5qqkhqpfgj@4ax.com>,
Owamanga <owamanga-not-this-bit@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 18:36:44 GMT, CFB <look@u.com> wrote:
>
>
> >Just let them go. They are only images.
>
> <g>
>
> That just gave me an idea for my next bit of freeware.
>
> "As Good As It Gets Digital Image Recovery"
>
> After asking 20 insanely complicated questions about the recovery
> mission / type / nature of images / location to put the files /
> estimations on how long they've been deleted / camera make and model
> that wrote them / what formatted the card / what make and model the
> card is / lenses used etc the user can finally press the 'GO' button.
>
> After a few minutes with cute animated 'busy recovering' graphic and
> some gentle whirring sound effects, the program status bar will read
> "Contacting Buddha..." and 10 seconds later will halt with the
> message:
>
> "Buddha says: Just let them go. They are only images."
>
> It'll then offer to print a little memorial, using the information
> gathered in the beginning of the process, which can be folded up and
> buried somewhere.

Wow. I am impressed that you caught the Buddhist in me. Now I need to
let that "me" go.

;^)

Nice piece!

Peace,
C

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