At 11:54 AM 5/18/2005 +1000, you wrote:
>PICers
>I have a dead compact flash card and was wondering if it's possible to extract
>the remaining pictures out of it somehow? It's probably close to full and I
>think what happened was the voltage dropped out just when the camera was
>writing to it.
>
>It's a little square thing ~1 inch on a side that fits into a compact flash
>adaptor. 4MB, "Compact Flash" followed by "Simple Technology" brand name.
>
>I figured maybe you could bit bang whatever data's in it then try to assemble
>it into a set of images. Somehow. Sound feasible? Or is it a case of RIP? :(
>
>Debbie

Hi, Debbie:-

Do a google search for utilities to work with flash cards. It's not really
any different from trying to extract data from a scrambled HDD using NU or
whatever. I've heard of people getting good results.

Best of luck with your photos. At least it's only 4M, our cameras both
have 512M flash cards, and it's a bit nerve-wracking to think of an
entire vacation's photos on one flimsy little card.

>Best regards,

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