>>This one's pretty good, I've bought it and used it once. >> http://www.datarescue.com/photorescue/index.htm I bought Photo Rescue too, and have used it a few times with very good results.. I'd give it a "highly recommended (even though they could have done even better)" rating. It's a bit more annoying and clunky to use than their blurb suggests and the output file names etc are non original and annoying, BUT it largely works. If getting the images back is the overwhelming concern than I'd rate it as approximately superb. Price is reasonable considering. To my delight it recovered photos from a card 2+ years after it failed fatally to the extent that it would lock up cameras and most hardware if attempts were made to read the card using normal methods. And from 1 other card 1+ years on that had failed fatally but didn't lockup hardware . I'd kept both subsequently unused because I hoped I'd be able to rescue the images some day - and it did it ! :-). (First card was from Edinburgh festival, Scotland. 2nd card was from Taichung in Taiwan so the photos were in both cases 'special'.) They claim that it leaves cards totally unaltered but on at least one occasion I felt that it had altered the card (something did). A damaged card is often hovering on the edge of disaster and it's nice for the tools to walk softly and not change anything. The free trial is good but frustrating in what it wont let you do. Russell > In message <466E6041.578.17F8220D@brent.brown.clear.net.nz>, Brent > Brown > writes >>> So my buddy calls me up and says...I cant download a bunch of >>> pictures from my SD card. Sure enough...the camera says it cant >>> read them and the windows says its corrupted, although the files >>> are >>> there..size wise..etc....so guessing the FAT is OK. >>> >>> Anyone know of software that can do a better job of recovery of >>> the >>> jpg files? >> -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist