Memory Card
Jessie's story about a lost mobile reminded me.

A year ago, i got a shiny new sony ericcson flip phone from 3, and at first all was well.

However, i few weeks later, the phone stopped recognising the memory card. This was sorted by me taking the card out, putting it back in and waiting. Problem solved.

Sinse i've had this phone, i've been away to France, Spain and Germany, and i took loads of pictures with the phone and stored them on the memory card, which did stop working many times but the problem was solved by me.
Also, i took a few photos of my dog, who died earlier this year, and a couple of videos which were all saved to the memory card. I never transferred any of it to computer, as i never thought that what would happen would happen

Last week, i discovered the memory card problem again whilst trying to play some music through it. i tryed getting access to my photos to see if the problem had occured. but instead of the usual 'no files' message i got, i was treated to seeing my photos in grid form disapperaing from the screen.

i tried to fix it again using the aforementioned method, but nothing happened. i connected my phone to the computer to see where the files were, and none were there.

my phone had wiped everything from the card

I lost every photo and every video i had taken that year. every photo of spain, france, germany and my departed dog.

apologies for length, and lack of funnies.
(General_Manchego, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 16:43, 7 replies)

Doh, I'm sorry :(
Like I said, I felt really lucky I had recently copied everything off, I had just over a years worth on there myself give or take a few bits.

Photos are something else I'd be gutted to lose, it's not just a thing, it's a tiny moment of your life catalogued to look at.
( Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 16:49, closed)

For god's sake don't touch the memory card....
And then have a look online for ZAR (zero assumption recovery) or something like that.

This used to happen to the ex-misses phone all the time.

The photos are still there, just hiding.

Good luck and get in touch if you need any help.
(Just_Mister, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 17:21, closed)

A good idea there, which was tried
but the files aren't hidden. they've totally gone from the card.
(General_Manchego, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 17:28, closed)

They might still be there...
They might still be there, as Just_Mister says. You're right in saying they're not hidden - the OS just might not be able to find them because the file table's corrupted or something. The raw data might well still be on the memory card, but you'll need some kind of file recovery tool to get at it. Search download.com for 'file recovery' and you might find something that can help. It'll scan the card and see if it can find files or file fragments. If you're lucky, you'll be able to recover some of it.
(iNsAn1tY has been listening to metal all day, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 18:55, closed)

Indeed
Easy Recovery Pro 6. Saved my arse on many an occasion.
( thyrf as in turf, but not, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 19:53, closed)

Hang on,
should any fragments that are left have a small file size? cos a file recoverer i tried said 'amount of data on card: 0b'.
(General_Manchego, Wed 20 Aug 2008, 20:52, closed)

http://www.recovermyfiles.com/
Will recover from a repartition and reformat.
( idonthaveafunnynickname Drink-Aware? Sure. I'm aware I want another drink., Wed 20 Aug 2008, 21:00, closed)