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I tried to connect the digital camera on the computer using USB but then the camera froze, so I tried to turn it off, but it wont turn off so I just removed the battery. When I plugged it in again, the images are gone, lost.

I tried recovering the data using TuneUp Undelete and tried to search for *.jpg, but there were no results. What can I do to recover the pictures?

I already tried using:

  1. Photorec
  2. Recuva
  3. TuneUp Undelete
  4. Pareto data recovery
  5. chkdsk x: /F

But none of them worked. I think I've only lost the data yesterday. And I haven't used the camera. So there's a possibility that it is still there.

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Wern Ancheta
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Photorec was designed for doing exactly this. It is free, multiplatform and open source.

PhotoRec is file data recovery software designed to recover lost files including video, documents and archives from hard disks, CD-ROMs, and lost pictures (thus the Photo Recovery name) from digital camera memory. PhotoRec ignores the file system and goes after the underlying data, so it will still work even if your media's file system has been severely damaged or reformatted.

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Dentrasi
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This photo recovery tool for Windows, PhotoRetrieval, is also free.

PhotoRetrieval is an easy yet powerful digital photo recovery software to recover deleted photos from both personal computer and portable devices such as digital camera, cell phone, USB flash drive and removable memory card etc.

Just one more tip: before those images are recovered, users should never attempt to take more photo with the digital cameera as chances of recovery may be quite decreased. Best regards.

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anncandy21
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As mentioned in previous topics about data lost from SD cards, I've used GetDataBack to successfully receover deleted files from an SD card in the past, I've also used it to recover files from a hard drive that Windows couldn't read. So I think it could quite probably do what you're.

It has a free version that scans for recoverable files, but doesn't actually recover anything, so if you give it a go you'll know whether it'll work for you or not without having to hand any money over.

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GAThrawn
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When you pulled the card while in use, those files we're not deleted, but likely converted into lost file fragments, probably why your undelete application did not pick anything up.

I can't promise this will work, but if they are lost files, then this will recover them:

Put the camera storage card into a card reader, so it shows as a drive, and from the command line run the checkdisk utility. When prompted to save convert lost fragments into files, choose Yes. It will recover lost file fragments as .CHK files, which are your .jpg files with a different extension. Where x is the card:

For Windows:

chkdsk x: /F

For Linux:

fsck.vfat -af /dev/sdxy

Good luck!

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