[CS-FSLUG] Memory Card Problem: Lost Photos?

[Jerry VanBrimmer]

On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 10:16:45PM -0500, Timothy Butler wrote:
> Sorry to do a cross post here, but I've got a problem I'm hoping  
> someone might have a suggestion on how to deal with and I wanted to  
> make sure to try to pick as many brains as possible.
> 
> I've got a memory stick from my Sony camera that had about 140 photos  
> on it. When I tried to import them via Apple iPhoto, it said it  
> couldn't. I checked in Finder and while the memory card has 127 of  
> 128 megs full, I cannot see any files. I can't see them via the  
> terminal either. Sony sticks are formated as regular old FAT16.
> 
> Anyone have any suggestions on how I could recover 127 megs of data  
> that I cannot see via Linux, Mac OS X or Windows? I really don't care  
> which OS, just whichever one has the best chance of rescuing my  
> photos, if possible at all...

Tim,

What kind of hardware device are trying to read from? The camera, or a
card reader? I have a SanDisk card reader that I read my camera cards
from, never had that kind of problem. If you're trying to import from
the camera, you might try a card reader.


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Jerry
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