kidwithstick
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I have an SD card with pictures and video files that I'm trying to save to my PC. I haven't accessed the card in about 4 years and now it's not working properly.
When I plugged the SD card into a camera it said it needed to be formatted. So I went down and bought a card reader for my PC. At first it wasn't even detecting the card, then after several times of removing and reinserting the card it finally showed up as a removable drive.
At first, when I tried to open the drive it showed it as empty. I removed the card again and when I reinserted it the auto-play window feature popped up. I can click on open to view folders and files, and when I do I can see all of the files, however it will not let me open any of them. If I hit the refresh button in the browser everything disappears and it says the folder is empty. I then need to reinsert the card again.
If I try to move any of the files from the card to my desktop it says "Could not find this item This is no longer located in ... verify the items location and try again."
The past two days I've downloaded a myriad of "recovery" programs, but none have worked at all. The closest I've got so far was with TestDisk. Through TestDisk I was able to locate the files on the SD card and copy them to my desktop, however I still cannot view any of the pictures or videos.
I'm pretty much at my wits end with this... I really do not want to lose these files forever as they are irreplaceable . If anyone has ANY idea on what I can do to get these files back PLEASE HELP ME!!!
I was thinking maybe if I formatted the card it would fix any errors with it, and then use PhotoRec to recover the files? This is my last resort as I'm worried that formatting the drive will mean I will never have a chance to get these files back and working.
Thanks for any help!
When I plugged the SD card into a camera it said it needed to be formatted. So I went down and bought a card reader for my PC. At first it wasn't even detecting the card, then after several times of removing and reinserting the card it finally showed up as a removable drive.
At first, when I tried to open the drive it showed it as empty. I removed the card again and when I reinserted it the auto-play window feature popped up. I can click on open to view folders and files, and when I do I can see all of the files, however it will not let me open any of them. If I hit the refresh button in the browser everything disappears and it says the folder is empty. I then need to reinsert the card again.
If I try to move any of the files from the card to my desktop it says "Could not find this item This is no longer located in ... verify the items location and try again."
The past two days I've downloaded a myriad of "recovery" programs, but none have worked at all. The closest I've got so far was with TestDisk. Through TestDisk I was able to locate the files on the SD card and copy them to my desktop, however I still cannot view any of the pictures or videos.
I'm pretty much at my wits end with this... I really do not want to lose these files forever as they are irreplaceable . If anyone has ANY idea on what I can do to get these files back PLEASE HELP ME!!!
I was thinking maybe if I formatted the card it would fix any errors with it, and then use PhotoRec to recover the files? This is my last resort as I'm worried that formatting the drive will mean I will never have a chance to get these files back and working.
Thanks for any help!