Re: corrupted flash card?

sabai_dragon wrote:
> Hi Group
>
> I just got back from a sunny holiday and I went to
download the pics
> from one of my cards. About 2/3 of them are showing a
.ngf ending and
> the windows .exe icon instead of .nef. Some of them are
prefixed _FSC
> instead of _DSC. Of the strange ones, quite a number
won't transfer
> off the card (error message). I tried renaming one to
.nef but it
> won't open.
>
> Is this the sign of a dead card? I'm wondering whether
to reformat and
> reuse or whether to throw it away.

Ouch, definitely sounds like the data on your card got
corrupted somehow.  All
may not be lost, however.  Try a image recovery program
(most top brand cards
come with their own software) and see if the pics can be
salvaged.

Only after you've tried everything possible to get your
images back, you
should format it again in the camera and either take some
pictures with it
and/or transfer some files from your pc to it.  If this is
succesful, this is
no 100% guarantee the card is fine, but it is likely.

HTH,
-- 
Hayo Baan - http://www.xs4all.nl/~hr
baan
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Hi Guys

Thanks for your replies. I've put the card aside for the
moment and
I'll try the file transfer test you suggested Hayo.

I'm a Mac user, so chances of the card getting a virus from
the
machine is pretty much zero (happy to say we're kind of
bullet-proof
in that regard). I can only think that the card has
glitched.

If I get to the bottom of the mystery I'll report back here
incase it
happens to anyone else.

=)  best wishes
Marc

 --- In Nikon-D70@yahoogroups.com, "Hayo Baan"
<hrbaan...> wrote:

> Ouch, definitely sounds like the data on your card got
corrupted
somehow.  All
> may not be lost, however.  Try a image recovery program
(most top
brand cards
> come with their own software) and see if the pics can
be salvaged.
> 
> Only after you've tried everything possible to get your
images back, you
> should format it again in the camera and either take
some pictures
with it
> and/or transfer some files from your pc to it.  If this
is
succesful, this is
> no 100% guarantee the card is fine, but it is likely.
> 
> HTH,
> -- 
> Hayo Baan - http://www.xs4all.nl/~hr
baan
>
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> "I meant," said Ipsilore, bitterly,
"what is there in this world
that makes
> living worth while?"
> Death thought about it.
> "CATS", he said eventually, "CATS ARE
NICE."
> 
>     - Sourcery by Terry Pratchett
>




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