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First do not panic! It is possible to recover your pictures
if you take care. Take the card from the camera (powered off) and if it has a
"write protect" tab then lock it now. Do not try and write anything
to the card or you risk causing more problems.
You can either plug in you camera to the PC as it should
appear as a “Removable Drive”
or put the card in a card reader attached to your PC.
Next, if you are comfortable with using a PC then you can
download a FREE utility that will recover your photos from the following link:
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec
If you need something a little more "user
friendly" then you will need to buy the software. If you search the web
for photo recovery software you will find many.
One I have used successfully is RescuePro that used to be
bundled with some Sandisk products. Now you can get it from the link below:
http://www.lc-tech.com/software/prwindetail.html.
You can try the demo to see what you can recover before
buying.
Remember - Do NOT try & write anything back to the card
until you can recover your pictures to your PC safely!
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