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I accidentally selected yes to "format memory card?"...does that completely delete all pictures????? The manual says yes however under that says, "Formatting or erasing the data on a memory card merely changes the file management informaiton on the card and does not ensure that it's contents are completely deleted"...is there any way to retrieve the "deleted" pictures????

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  • Anonymous Dec 25, 2007

    i insert the flash card in to my Laptop and it says format the disk>

    I hav not press yes> what else can i do to get the picture of o the card?

  • thektdid Jan 16, 2008

    I also realized too late that I had formatted my card and deleted mt pics. Since I was on vacation, I panicked and took 2 pictures right after that. Are any of the old pictures left, and how can I retrieve them. Most I had downloaded or printed, but the very ones that were special to me, I had not yet downloaded.

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No problem. Your formatted pics are still there until you take more pics and overwrite them. Just remember not to take any more pics on that card just yet.
It's no problem at all to get them back. As an example, try the below linked freeware program. It's tiny to download (a little over 1meg), and very easy to use. You'll have your pics back in ten minutes after reading this:
http://www.download.com/Art-Plus-Digital-Photo-Recovery/3000-12511_4-10778073.html?tag=lst-1

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Recovering pictures or photo's from a accidentally formatted memory/SD Card or...
It happens to everyone. You delete a picture or accidentally format a memory card that should not have been deleted/formatted. Luckely there is a way to recover you data if you have not used the drive since losing the data.

To start , download Disc digger from the following link :

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This program is freeware but donations to the developer are encouraged to help maintain and improve the program.

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Files that are found are displayed on the left of the window. Once the scan completes , select all the files found and click the save pictures button.

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The files will now be written to your hard drive and can be viewed on the location chosen. Unfortunately all meta data and names of files are lost because of the format , but at least the picture can be recovered which is the important part anyways.

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To delete all pictures in internal memory: format internal memory. Tap MENU, tap the wrench icon, select "Format memory."

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