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I went on holidays last week
took the hard drive from the office
i put it some were in the house
5 days searching and i can’t find it
4 weddings on it
is it possible to retrieve formatted photos from an sd card
i know i should have had a back up.
 
If you purchased a Sandisk or Lexar Memory card (maybe others) they often come with software for doing that very thing.

Maybe ask in the Classifieds section of the forum, I know I've thrown many codes out that I didnt need maybe someone will have a spare.
 
If you haven't put any more photos on the card then try Recuva - you can download a free version with limited options before buying:

https://www.piriform.com/recuva

I have the Pro version and it helped recover a lot of data on a 4TB HDD after I accidentally formatted it.
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Thanks everyone
So i photographed a wedding then upload to hard drive then format thats 4 weddings 4 formats
i have also another wedding on the card that I’m in the process of uploading
do i format this wedding or leave it on the card while trying recovery
i hope this makes sese
B
My computer is apple
 
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Ladybird12345 said:
Thanks everyone
So i photographed a wedding then upload to hard drive then format thats 4 weddings 4 formats
i have also another wedding on the card that I’m in the process of uploading
do i format this wedding or leave it on the card while trying recovery
i hope this makes sese
B
My computer is apple
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Formatting makes it more difficult to recover so don't format it now ... 4 x formats may well affect what you can recover. :(
 
If you've overwritten the card (i.e. put all 4 weddings onto the one card, it's unlikely you'll get the first three back, but you might get the fourth one back if you're lucky.

I've used photorec on a number of occasions to help family get pics back that they've accidentally deleted;

It's not the easiest program to use, but it does have the advantage of being a. Pretty good in my experience, and B. Free!

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec
 
It's not so much the 4 formats, in simple terms formats just mark space for use.

Writing to those spaces again is where you have a problem as there is now new data so if you've filled the card on each occasion you're not going to get something back from the first time you used it as at best there would only be fragments.

Assume you format the cards in the camera but I know some people who delete files on the computer and then format.. remote chance but check your recycle bin (trash)
 
Jase said:
It's not so much the 4 formats, in simple terms formats just mark space for use.

Writing to those spaces again is where you have a problem as there is now new data so if you've filled the card on each occasion you're not going to get something back from the first time you used it as at best there would only be fragments.

Assume you format the cards in the camera but I know some people who delete files on the computer and then format.. remote chance but check your recycle bin (trash)
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Nice thought ,but i delete from the camera so basically i can’t retrieve the photos...
 
i wonder would hypnotism work to jog my memory( excuse the pun)and bring me to were i put it hmmm
 
So I up load my photos to iPhoto and that's on a separate hard drive
Do I attach another hard drive for back up
We're do I attach it to
Or what would you guys recommend
Thankyou
B
 
For important stuff, I make an extra copy on another external HDD and leave that at Mrs Nod's business premises. I'll also make a DVD copy and stick it somewhere safe. Memory is so (relatively) cheap these days that not having some spare is almost inexcusable, especially for a pro.
 
Ladybird12345 said:
So I up load my photos to iPhoto and that's on a separate hard drive
Do I attach another hard drive for back up
We're do I attach it to
Or what would you guys recommend
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Firstly, get some more memory cards so you're not relying on a single one for multiple events. Use them in rotation and only re-format when you are about to use them again.

If your iPhoto library is stored on an external drive, you will need another external drive to back it up to.
The important thing to consider is that what looks like a single file is actually a set of folders and subfolders that are managed by iPhoto.

You can simply copy the library "file" each time, but that's rather inefficient. Instead, I would use Time Machine because it "knows" the iPhoto library structure and will look inside to do an efficient backup.

Time Machine will backup external drives, but you will have to manually remove the iPhoto drive from the list of folders not to back up. This list can be found in the options of the Time Machine System Preferences page.
 
My first rule to help someone find something, is to ask them where was the "first place" they looked for it.

As it's always there, but hidden somehow. And at that stage they are still in hasty mode, and not yet in desperate mode.

That's science you know!
 
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if you have a toddler at home check in his bike storage box underneath the seat. most of my lost stuff I find it there
 
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