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Re: Formatted SD card and lost all footage...is there any hope of recovery?

Asked by copperlucy (37points) November 8th, 2017

I accidentally formatted the sd card in my camera. I tried Recuva, but the results were not satisfactory. I wonder if there is any free software to recover the pictures? Any advice i would appreciate.

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Zaku's avatar

There is such software, but I don’t know which to recommend.

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elbanditoroso's avatar

Slim to none.

@Zaku is correct that there are some programs that can attempt to fix this, but it’s a long shot, and if you have done anything else to the SD card (like put other data on it after the format) it will be impossible.

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funkdaddy's avatar

You might try PhotoRec which is an open source software specifically for camera media. It’s a little trickier to use, but worth a shot (link is in the right sidebar).

Other than that, I know a couple dedicated camera shops around here have a recovery service. I think it was around $20, and they just burned everything they could find to a DVD.

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