I have two camera cards (SD, one is 2GB and one is 8GB) that are mysteriously blank. The last time I used them, there were photos on--the 2GB one was actually full.
The last thing that could have happened to them is that they did go through an airport scanner (in a camera case), and then were mailed...not sure which one of those instances--if any--could have done the damage. Physically both cards are perfect.
These are the actions I've taken on the cards (in order):
Plug into external reader to copy pictures (reader says both cards are empty)
Run ZAR on both cards, says 2GB one is fully corrupted (if the card was corrupted wouldn't the reader have been unable to see it at all?)
Run Windows Card Recovery on the 8GB, which just says it's empty
70% of the photos on are either backed up somewhere or can be retaken, but it's the rest that I really want back. The other option at my disposal is the trial version of FTK Imager, which would take a bit of fiddling and additional setup. So, do I have any chance of finding anything on the cards or did something fry them?
The last thing that could have happened to them is that they did go through an airport scanner (in a camera case), and then were mailed...not sure which one of those instances--if any--could have done the damage. Physically both cards are perfect.
These are the actions I've taken on the cards (in order):
Plug into external reader to copy pictures (reader says both cards are empty)
Run ZAR on both cards, says 2GB one is fully corrupted (if the card was corrupted wouldn't the reader have been unable to see it at all?)
Run Windows Card Recovery on the 8GB, which just says it's empty
70% of the photos on are either backed up somewhere or can be retaken, but it's the rest that I really want back. The other option at my disposal is the trial version of FTK Imager, which would take a bit of fiddling and additional setup. So, do I have any chance of finding anything on the cards or did something fry them?
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