![]() EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard is straightforward to use, taking you step-by-step through the recovery process. There are low-level recovery tools like TestDisk and PhotoRec that come in handy for this.EaseUS isn't overstating the 'Wizard' part of this software's title – it really is 'wizard' in the sense of being good at something. If you suspect a card may be getting flakey, or if you run into trouble reading a card, immediately create a backup of everything on the card. One SD card was read easily but another required intervention from SanDisk, but it was eventually read.īill Biggart's photos from 9/11 survived the collapse of the second tower on a CompactFlash microdrive card. An atmospheric research balloon crashed in the Pacific Ocean and was recovered. That said, it's not always easy to get data from a damaged card. Other incidents like plane crashes are hyped by SanDisk so much that, admittedly, I get nervous using other brands. In 2004, there was an incident (covered happily in a SanDisk press release at the time) where a photographer's compact flash card survived a bridge explosion where the camera gear was set up so close to the blast that it was destroyed, but the CompactFlash card survived. Five memory card formats survived being boiled, trampled, washed and dunked in coffee or cola. The memory cards in most cameras are virtually indestructible, found Digital Camera Shopper magazine. The 2004 BBC article Digital memories survive extremes covers an interesting study by Digital Camera Shopper on the durability of memory cards. I recall reading (not sure where) about re-energizing cards by occasionally inserting into a reader.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |