Links of Interest

Data Base for Digital Cameras

Canon 5D, Xti / 400 Sensor Cleaning Issues
www.dust-aid.com/5d

Full Sensor Cleaning Tool
www.dust-aid.com

Eclipse / E2 Cleaners
www.photosol.com

SensorScope System
www.delkin.com

Nikon
Click on "Additional Service Advisories".
http://www.nikonusa.com/template.php?cat=1

Management Software Solutions for Repair Shops /AYS
www.ayssoftware.com/

Total Commander (File Recovery Program)
www.ghisler.com

http://www.ghisler.com/picture.htm Look at the picture and you will see the split screen. You can have it on the right or left of you complete computer on it; Drive A through G. You can move folders or complete drives over to the left side and never bother the right side or the original.

Now the greatest part. Install a memory card or SD card in your reader. In the right side it will show what is on the card; bad files, good files. You can delete the bad files and save the rest or transfer them over to the left side of the screen.

Then the memory card will work and you can see exactly what was wrong. I had a memory that wouldn’t work in the camera because of all the other files on folders on it. I deleted the bits of folders that were not good or incomplete, then put the card in the camera and it worked. It dose work and the time saved for us is money for sure.

We also tried three free data recovery programs with the following results:

LC-Tech's Photo recovery. Recovered 59 total files, 37 usable pictures.
website: www.lc-tech.com


Zero Assumption Recovery. Recoverd 88 total files, 47 usable pictures.
website: http://www.z-a-recovery.com/digital-image-recovery.htm

PC Inspector smart recovery. Recovered 88 total files, 59 usable pictures.
website: http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/uk/welcome.htm

Of the three the freeware software, PC inspector, appears to be the best, at least in our case. Hope this helps anyone else looking for data recovery. Note: 10/07 PC Inspector smart recovery did not recognize RAW.

http://nikonimaging.com/global/index.htm