Flash card data recovery?

[Noah Dain]

On 7/18/06, Steve Kratz <stevek at cipafilter.com> wrote:
> If you want to use Linux for the recovery, boot an Ubuntu Live CD,
> download "foremost" and compile it (google foremost - there's a site out
> there that gives step-by-step compile info) then run it against the
> memory card and tell it to use type jpg (or jpeg maybe). It's done a
> good job of recovering "lost" deleted files for me.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sean Hammond [mailto:sean.hammond at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 5:09 PM
> > To: Ubuntu Help and User Discussions
> > Subject: Flash card data recovery?
> >
> > A friend has what looks like a 64mb flash memory card for a
> > digital camera. It has SmartMedia written on it. It's an old
> > card (too big to fit in my digital camera). She's deleted a
> > bunch of important photos that were on it.
> >
> > So.... I'm looking for leads. Does anyone know:
> >
> > * If recovering the photos is time dependent, does the
> > deleted data degrade over time?
> > * Is there some linux floss that we can use to attempt to
> > recover the data?
> >
> > Any leads appreciated!
> >
> > --
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SeanHammond
> >

uncanny timing: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/420

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Noah Dain
"I don't want to make toys, I want to be a dentist!"