{"id":414,"date":"2013-05-26T01:06:16","date_gmt":"2013-05-25T23:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ponte.ch\/blog\/?p=414"},"modified":"2013-05-26T01:06:16","modified_gmt":"2013-05-25T23:06:16","slug":"recovered-pictures-from-a-corrupted-media-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ponte.ch\/blog\/recovered-pictures-from-a-corrupted-media-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Recovered pictures from a corrupted media card"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few weeks ago the media card in my BlackBerry got corrupted. Normally not a big deal because I’m used to regularly move or copy the data from the card.\u00a0But this time I was just back from holiday and had not yet saved the few pics I took during the stay.<\/p>\n

I did some research and found hundredths of tools willing to help in one way or another to recover data. Some claimed to be free but then would only allow a limited set of actions. At least some tools (about 40$-80$ for a licence) would list all the files which were recoverable in the demo version. Seeing that most of the pictures were readable, I continued and stumbled over PhotoRec by CGSecurity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

PhotoRec is a free open source multi-platform application which, although “old”, works well. The latest version is from 2011 but the forum<\/a>\u00a0is still in use, especially for the other tool by CGSecurity called\u00a0TestDisk<\/a>\u00a0which is a\u00a0free data recovery software.<\/p>\n

The tutorials for both tools are quite good and get you started right away. I’ve tried different settings for the recovery and was able to save most of the pictures.<\/p>\n

If you’re looking for a quick, easy and free way to recover data these tools are certainly worth a try.<\/p>\n

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