[GRLUG] Recovering files

[networkman at triton.net]

Please let us know how it goes, Casey.  At my work, we have some RFID
scanners that use CF cards for storage while out reading the shelves[of
books], and while no one has accidentally erased one before reading the
results to a PC, I know it's just a matter of time until it happens. ;)

Rich



> Well I did the google search and see there are MANY OTHERS with the same
> issue.
> I got ahold of a friend that works @ Apple and he wasn't much help.
> The best suggestion came from a friend in the memory biz - they use
> recover my files (software to restore from USB Flash and SD cards)
> plan on trying this one tonight.
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> Thanks to all for your assistance.
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> Casey
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> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Collin Kidder <adderd at kkmfg.com> wrote:
>> Well, best of luck. Depending on what exactly happened you might get
>> something or you might not. Flash uses destructive erase. It actually
>> zaps entire blocks at a time to reprogram. So if the blocks were zapped
>> then only God himself knows what they used to be. It's not like a hard
>> drive where maybe you can get some left over bits. If something is
>> written to an area it's first totally erased and then reprogrammed. So,
>> I hope for your sake, that you have written nothing to the drive since
>> then. You might be saved by the write leveling algorithms though.
>>
>> Casey DuBois wrote:
>>> Thank You Paul and Rich,
>>> I have e-mailed OnTrack (we've used them before also) and will try
>>> Paul's suggestion also.
>>> Any additional suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Casey
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>>> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Rich Nagel <networkman at triton.net>
>>> wrote:
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>>>> Casey,
>>>>
>>>> Admittedly, it's been several years since I've needed their
>>>> services(and
>>>> hopefully it'll be several more!), but I had great results with
>>>> OnTrack -
>>>> http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com/data-recovery-services/
>>>>
>>>> Their page does include "mobile devices", so I'd assume that would
>>>> include
>>>> phones as well as notebooks.
>>>>
>>>> Worth a call. ;)
>>>>
>>>> Rich
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Casey DuBois" <casey at grlug.org>
>>>> To: <grlug at grlug.org>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:16 PM
>>>> Subject: [GRLUG] Recovering files
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi GRLUG,
>>>>>
>>>>> I got the new iPhone 3G and while transfering my contacts it seems
>>>>> that my photo's have dissapeared (my bad).
>>>>>
>>>>> There are several HDD recovery companies but does anyone know of a
>>>>> recovery option for flash (iPhone)?
>>>>>
>>>>> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank You in advance.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Casey DuBois
>>>>> 616-808-6942
>>>>> casey at grlug.org
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