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files are missing in my cf card camera I scanned it and this is what it shows

EventLog
Starting search of Lost Files on drive I:\
Error: Error in processing MP3 Driver at sector/cluster 2546
Error: Error in processing MP3 Driver at sector/cluster 2547
Error: Error in processing MP3 Driver at sector/cluster 993778
Error: Error in processing MP3 Driver at sector/cluster 993779

edited Oct 4 at 22:31

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asked Oct 4 at 20:29

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Chris · Answer 1 · 2009-10-04 22:21:17Z UTC

CompactFlash cards wear out after a while. They have a finite number of read/write cycles. How old is your card?

It might be best to try a flash memory recovery tool to restore the photos and then retire the CF card. The open source PhotoRec (download) software may be able to help; it seems to be pretty widely used.

bweaver · Answer 2 · 2009-10-15 19:24:53Z UTC

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You might try a low-level recovery tool like TestDisk or PhotoRec. I've used them successfully to get data off a damaged card.

answered Oct 15 at 19:24

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RBerteig · Answer 3 · 2009-10-27 08:21:29Z UTC

I have had good results in the past with a product called Zero Assumption Recovery. It is free for photo recovery, and its paid mode is inexpensive and guilt-free for harder operations on large disk drives. It works by ignoring most of the file system structure and looking at the physical disk sectors for data that "smells like" parts of a photo.

It recovered a bunch of Nikon RAW files from a trashed CF card that I really would have regretted loosing.

Photos are missing from my CF card. What can I do to find my pictures?

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