I described in another post how and why I wrote recoverjpeg, a program that recovers lost digital pictures on corrupted media. This software is totally free (both as in free beer and as in free speech); the only reward I counted on was to receive some excerpts of recovered pictures to illustrate the software’s web page. However, I received much more.
At this time, the return on investment for this software is:
- Around ten thousands of my own pictures that had been mistakenly erased (that alone would have been more than enough)
- A bottle of champagne from a satisfied user (thank you Blaise)
- Two boxes of liquorice pepper candies from a satisfied user (thank you Phil)
- A handful of very beautiful pictures from a satisfied user (thank you Volker)
- A beer and a picture from a satisfied user (thank you Erwan)
And this is just the beginning. Not bad for 326 lines of code.
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Hope you can help. Using IrfanView I wanted to delete several images from my compact flash–not only did it erase a few images but the entire directory. It moved the contents into trash directory into a subfolder named “files” sample below and yes there a four files for each image. Size: 78 bytes type: plain text document.
NIKON D70/.Trash-1000/files/DSC_7897.2.2.2.JPG.trashinfo
NIKON D70/.Trash-1000/files/DSC_7897.2.2.JPG.trashinfo
NIKON D70/.Trash-1000/files/DSC_7897.2.JPG.trashinfo
NIKON D70/.Trash-1000/files/DSC_7897.JPG.trashinfo
I hope you have an idea, I have none…is it possible to restore these files? Any help would be nice.
thank you-M
Get a Unix system, then install and run “recoverjpeg” on it to recover as much as possible from your memory card. That’s as simple as it looks. And do not use the card in the meantime.
If you don’t own a Unix system, you may be able to find a friend running Linux on his/her computer (unless you live in Antartica) and also owns a card reader. He/she will be able to run recoverjpeg for you.