[NTLUG:Discuss] unformat utility for fat32/fat16/fat12 filesystems

[Alvin Goats]

This worked PERFECTLY!! 

ddrescue indicated the format was FAT16, going through a long region of 
dots, I got to data regions.

Brian Rogers link below got me eventually to PhotoRec, which recovered 2 
txt files, 12 mov files and 394 photos. PhotoRec comes in both Linux and 
Windoze flavors! Did it in Linux.

Thanks to all!
Alvin


>  
> If the files have not been wiped clean but only deleted, there is a tool
> called PhotoRec.
> See http://lwn.net/Articles/287425/ for a recent InformationWeek article on
> open source data recovery tools.
>
> /* Brian Rogers, professional geek, coffee achiever */
>
> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Alvin Goats <agoats at compuserve.com> wrote:
>
>   
> > I'm cross posting as I need something fairly quick. Yes, it's "windows",
> > but that's the format the camera uses...
> >
> > My youngest accidentally got the Nikon to format the SD card, so all of
> > the pix are lost. I need to unformat the card. Whether it's a utility in
> > Linux or (gasp!) windoze, I need something to recover the pix.
> >
> > Thanx,
> >
> > Alvin
> >
> >
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