Linux to the rescue! - Recover "lost" photos from memory cards
We've all been there. Maybe you accidentally deleted more pictures than you meant to from your camera, or maybe the card got corrupted. Maybe you formatted it by mistake. Whatever happened, it can be heartbreaking and devastating depending on what was stored on the card. Some photos are just irreplacable. Weddings, vacations, and many other events with sentimental value. Or photos with monetary value if you're a pro photographer.
Luckily Linux can help. Because it's designed to let users and programmers do advanced things easily, Linux is a host for a plethora of great tools and utilities to fix and recover things from all manner of devices, even if those devices were used on other platforms.
So always keep at least a Linux rescue disk or USB stick on hand, because it may just save the day.
Here is just one of the amazing tools available on Linux for data recovery. Photorec.
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http://www.tecmint.com/photorec-recover-deleted-lost-files-in-linux/
Eric Kirchner Yeah, I've recovered for quite a few people with this tool and they were extremely grateful.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you reiterated the use of dd. It's one of those things that I take for granted, but for anyone reading this, never (if at all possible), work on the original drive. Image it first using dd and do your recovery operations on the image file created with dd.