Ok so i have a dell streak that i busted the lcd on. I went and bought a new phone and theres some stuff i need off the streak. I cant see anything on the screen so i was wondering if its possible to connect to the phones internal sd card from a computer, like u normally do with th external sd card. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
You can remove the inner sd and hook it up to a pc, but it's partitioned and formatted differently.
If you reformat and repartition it to work like a normal card it wont be able to be used to boot a streak anymore.
If you wanna grab your contents off it you'll prob do it easiest though linux, though i dont know the specifics
What are you trying to get off of your Streak?
If you set the phone up with gmail your contacts will be backed up there and even if you don't have an Android phone now you can export them from the gmail web page and then probably import them into your new phone.
This thread or one of the screen replacement guides shows how to disassemble the phone to get to the card, you can also make the card accessible like this. I have notched a non-working Streak as was done in the picture and it only takes a few minutes with an exacto/razor knife even if you are being careful.
How you get to the card depends on what you want to do with it now that it's broken and how badly you want access to the card. The partitions are formatted ext3 and can be accessed with a linux live cd/dvd once you remove it from the phone if you don't have a linux box setup.
edit: if you notch the cover the internal sd card slides out to the left if you are looking at the phone from the back with the flash at the top.
I do actually have an android phone... I need my notes from ak notepad mostly, and other things would be nice to have. I figure if i could get to the contents i could prolly get the notes as theyre prolly in .txt format or something. If it would be easier from a nandroid backup, i nandroided the morning the phone broke
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It appears that AK notepad saves the notes in a proprietary format and to get plain text you have to export the notes to your sd card. See their FAQ. You might want to email them and ask the best way to recover your notes.
Well i guess i'll try removing the internal sd since its gonna be taken apart soon ayway when my replacement screen comes in
Thanks for the help!!
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Remote web desktop from the market gives you access to the internal sd's contents also
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Remote web desktop from the market gives you access to the internal sd's contents also
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I cant install that cuz i cant see my screen to know where im pressing. That would be awesome tho
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Ok so i have the internal card out. Tried putting it in a card reader and the computer asks to format it. Is there any program or anything i can do to be able to read it?
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dufrenbk said:
Ok so i have the internal card out. Tried putting it in a card reader and the computer asks to format it. Is there any program or anything i can do to be able to read it?
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You have to connect the card to a computer that can read the ext3 file system. Sounds like you connected it to a windows box. You can download a linux live CD/DVD and boot that from your CD or DVD drive and you will probably be able to plug it in and see the contents.
I recommend Linux Mint or you can try this, which is an application that allows windows to read ext3. I would not use the windows application to write to the card.
I tried both ways you said to try marvin02. Linux Mint wouldn't read the card reader for some reason. The link you gave for the windows ext reader doesnt work with windows 7 so i googled windows 7 ext3 and found a program that works. Ran it and its reading the card. I installed ak notepad on my new phone and tried to copy everything i could over and see if somehow it would read the old notes, no luck. I think the way my new phone installs apps and data is different than the old one and has a different folder structure.
Is there any other solution anyone could think of?
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Went to look at some pics off my SD card last night and realized that the phone had deleted them.
But what was weird, beside the fact that they got deleted, was that the phone didn't delete all my pictures. Out of about 200 pics, it deleted around 190 of them. Very strange.
Has this happened to anyone else??
Not I. The SD Card and the pictures contained should be virtually untouchable without direct user interaction. Did you possibly put them on the external SD? Are you trusting Gallery or did you check with a file manager as well? Lastly, have you used HTC sync or any other tool that could copy/backup these pictures(and maybe delete them after sync)
Same thing happened to me. Lost about 90% of my pics. Don't know how it happened. Was able to recover most of them using a program that is on hirem's boot cd.
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MrSmith317 said:
Not I. The SD Card and the pictures contained should be virtually untouchable without direct user interaction. Did you possibly put them on the external SD? Are you trusting Gallery or did you check with a file manager as well? Lastly, have you used HTC sync or any other tool that could copy/backup these pictures(and maybe delete them after sync)
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I used ASTRO file manager to double check that the pictures were actually deleted.
I don't sync my phone with my computer so I don't know how the pictures would have been deleted.
Needless to say, it's very disconcerting that my SD card could be vulnerable to something like this. I can understand, somewhat, if it was the phones internal storage, but not my SD card.
Luckily I had backed up my SD card on my computer recently (copy and paste method) so I didn't lose too many pictures.
He didnt like your dirty pics
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VTENGR said:
I used ASTRO file manager to double check that the pictures were actually deleted.
I don't sync my phone with my computer so I don't know how the pictures would have been deleted.
Needless to say, it's very disconcerting that my SD card could be vulnerable to something like this. I can understand, somewhat, if it was the phones internal storage, but not my SD card.
Luckily I had backed up my SD card on my computer recently (copy and paste method) so I didn't lose too many pictures.
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I would say keep your SD backed up and if it happens again exchange the phone.
VTENGR said:
I used ASTRO file manager to double check that the pictures were actually deleted.
I don't sync my phone with my computer so I don't know how the pictures would have been deleted.
Needless to say, it's very disconcerting that my SD card could be vulnerable to something like this. I can understand, somewhat, if it was the phones internal storage, but not my SD card.
Luckily I had backed up my SD card on my computer recently (copy and paste method) so I didn't lose too many pictures.
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as a backup method, you could use sugarsync. They have a 5gb free account and can back up all pictures and videos automatically.
Hey everybody, let me speak to this.
More than likely your pictures are NOT deleted.
This has happened to me several times. I'd open the gallery and would not see any of my pictures, save for a few that are on the Phone Storage.
All I did was 'unmount' and 'remount' the SD card in the settings menu under 'SD & Phone Storage.
I have not been able to pinpoint the exact cause of the external SD mount getting jacked, but it might be around the USB debugging, or setting your phone to usb disk drive mode.
Anyway, a quick unmount/remount, and all my pictures were back in the gallery. I hope the same works for you, good luck!
There was also an issue where if you where flashing boot.IMG through hboot they were being ereased. Check out dsb kernel thread over at team bamf.
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fbm111 said:
There was also an issue where if you where flashing boot.IMG through hboot they were being ereased. Check out dsb kernel thread over at team bamf.
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I was just reading that thread!
I think they were talking about the internal card and not the external though. Still, something to watch out for. Always good to make a back up of everything before flashing.
Ok so tonight, I decided to clean up my SD card. I had noticed that some how I had 1500 pics on my internal SD card, SO I moved them over to my external one and cleaned everything up a bit, combining all the folders. Now when I go into my phone and SD card, all the pics are TINY in size. LIke if the pic before was the size of the screen, now its 1x1 inch. I use wallpaper wizzadrii to set my wallpapers and its setting them all for TINY as well.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
you probably copied the thumbnails
I did now what?
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If you deleted the actual pictures and are just now stuck with the thumbnails try an app called DiskDigger. It'll find your deleted photos if it was just recently done. It won't go as far back as a PC would. But give it a shot. Oh yea, must be rooted for it I believe.
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I wouldn't use an android app, I'd connect the phone to a PC, mount it, then use Recuva to scan it.
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I wouldn't use an android app, I'd connect the phone to a PC, mount it, then use Recuva to scan it.
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going to try that now.
Also, I just realized that all the pics were on my internal storage. I know I never set it up that way. I have always put them on my SD card. For future reference, how do i get everything to be automatically saved to the external SD card?
You mentioned that you cleaned up the images by copying them from your internal SD to your external one - if what you're trying doesn't work, do you remember which folder the files came from? You can just move them back but I have a sinking feeling that you're going to go to your Gallery and when you review your images, you'll see a bunch of white boxes with and 'x' inside which indicates that you're missing the image that was where it was supposed to be when the Gallery accessed your photos. I did something similar a while ago, trying to consolidate photos into a folder on my SD and when I moved the files, I had the white boxes I mentioned. The fastest way to fix the issue is to move ALL images off your SD, go to Gallery, erase ALL, then mount the SD card onto the PC and move images back onto the SD, go to Gallery, and let the thumbnails regenerate.
It's a pain but if you do this once, you'll not do it by accident again. Android does something similar to Apple's iTunes. You can have files in several folders and the program will 'find them' for you but if you move them, you can cause yourself quite a headache.
Good luck!
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going to try that now.
Also, I just realized that all the pics were on my internal storage. I know I never set it up that way. I have always put them on my SD card. For future reference, how do i get everything to be automatically saved to the external SD card?
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The app I posted works fine, I've used it before. It looks for only photos whole recuva will find any file ever...
For setting it to external SD that's an option in the camera
Another program you can try is testdisk. It's free and it has recovered everything I've ever needed and then some. I've accessed files on a drive that both windows and OS X told me was not formatted. Got all 450gb off of it and could also retrieve tons of deleted files. It's a computer app, not a phone app.
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Disk drive mode is killing me
I was one of the first to get this phone - I like HTC products
But ever since I received this phone I cannot access my internal storage when I plug it into disk drive mode. Why is this and how can I fix it?
I thought both internal and external are plug and play ready (meaning no driver needed to access to info), But for some strange reason my internal 9 gbs will not come up, my external is fine.
I would like to fix this issue today (searching all over the web for the answer) but I am trying to set up a wireless syncing with my phone and I am going to be using my external sd as my media and files and my internal for android system stuff.
I am thinking about formatting my internal memory but I need to first take the info out of it.
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Hey
Disk drive mode is killing me
I was one of the first to get this phone - I like HTC products
But ever since I received this phone I cannot access my internal storage when I plug it into disk drive mode. Why is this and how can I fix it?
I thought both internal and external are plug and play ready (meaning no driver needed to access to info), But for some strange reason my internal 9 gbs will not come up, my external is fine.
I would like to fix this issue today (searching all over the web for the answer) but I am trying to set up a wireless syncing with my phone and I am going to be using my external sd as my media and files and my internal for android system stuff.
I am thinking about formatting my internal memory but I need to first take the info out of it.
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Choose media sync and choose the drive that pops up and choose the phone I believe
almost got it to work
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this link helped (http://www.xda-developers.com/android/replace-virtual-cd-on-the-htc-evo-4g-lte/)
it says
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Replace Virtual CD on the HTC EVO 4G LTE
Posted August 6, 2012 at 10:30 pm by PoorCollegeGuy
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Replace Virtual CD on the HTC EVO 4G LTE
Every now and then, a mod so unique pops up that it bears closer examination. For HTC EVO 4G LTE owners, a mod such as this has appeared. When booted into a Sense ROM and connected to a PC, one will notice that the device mounts as two drives. One is the internal storage, and the other is a CD-ROM. Yes, a CD-ROM. Naturally, upon discovering this, the first step is to see if it can be used for something else. As it turns out, it can be.
XDA Recognized Contributor closeone has discovered that there is a file on the EVO LTE called PCTOOL.ISO, which is what causes the EVO LTE to show up as a CD-ROM when it’s plugged into a PC. Closeone explains why it is there and what can be done about it:
There is a file named PCTOOL.ISO inside the /system/etc directory that normally contains the HTC Sync Manager Software. By replacing that ISO with another, it’ll mount that one instead. Because there isn’t too much room to spare in the /system partition, the file should probably be kept relatively small.
There are a number of things users can put in place of the HTC Sync Manager Software, although not a whole lot of things have been tested yet. In theory, though, quite a few useful tools can be placed here, as closeone says:
1. ROM Developers can include a package that contains a copy of the ADB and Fastboot executables within their ROM. ADB would be useful while the device is on; Fastboot would probably have to be copied to the computer.
2. Because the ISO is mounted as Read-Only media, it could be incredibly useful for field technicians who need to run portable software, without the risk of being infected with a virus on the host machine.
Being able to run portable software without thread of virus is definitely something anyone could benefit from. Aside from being one of the more unique mods on XDA, having functionality like this on the EVO LTE can lead to various possibilities.
To learn more, check out the original thread."
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bigdaddy619 said:
Choose media sync and choose the drive that pops up and choose the phone I believe
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Yeah I tired that already, its not plug and play ready.
I believe in TWRP there is and option to mount internal storage so you can access it from a pc
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I believe in TWRP there is and option to mount internal storage so you can access it from a pc
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Yeah that works but I don't want to put my phone in recovery mode every time I want to access my internal.
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Yeah I tired that already, its not plug and play ready.
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If your looking for wireless adb try Jelly Bomb Domination it has it
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bigdaddy619 said:
If your looking for wireless adb try Jelly Bomb Domination it has it
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No I am just looking to get my internal Memory in my phone to open up like a disk drive without the use of any drivers. (Basically have my my internal memory work just like how my external memory works)
Did you install anything to mount internal as a live cd? When I plug my USB and set to media sync I can now copy anything I want even if its over the 4gb max file limit.
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Did you install anything to mount internal as a live cd? When I plug my USB and set to media sync I can now copy anything I want even if its over the 4gb max file limit.
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Not that I know of, I only unlock, turned s off and flashed 2 roms on it. My current rom is recent meanrom
Got media sync to work.
I had to delete everything inside of the internal memory to get it to work
Hi guys,
I have a galaxy s2 with the latest AOKP rom installed. It's been working fine (except for GPS which got fixed once i swapped out the SIM card). I just came back from overseas and had a bunch of pictures on the phone. None of the pictures show up anymore. The SD Card had some pictures but they were old, and I should have a lot of pictures stored on the internal device.
I tried running recuva on just the sd card but they didn't come up. I only noticed that I had to reinstall 1 application so far because it wasn't working. Also, when I browse my phone using my computer, it seems like the root directory is missing a bunch of folders (I have hidden files to show).
Any ideas?
Not sure what had happen to your device. But the best course of action is to pull out your external microSD card and connect it to your computer directly to see if you can see the contents in that card. If yes, download them to your computer and back them up. Then format your microSD card with the phone, the phone should be able to read after that.
Once you have done that, if you can see all the rest of the pictures on your phone, transfer them to the external microSD and do the same thing and back those picture up.
Once the backup is done (if you are able to), then you can start working on fixing your GS2. Even if you have to reflash the ROM then you will have the data backup.
BeenAndroidized said:
Not sure what had happen to your device. But the best course of action is to pull out your external microSD card and connect it to your computer directly to see if you can see the contents in that card. If yes, download them to your computer and back them up. Then format your microSD card with the phone, the phone should be able to read after that.
Once you have done that, if you can see all the rest of the pictures on your phone, transfer them to the external microSD and do the same thing and back those picture up.
Once the backup is done (if you are able to), then you can start working on fixing your GS2. Even if you have to reflash the ROM then you will have the data backup.
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Thanks. I actually tried just that before I posted. Took out the card, put it in a usb adapter and plugged it into the computer. Ran recuva, pulled everything out, and formatted it. Still nothing =/
Have you tried plugging the phone into the computer?
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BeenAndroidized said:
Not sure what had happen to your device. But the best course of action is to pull out your external microSD card and connect it to your computer directly to see if you can see the contents in that card. If yes, download them to your computer and back them up. Then format your microSD card with the phone, the phone should be able to read after that.
Once you have done that, if you can see all the rest of the pictures on your phone, transfer them to the external microSD and do the same thing and back those picture up.
Once the backup is done (if you are able to), then you can start working on fixing your GS2. Even if you have to reflash the ROM then you will have the data backup.
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122ninjas said:
Have you tried plugging the phone into the computer?
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Yeah, when i plug it in and browse internal storage, only about 5 folders are showing up.
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Yeah, when i plug it in and browse internal storage, only about 5 folders are showing up.
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When was the last time you see everything before this happen? And what did you do prior of this happending?
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When was the last time you see everything before this happen? And what did you do prior of this happending?
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Went on a trip overseas, saw the photos either before the plane ride home, or during.
Just had this happen to my gs3. Phone and sdcard in pc reader showed dcim and a couple other folders as empty that should not have been. When plugged into pc using mtp and/or usb by enabling/disabling usb debugging finally showed two sets of each folder. Seems like it couldnt read sdcard at some point so the apps created new folders when they shouldnt have. Copied dcim folder to my desktop but still cant read the files even though it shows them as large files like pics/videos would be.
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Went on a trip overseas, saw the photos either before the plane ride home, or during.
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Hmm, go into your setting and see if you can mount the microSD card.
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Hmm, go into your setting and see if you can mount the microSD card.
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That part is grayed out, looks like its mounted already I see two different sets of storage
This happened to me too. I rebooted my phone for some reason and when it booted up all my pics/images were gone. All the folders were still there but were empty. I managed to get everything back by taking out the SD card and putting it in my computer then used Recuva. Strange that Recuva didn't help you.
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bswann said:
This happened to me too. I rebooted my phone for some reason and when it booted up all my pics/images were gone. All the folders were still there but were empty. I managed to get everything back by taking out the SD card and putting it in my computer then used Recuva. Strange that Recuva didn't help you.
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Well Recuva did find a bunch of pictures on the sd card but it turns out they weren't the ones I took overseas. A weird situation..
Bascotie said:
That part is grayed out, looks like its mounted already I see two different sets of storage
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Unmount then mount it again.
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Unmount then mount it again.
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I don't see an unmount option. Also when I did the recuva, I formatted the SD card so that part should be empty. I think the pics are somewhere on internal storage
We need a map. And Indiana Jones.
Phalanx7621 said:
We need a map. And Indiana Jones.
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I was looking for some way to scan the phone's internal storage with recuva but Recuva doesn't see the phone as a 'drive' =/
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I was looking for some way to scan the phone's internal storage with recuva but Recuva doesn't see the phone as a 'drive' =/
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It should see it if it is set to mass storage but, if it is set to mtp then no it will not see it.
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I took my sdcard out the other day and I didnt unmount it Now all photos are gone from the card but movies I had on it are still there. Is there any android app that I can get these photos back.. I need an android app as my windows comp is out of order (cracked screen)
Thank you for any help you can provide
MDavisiw said:
I took my sdcard out the other day and I didnt unmount it Now all photos are gone from the card but movies I had on it are still there. Is there any android app that I can get these photos back.. I need an android app as my windows comp is out of order (cracked screen)
Thank you for any help you can provide
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Hmmm they might be permanently gone but you can try something like ES File Explorer, OI File Manager, or Root Explorer and go to either your pictures folder or DCIM folder and see if they're still there. Good luck!
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Nope not there whem using those.. guess I need to get on my moms comp and use a file retrieval software. She did a qucik scan. Amd uncovered a few photos. But for one reason or another I keep having to stop the search early.
Im hoping since its a 64gb card the dcim folder isnt being written over.. once I recognized wat happened I stoppex sing it. Still open to suggestions!
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Nope not there whem using those.. guess I need to get on my moms comp and use a file retrieval software. She did a qucik scan. Amd uncovered a few photos. But for one reason or another I keep having to stop the search early.
Im hoping since its a 64gb card the dcim folder isnt being written over.. once I recognized wat happened I stoppex sing it. Still open to suggestions!
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Get a computer with linux or a linux livecd. Install testdisk.
It has a program called photorec which will recover everything. It's easy to use. Google it.
Good luck!
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Get a computer with linux or a linux livecd. Install testdisk.
It has a program called photorec which will recover everything. It's easy to use. Google it.
Good luck!
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Is this the same program as photorec for windows? I used the windows version and it did bring back about 30 photos. The strange thing is the ones it brought back were in the middle of pictures. Like my oldest pictures and my newest pictures did not come back. I'm wondering if the program testdisk would work on this, bringing back partitions or something. It seems most of these programs are designed to bring back photos after they were deleted which I didn't do. This sucks!!
Still hoping I can get them back somehow. Any other programs out there? I tried Recuva and Photorec.