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Man, oh man.
I just clicked the wrong button on my digital
camera, and deleted all of the pictures. I thought I
had selected just one file but my, ahem, nimble fingers
were working in pre-programmed mode, far faster than
my brain. The net result: an entire compact flash memory
card wiped out.
Yes, I've received about ten million
spam messages telling me about products that undelete files on
cameras. But I'd rather cut off an arm than reply to a piece of
spam. So I hopped over to Google and searched.
There are about a dozen big-name file
undelete programs, all of which claim to restore deleted files on
digital camera media. I downloaded a couple of demos, and they
didn't work. I tried MediaRevival 1.0, a shareware program from
Onlime Software (no, that isn't a typo). The trial version says it
found 70 images from my camera... but it didn't show me any of
them. Harumph. I'm supposed to believe that? Fast File
Undelete/Recover (from DTI Data) found the camera but couldn't
find the files. R-Undelete had the same problem. FileRestore from
Winternals claims that it can do what I want, but it's expensive
and there's no trial version, so I can't confirm if it works with
my camera.
Why should I shell out my hard-earned
bucks on a product that might not work?
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