Lost all of my prom photos on my sd card.

[Wakeboy1337]

So I just got back from my gf's prom and and she is in tears because all of our prom pics are gone from today. Let me start this off from the beginning.

I was in exlporer and opened up a picture and was in the windows photo view(not the windows live one) and just going NEXT NEXT NEXT then I stopped to click the "rotate left" arrow button and it rotated it. I clicked next and it said "saving" like it it normally would. Then I noticed it was taking a while. I went to move the mouse and it moved just a tiny bit and then froze in place. Then I tried the windows logo key, nothing. Then ALT CTRL DELETE, Nothing. I had to pop the the card out and power down. I booted back up. Popped the card back in. I figured I might have corrupted that picture, no big deal. I open explorer up and all the pictures are gone. It says empty folder. I freaked out. Put the SD card plastic lock to locked so i can't mess it up further, Put the card back in the camera to see if I could read it. It says no photos, Tried another camera and another computer. Both say empty. I cant see windows fucking up so bad it deleted them all. Maybe the filesystem is damaged and it cant see them. The Dcim folder where you see the pics is still there. It just thinks it's empty. What are the first steps that you guys take to get files back, or at least try to anyway. Also what software do you recommend for this sort of thing?

God I'm so upset. I'm going to bed. I'll check this thread in the morning. Night everyone:smith:

[Amit]

Why did you take it out of the slot? You should have just hard reset your PC. Download and install Pandora recovery software. It's free and works well for finding permanently deleted files. browse the SD card and see if you can get the pics back.

[Patrickssj6]

It's probably still there. When you delete a file, not its raw data gets deleted but just the index. That's why deleting (or "cutting" a file to another place) is a lot faster than copying since only the index is being changed.

There are recovery programs that ignore the index and scan the sd for raw data and filter the headers of file types. Every .jpg has a similar header and that what it scans for. It is important though that you don't overwrite the raw data by doing e.g. write new data onto it.

[Wakeboy1337]

Thanks guys. I took the card out because I knew if I didn't the computer would try and boot from it when I start it back up. I've got Pandora running a scan right now. Hopefully it gets most of them back. I've tried a couple of programs already and they brought back WAYYYY older files from like 1 to 6 months ago. I really really hope it gets last night's pictures back.

Will keep you posted.

[Wakeboy1337]

Pandora didn't find anything. I tried all three methods.

[Wakeboy1337]

Thanks guys but I got them back. I used a program called "Recover My Files 4" Got them all back and no corrupt ones.:iamafag:

[Rainbow Dash]

Of all the things to cry over, pictures of some dumb event?

:S

[Amit]

Of all the things to cry over, pictures of some dumb event?

:S

You've probably never been to Prom, then. For most guys, they don't really care. Girls, on the other hand, are a whole different story.

[Rainbow Dash]

oh

hold on I'll just count myself lucky for being totally gay then

[Amit]

Oh fuck, just realized the OP said she was in tears. I agree it's something stupid to cry over. I thought she was just upset.

[Limited]

Glad you got them back, what sucks more? My dad lost all the videos he took of my graduation at university. (In the UK we only have one graduation ceremony, that was it, apparently its the 2nd best day of your life).

Yeah, didnt get them back.

Did you actually check they weren't on your pc, when you booted up?

[PlasbianX]

Something stupid to cry over? Hell, i went to prom both junior and senior year as well as freshmen year of college (girl i was dating at the time was a senior) and I had to say, they were some of the best nights I can ever remember of my life and I would feel shitty if I lost the pictures from those events too, and I'm a guy.

[Llama Juice]

I skipped Prom. I rented a bouncy castle and threw a party instead.

[Donut]

i think i remember you telling that story before llama. still makes me laugh

[Cortexian]

I skipped prom and went drinking, came really close to getting laid, and then voided my stomach contents in the general direction of the chick I was hanging out with that night.

It was fucking awesome. Or so I have been told by people who remember that day/evening/night.

[Amit]

Went to Prom, then went to an after party at 2AM, drank a bit, and got laid. Luckily I didn't throw up until after I went home.

See, good things do come from Prom. And Prom itself was a fun time, as well. I don't know why people are down on that shit.

[Bodzilla]

HARD CORE



see here in upside down land we consider people to be good drinkers and not pansies when they dont empty their stomach over people.
weird i know.

[Phopojijo]

Obviously too late now that everything's recovered -- but people say PhotoRec (http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec) is the go-to recovery software. It's like the opposite of DBan.

...

But not quite as effective as BACKING UP YOUR PHOTOS ASAP!!!!

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[Wakeboy1337]

Alright, I'll install that one too. Thanks Phopo.

[Kornman00]

I swear I thought the title said "Lost all of my porn" when I was at the index :v:

[Cortexian]

welp~

[sleepy1212]

I swear I thought the title said "Lost all of my porn" when I was at the index :v:

and when you saw the preview text also mentioned prom you were all the more intrigued :allears:

[Kornman00]

No preview text on the forum index :saddowns:

[Donut]

I swear I thought the title said "Lost all of my porn" when I was at the index :v:
the title does have the word "pron" in it :-3

[EagerYoungSpaceCadet]

the title does have the word "pron" in it :-3But it didn't before Freelancer came in changed it for the lulz, changing thread titles: :ugh:

[Siliconmaster]

But it didn't before Freelancer came in changed it for the lulz, changing thread titles: :ugh:

This explains much.

[Wakeboy1337]

For anyone who cares to see. Here is a photo from the Pron
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/230244_10150179202388568_555323567_6967131_2163271 _n.jpg

[Rainbow Dash]

Why would you possibly be sad you lost that?

[Warsaw]

Why would you possibly be sad you lost that?

Ouch. Being a dick, much?

Prom is an experience that some may want to remember, for better or for worse. For most, it only happens once in their life, if at all.

[Donut]

Why would you possibly be sad you lost that?
do you have a problem with proms or something? seriously, shit post less. just because you dont care, doesnt mean wakeboy doesnt.

[Rainbow Dash]

Surely I'm not alone in thinking that tie is repulsive, right?

[Siliconmaster]

Oh be nice. I went to prom my junior and senior years of high school, and I looked pretty goofy myself. Had a hell of a lot of fun though- good times.

[PlasbianX]

I don't really think the dress matches your tie, but I do think you look pretty spiffy sir. I wish I had my prom pictures still, but I burned those fuckers as soon as I broke up with my ex. Crazy bitch, I tell ya.

[Warsaw]

Oh be nice. I went to prom my junior and senior years of high school, and I looked pretty goofy myself. Had a hell of a lot of fun though- good times.

I dressed like David Tennant in his "Voyage of the Damned" Christmas special (including hair), only I also had a red flower as a buttonholer. I was literally the only one who had a red flower-everybody else had a white or very pale-coloured one.

With regard to the photo: his tie would look awful if it were the same hue as her waist ribbon, so I think it's fine.

[k4is3rxkh40s]

For anyone who cares to see. Here is a photo from the Pron
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/230244_10150179202388568_555323567_6967131_2163271 _n.jpg

Is it just me or does it look like the girl in the back is having one of the greatest orgasms ever?
http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/2792/lolols.jpg

[Wakeboy1337]

lol, thanks for the kind words guys.

NVOUS, Even though I'm not the kind of guy that cares for dancing and that sort of thing. Going to my gf's prom was pretty damn fun. The music was great, the food was spectacular, and just getting out of the house for something besides work and getting to meet new friends was kickass.

[Pooky]

http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/2792/lolols.jpg

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/6822/xboxkid28jpgw1830h246.jpg

[Amit]

Is it just me or does it look like the girl in the back is having one of the greatest orgasms ever?


It's just you.

[Wakeboy1337]

That's her friend. We still aren't sure what she was even looking at.

[n00b1n8R]

Is it just me or does it look like the girl in the back is having one of the greatest orgasms ever?
http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/2792/lolols.jpg
virgin detected

[Patrickssj6]

virgin detected
virgin detected

[Wakeboy1337]

virgin detected

virgin detected

[leorimolo]

virgin detected
Virgin detected.

[Warsaw]

C-c-c-combo Breaker!

[Rainbow Dash]

virgin detected

yo kid

patrick is sexy as fuck

so you best shut the fuck up

[Patrickssj6]

and sel is my twin brother

not to mention I cannot imagine a more virgin like avatar
http://www.modacity.net/forums/images/customavatars/avatar1596_10.gif

[Rainbow Dash]

<3<3

[Wakeboy1337]

LOL
Well I' guess I've been living with her and not having sex for a year now.

[EagerYoungSpaceCadet]

Virgin detected.I like the teal.
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...too late :smith:

[Rainbow Dash]

LOL
Well I' guess I've been living with her and not having sex for a year now.

We're glad you've come clean ; )

[Wakeboy1337]

No Problem. I feel like I'm sanitized now.

Edit. Looking at my pic, I fell should get a new one. That's from early 09