This is why I hate technology...

[Chasing-The-Light]

This past weekend my entire family met together for a family reunion, in order to celebrate my grandfather's 90th birthday. It was the first time we'd done such a thing in 15 years. I brought my brand new camera, and took over 100 pictures at the event.

I got home from it yesterday, and today decided I was going to post them online. I took the SD card out, put it in my computer and started reviewing the pictures. Suddenly, something happened and the computer stopped reading the card.

Now whenever I put the card in the computer, or back in my camera, it tells me I need to format it, and even the camera flashes 'for' instead of telling me how many shots are available.

..... I'm assuming I just lost /ALL/ of my pictures. And I don't even know how, or what happened!!!!

And this, is why I hate technology......

Sorry, I just needed to vent and get all that frustration out before I snap and take it out on someone else...

 

[Ziadaine_v1legacy]

Have you tried connecting it to another computer? Its possible its just your computer not registering it. however, if it doesn't work on other computers, I hate to say but it might not have been formatted before It was used and didn't record squat (or rather, computers cant see squat)

 

[Chasing-The-Light]

Have you tried connecting it to another computer? Its possible its just your computer not registering it. however, if it doesn't work on other computers, I hate to say but it might not have been formatted before It was used and didn't record squat (or rather, computers cant see squat)

The thing is that I had the pictures all up on my computer, before! I saw all the files on there and was previewing through them when it suddenly went weird. I dont know if it tried ejecting itself and corrupted everything, but it kept telling me I needed to format it. The camera told me that, as well... I hadn't had a problem with it until I actually tried putting the disk into the computer, instead of hooking the camera up to the computer through a wire.

 

[aba1]

Thats why they always tell you to take more than one card to important events so that if one fails you always have a second. I mean they arnt any more reliable than any other media storage device. People tell you to back up your hard drive or never leave one of a kind files on a usb because these things happen to those 2.

 

[mad825]

There must be something more have happened then you are telling us.

*shrug*
check the pins on the SSD card, perhaps the computer induced a lethal shock to the transistors within the SSD.

 

[tharglet]

Sounds like the card may have become corrupted somehow, or something with the card is dodgy, causing it to be unreadable. Could try cleaning the contacts and/or a different reader, but you may be outta luck :S.

 

[Chasing-The-Light]

Thanks for the advice, guys... To Aba1, even if I did take two, i wouldnt have known that one was going to corrupt until it crashed later on...

I'm thinking the computer tried ejecting the disk on its own or something. I think the only thing I really can do is never attach the disk to the computer again, and instead get the pictures off the camera by hooking the camera up directly to the computer, instead =/

 

[Jamash]

Spoiler: snip

Thanks for the advice, guys... To Aba1, even if I did take two, i wouldnt have known that one was going to corrupt until it crashed later on...

I'm thinking the computer tried ejecting the disk on its own or something. I think the only thing I really can do is never attach the disk to the computer again, and instead get the pictures off the camera by hooking the camera up directly to the computer, instead =/

Before you assume everything is lost and format your card, you should try using some Data Recovery software, or even employ a Data Recovery specialist to recover the files from the card.

Data is very rarely lost on a corrupted storage device, at least until you format it, it's just unaccessible to the computer, but if the photos are really important then it'll be worth your time and money to professionally recover the data.

As this is hopefully a one time occurrence, it will probably be more economical and more efficient to employ a Data Recovery specialist than to purchase software yourself.