[ale] semi [OT] help recovering data from memory card

[Brian Mathis]

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On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Ron Frazier
<atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I need help recovering data from a micro SD memory card.  A relative
> called me and said the pictures on her phone had suddenly become
> inaccessible.  She had hundreds of pictures, but I think she has backups
> of all but 80 or so.  Still, she'd like them back.  I went and got the
> memory card.  I put it in my card reader on my pc after inserting it
> into a micro SD - SD adapter and locking it with the lever on the
> adapter.  Vista doesn't see the card at all.  Win 7 offers to format it,
> to which I decline.  Putting it in my Verizon phone also offers to
> format, to which I decline.  When I look at memory usage with the card
> in the phone, it says 0 used and 0 capacity.  When I plug it into Linux,
> it does not mount the card.  If I go into Disk Utility in Ubuntu 10.04,
> it sees the card, and correctly specifies the 4GB capacity.  The
> partition type is specified as FAT32 (I think).  The partition is
> labeled as unknown.  I think it had a label previously.  That's as far
> as I've gotten.  I may buy a recovery utility for $40 if needed, but I
> thought I'd see what you guys say first.  Searching the Ubuntu Software
> Center and Synaptics program listings for memory card didn't turn up
> anything useful.  Any help is greatly appreciated and thanks in advance.
>
> Sincerely,
> Ron