Olympus Stylus Camera?

Question

i don't know how i did it but i clicked on format and now it won't let me do anything... it either says clean the memory card or delete all of my pictures and when i try to up load them nothing will happen it says device is busy!! i just got back from a John Mayer concert and all of the pics are on there!!!! i don't want to delet them there really good pics!! PLEASE someone help me

Answer 1

Confirming a format will delete everything on the xD-Picture Card and prepare it for a new session. The card appears to be corrupt either because the process failed at some point or was interrupted.

There may be a chance of getting some of your photos back depending on how the card was formatted and if anything was written to the memory card since the procedure was preformed. The chance of a successful recovery decreases every time you take a new picture or write something to the card. You may not get everything back and some of the recovered photos may be corrupt but something is better than nothing. Below are three free file recovery programs:

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec

http://www.pcinspector.de/Sites/file_rec...

http://undelete-plus.com/

Try all the freeware recovery software you can get your hands on. The results may vary from program to program. Shareware programs produce similar results but, in my opinion, aren't worth the money. Good luck.