Thanks to all for your responses. i don't think that the content of the card justifies a significant expense in recovery services, but i might ask just in case...
Regarding the tape solution, the problem is that the card looks as new. Actually, I tried to read the card with the pin in both positions, locked and unlocked. Regards, Jaume ----- Mensaje original ---- > De: Boris Liberman <bori...@gmail.com> > Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > Enviado: dom,28 marzo, 2010 18:00 > Asunto: Re: Help with crushed SD card > > I agree with you, Peter. But in order to recover the files on the card, this > could be sufficient. On 3/28/2010 7:38 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > That's the solution I used with the *ist-Ds the K20d however has tighter > > tolerances and won;t accept a card with tape on it. Also the tape is > > eventually unable to hold out to the pressure from the sensor and needs > > to be replaced. I wouldn't trust it in a critical situation. I never > > know when that fix is going to fail. > > On 3/28/2010 9:17 AM, Boris > Liberman wrote: >> Jaume, accidentally I removed the read-only lock > slider from one of my >> cards. It is mere piece of material that > occupies specific 3d location >> (for lack of better words). My cameras > and reader had hard time >> working with this card. When I attached a > little piece of scotch tape >> in place where this piece of plastic > was, the card worked fine. >> >> HTH. >> >> > Boris >> >> . On 3/27/2010 10:38 PM, Jaume Lahuerta > wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> My uncle's > point&shot has been crushed by a vehicle. There is nothing >>> > to do with it but since I have had no problem taking the card out > of >>> the rests of the camera, and the card seemed fine externally, > I was >>> sure that the pictures were going to be fine (and that's > what I told >>> him). >>> This has not been the case. > Two card readers do not read anything, my >>> K20D says 'card error' > and my Optio W20 refuses to power on with this >>> card > inside... >>> >>> Do you think that there is any hope > with this card? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> > Jaume >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > href="mailto:PDML@pdml.net";>PDML@pdml.net > href="http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net"; target=_blank > >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the > PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
