2010/3/27 Jaume Lahuerta <[email protected]>: > 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?
well, depends, it sounds like the card's contact panel is structurally damaged. I doubt power from a camera would be sufficient to fry the chip inside the card. on the other hand, if a camera doesn't power up with it, there is probably something shorted out. I am sure data recovery people such as kroll ontrack could get the data off the card so your wallet holds the answer. I doubt you could do it yourself because chip and contact panel are glued together without coming apart as a design option. HTH Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
