Memory Stick Photos Lost

kmclean01 · 04-16-2008, 07:53 AM

I have lost about 200 photos on my 1 GB Memory Stick. I have tried recovering the photos with testdisk, photorec and getdataback.

I have followed eneles' instructions in the thread "[SOLVED] External HD not formatted all of a sudden". My problem is similar, however, after I complete step D, my only choice is Quit because "No partition available."

I have also followed eneles' instructions in the thread "Have you "lost" a hard drive or partition in your computer?". After completing step D, I get a message "Partition: Read error". I can continue and after step G, I get a message "No partition found or selected for recovery", I can do a "Deeper search". I can't get to step H.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

**eneles** · 04-16-2008, 10:33 AM

Welcome to TSF.

Run TestDisk again, but follow these steps:

A. At the first window, select “No Log” and press the <Enter> key.
B. Select which drive to analyse, choose “Proceed” and <Enter>.
C. Select partition type – Intel if it’s a PC then <Enter>.
D. Choose Advanced > press <Enter>.
E. Choose Boot > press <Enter>.
New screen - please post back with a screenshot.

How to post a screenshot.

Also - post a screenshot of Disk management with the USB stick connected.
(Right click "My computer" > choose "Manage" > Disk Management)

kmclean01 · 04-16-2008, 02:07 PM

eneles,

After step D, I am not given the choice of Boot. I have attached a screen shot after step D.

Computer Management.jpg

Testdisk.jpg

**eneles** · 04-16-2008, 02:15 PM

Do you remember what file system the drive was formatted with?
FAT or NTFS?

kmclean01 · 04-16-2008, 04:02 PM

I am not sure which format...I believe that it was formatted by the camera. If it wasn't formatted by the camera, it would have been formatted with Windows XP.

**eneles** · 04-16-2008, 04:08 PM

I hate to say this, but I think the drive and your pictures are lost if not even GetDataBack can find the files.
Did you try GDB for FAT and NTFS?

kmclean01 · 04-17-2008, 02:36 AM

I have tried both FAT and NTFS...both give similiar results (see the screen shot).

04-16-2008, 07:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
kmclean01 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4 OS: Vista	Memory Stick Photos Lost I have lost about 200 photos on my 1 GB Memory Stick. I have tried recovering the photos with testdisk, photorec and getdataback. I have followed eneles' instructions in the thread "[SOLVED] External HD not formatted all of a sudden". My problem is similar, however, after I complete step D, my only choice is Quit because "No partition available." I have also followed eneles' instructions in the thread "Have you "lost" a hard drive or partition in your computer?". After completing step D, I get a message "Partition: Read error". I can continue and after step G, I get a message "No partition found or selected for recovery", I can do a "Deeper search". I can't get to step H. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

04-16-2008, 10:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
eneles Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sweden/Denmark Posts: 21,209 OS: 98SE/XP SP3/Vista SP1/Ubuntu 8.04 My System	Re: Memory Stick Photos Lost Welcome to TSF. Run TestDisk again, but follow these steps: A. At the first window, select “No Log” and press the <Enter> key. B. Select which drive to analyse, choose “Proceed” and <Enter>. C. Select partition type – Intel if it’s a PC then <Enter>. D. Choose Advanced > press <Enter>. E. Choose Boot > press <Enter>. New screen - please post back with a screenshot. How to post a screenshot. Also - post a screenshot of Disk management with the USB stick connected. (Right click "My computer" > choose "Manage" > Disk Management)

04-16-2008, 02:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
kmclean01 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4 OS: Vista	Re: Memory Stick Photos Lost eneles, After step D, I am not given the choice of Boot. I have attached a screen shot after step D. Computer Management.jpg Testdisk.jpg

04-16-2008, 02:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
eneles Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sweden/Denmark Posts: 21,209 OS: 98SE/XP SP3/Vista SP1/Ubuntu 8.04 My System	Re: Memory Stick Photos Lost Do you remember what file system the drive was formatted with? FAT or NTFS?

04-16-2008, 04:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
kmclean01 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4 OS: Vista	Re: Memory Stick Photos Lost I am not sure which format...I believe that it was formatted by the camera. If it wasn't formatted by the camera, it would have been formatted with Windows XP.

04-16-2008, 04:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
eneles Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sweden/Denmark Posts: 21,209 OS: 98SE/XP SP3/Vista SP1/Ubuntu 8.04 My System	Re: Memory Stick Photos Lost I hate to say this, but I think the drive and your pictures are lost if not even GetDataBack can find the files. Did you try GDB for FAT and NTFS?