Posted: July/25/2007 at 06:36 | IP Logged

Hello,

I work in the photo lab at Wal-mart, and a customer got the card which got stuck in one off the printers… Another associate, who didn’t know what she was doing, pried the card out with a screwdriver and damaged the center of the card, indenting it a little, the Card is damaged.

Now it won’t read and mostly freezes up any machine we try it in and windows won’t recognize the card.

I am eagerly looking forward for any sort of assistance I get from you guys.

Please HELP!

Posted: July/28/2007 at 03:17 | IP Logged

Hi Nelson,

It seems like the card has undergone a physical failure. But need not worry; data can be recovered out of it. In such case, it would be preferable if any data recovery services people have a look at it. I hope they will be able to recover data from the damaged card.

As this is one of your customers card, I would recommend you to consult a professional data recovery services that have the best technicians to have a look at your card.

Posted: July/29/2007 at 23:39 | IP Logged

Thanks for your suggestion, Aiyana.

Is there no other way to recover the data by using any software rather than sending the card across the service lab?

Posted: July/30/2007 at 00:21 | IP Logged

Using any Data Recovery Software, it is highly impossible to recover data from a physically damaged media. In order to use the software for recovery purpose, faulty media should get detected by the system.

I am sorry, Nelson. In your situation, I think there is no other way than choosing services.

Posted: July/31/2007 at 02:11 | IP Logged

Well Aiyana, I greatly appreciate your advice.

Thanks a lot; you have shown me a way of possibility of getting my data back. Can you please suggest me of any data recovery services?

Posted: October/15/2007 at 00:06 | IP Logged

Hi Nelson,

I might have delayed in giving you the required information. But, I hope this information help others if they come across the same situation in future.

I have gone through the above discussions. FYI, I am a photographer and have faced almost the same sort of data loss situation. I had lost my data from a Memory Card due to some physical failure.

At that situation, I found an Excellent Data Recovery Services, who saved my life by retrieving my whole data from the Memory card which was not even getting recognized by any system...

They provide different levels of services (Normal, Emergency and Expedite) depending upon your requirement. The service was great and I thank them for handling my case in such a professional manner.

Posted: May/28/2010 at 23:39 | IP Logged

how much do they charge?

my puppy almost chewed up my SD card and i have the exact problem. a dent in the middle and i think it damaged the card and it wont upload in my computer.

Posted: October/05/2011 at 17:24 | IP Logged

I was recently in a similar situation and had a physically damaged memory card.

I am a professional photographer and had just completed a paid shoot when out of nowhere, some of the electronic pins on the top of the card quit functioning. After having about 20 panic attacks, I calmed myself down and started looking into my options. I initially tried a camera chain store's data recovery, but they were unable to save all but 10 out of 300 photos.

A colleague recommended a service called Recoverfab (http://recoverfab.com/), where they actually unsolder the memory card to access the chip inside and pull the data off. I looked into it and shipped my memory card off with my fingers crossed. Lo and behold, within a day of receiving the card, they saved EVERY SINGLE photo (in both .jpg and .nef formats). Not only did they save my photos, but they totally saved my reputation, too. I highly, highly recommend them if you want to get your images back.

(I do not work for Recoverfab. I am simply a very satisfied customer.)