making my digital camera into a drive

[crazychicken]

i accidentally deleted some pictures from my cannon sd300
i have some undelete software but it needs to be a drive... and unlike most digial cameras when i plug it in it doesn't make a drive, windows just deals with it with the camera/scanner wizzard

anyone know how to make that into a drive?

thanks
david

 

[GuileVsGuile]

did you install the drivers for the camera?

 

[crazychicken]

maybe?
i think windows delt with that?

 

[SynthDude2001]

You might try picking up a cheap USB card reader and doing it that way...

 

[corkyg]

You are pursuing a will-o-the-wisp. Remove the media from the camera. There then no pictures at all in the camera, right?

OK put that media in a good reader/writer. If you can recover nothing that way, there is nothing to recover.

Basic rule - do not connect your camera to a computer. Just move the mdeia from one to another.

 

[crazychicken]

damit, so there is no way to do it without buying something?

anyone else have any ideas?

dave

 

[corkyg]

Every digital camera user should have (must have!) a decent reader/writer device - USB 2. Beyond that, there is no need to buy anything else. I have been using digiacams since 1995, and am on my 5th. I learned right away with #1 - never connect to the computer!

A reader/writer is the only way you can get the media to appear as a drive and apply any sort of recovery tools. Chances are - it won't work. Digital image files are so complex than any part missing can be catastrophic.

Your problem is the Canon software that allows you to connect to the computer. Should never be installed!

 

[DerelictDev]

A decent memory card reader is pretty cheap. Ive seen them for like $20 bucks in Best buy so even less online.

 

[keeleysam]

Originally posted by: DerelictDev
A decent memory card reader is pretty cheap. Ive seen them for like $20 bucks in Best buy so even less online.

QFT. Got mine for $8 @ Fry's on an impulse buy.

 

[CalvinHobbs]

can you recover anything from flash memory?? errr i thought it was possible only with magnetic things etc

 

[teddyv]

Not sure this will help but with my SD400 I just close down the wizard and open the file manager. In mine at least the camera acts like a drive in that I can move files back and forth with ease, get size info, etc.

 

[DanDaMan315]

SD card readers are way faster than the camera transfer. So its a bonus in the end.