Undelete programs.... do they work for memory drives or cards?

[PremiumG]

do programs that undelete work for memory cards or drives? i had someone inquire about this; they accidentally erased their pictures on their digicam. can i put their card in a memory card reader and run an undelete program?

 

[HN]

Try this http://www.artplus.hr/adapps/eng/dpr.htm

 

[bersl2]

The theory behind undelete programs is that deleting a file doesn't really delete the data; as such, it's better to call it unlinking. If the old space hasn't been reallocated for use by a new file, then all a program needs to do is scan the unallocated portions for structures that represent files and relink them to the existing file system.

So to answer your question, in theory it doesn't matter what medium is used to store the data; unless the program is badly written, it should be able to recover files if they haven't been overwritten.

 

[firerock]

I believe all undelete programs will uncover deleted files on either your HD, removable storage, or camera medias; as long as you haven't over-write and old data files.

 

[CTho9305]

Given how flash memories are normally used, I'd expect you'd get even better results recovering from then than with other media.

 

[Slogun]

Originally posted by: HN
Try this http://www.artplus.hr/adapps/eng/dpr.htm

That looks like a very nice free program!