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In this chapter
- File Recovery: Finding “Lost” Images
- Using PC Inspector File Recovery
- Recovering Lost Images from Flash Media
- Partially Corrupt Files
- Filesystems at Work: The File Allocation Table
(FAT) - What Happens to Lost Data
- Preventative Maintenance: Defragmenting
Flash Media - Formatting Flash Media
- Another Disaster Point: USB
File Recovery: Finding
“Lost” Images
If you haven’t run out of batteries during your trip to Belize, then you’ve
probably dropped, frozen, dunked, or deleted the media that goes in
your camera. Usually this happens after the best photos are taken, but
a few hours before they were backed up on your laptop. The result: lost
images! Don’t panic yet—you can still save these “lost” files.
Today’s digital photographers face potential disaster that could result in
lost images or corrupt flash media cards:
■Nature’s elements. Including dirt, wind, dust, or oily potato
chips.■Electrostatic energy. Nothing like static to ruin a perfectly for-
matted disk.