Help!

Kristin_hutchings · Mar 5, 2017

My son put my SD card in his mouth and probably chewed on it. It doesn't appear to be damaged but it isn't working. I put it in shortly after this happened and was able to view everything but it has since quit. I need those photos, what can I do??? TIA

weepete · Mar 6, 2017

You could try some recovery software like Recuva, I've used them in the past with some success but it may be thst he's damaged the electronics in which case you might be able to send it off and get it re-mounted professionally but there's no gaurentee it works.

480sparky · Mar 6, 2017

Memory card question..... in the film forum?

KmH · Mar 6, 2017

Make sure the Lock switch on the card didn't get moved to the Locked position.

astroNikon · Mar 6, 2017

Insert it into your computer and camera, try multiple times. If it only works in the camera then use a USB to copy the images to your computer.

Otherwise the Recuva as mentioned above would be my next step.

480sparky · Mar 6, 2017

KmH said:
Make sure the Lock switch on the card didn't get moved to the Locked position.

Locking the card won't prevent it from being read.

astroNikon · Mar 6, 2017

480sparky said:
KmH said:

Make sure the Lock switch on the card didn't get moved to the Locked position.

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Locking the card won't prevent it from being read.

Locking will just prevent it from being Overwritten.

480sparky · Mar 6, 2017

astroNikon said:
Locking will just prevent it from being Overwritten.

That's not the issue though.

Kristin_hutchings said:
My son put my SD card in his mouth and probably chewed on it. It doesn't appear to be damaged but it isn't working. I put it in shortly after this happened and was able to view everything but it has since quit. I need those photos, what can I do??? TIA

astroNikon · Mar 6, 2017

480sparky said:
astroNikon said:

Locking will just prevent it from being Overwritten.

Click to expand...

That's not the issue though.

Kristin_hutchings said:

My son put my SD card in his mouth and probably chewed on it. It doesn't appear to be damaged but it isn't working. I put it in shortly after this happened and was able to view everything but it has since quit. I need those photos, what can I do??? TIA

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Yup, chewing on a piece of plastic can break it.
Should have copied the data immediately when it worked, and then not used it again.

table1349 · Mar 6, 2017

Now you know why tigers sometimes eat their young.

jcdeboever · Mar 6, 2017

Feed the kid....

KmH · Mar 6, 2017

astroNikon said:
480sparky said:

KmH said:

Make sure the Lock switch on the card didn't get moved to the Locked position.

Click to expand...

Locking the card won't prevent it from being read.

Click to expand...

Locking will just prevent it from being Overwritten.

About a week ago I put a SD card in my camera and the camera could not tell it was there.
Because I had inadvertently locked the card.
Unlocking the card did the trick.

The OP's story is less than specific about what, if anything, transpired between "was able to view everything" and "but it has since quit".

I'm putting my money on the OP being SOL as far as recovering photos from the card.

480sparky · Mar 7, 2017

KmH said:
..........About a week ago I put a SD card in my camera and the camera could not tell it was there.
Because I had inadvertently locked the card.
Unlocking the card did the trick.................

Removing the card from the card reader to move the slider and then reinserting it could have rectified the issue as well. This happens to me all the time.