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silly moo | 08:22 Thu 02nd Jul 2009 | Technology
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I am in need of help. In the rush of going on holiday I forgot to format the new SD card in my camera. Can now only view on camera screen.
Is there any way of transfering these images to my computer now?
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If you have pictures on the memory card then it means it HAS been formatted.

If it had NOT been formatted then it would not have been able to store any pictures.

So I see no reason why you should not be able to transfer the pictures to your computer.

What problem are you getting when you try to download to your computer?
if there is a problem (as vhg say - can't see why)

but use the cable that came with the camera (you'll probably need to install drivers from the cd that came with it)
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Thanks - My husband says that he formatted card, but when I put card in card reader slot and try to view using ACDSee , pictures to exe or via explorer they all say card not formatted and nothing to see. I do have 152 images that I can see on the camera.
Will try viewing direct from camera using cable.
Will be back for more suggestions if that doesn't work.
thanks again
Try this:

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec

It should be able to read the card and grab the images.
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thanks folks - used camera direct to computer and I now have my images

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