Taking photos of SD card problem

[65x2]

Tossed my SD card into my laptop and its telling it needs formatted before use.
I took a ton of photos and don't want to lose them.

It'll open the folder showing the DCIM folder, but when clicked it says I/O error.

Anyway to save this or am I ****ed?

 

[GodStang]

I have yet to figure this out but for some reason only certain computers can read my cards. At one time all my computers could read my SDHC cards. With no changes half of them can not read the cards. So now I am stuck sticking them in my laptop moving it to the hard drive there then moving them over to my editing desktop. It is a pain but it keeps me from losing pics because the editing desktop can no longer read the card.

 

[Fox-4]

Have you formatted the card after transferring the photos?


Tapatalking in my GT/CS

 

[65x2]

It finally read it. Not sure the cause. Took multiple times of trying but I was able to save the photos.

Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

 

[GodStang]

Glad you got it to work. For some reason my Laptops will read the cards and my desktops wont for the past year. I have even done fresh formatting on them and still now worky.

 

[Planter]

good to hear you were able to save the photos!

in the future if this happens use Lexar Image Rescue. Saved my butt a few times.

Lexar® Image Rescue® 4 Software | Lexar

 

[DefCon3]

Some of the higher capacity cards are formatted using Ex-FAT; you should always format your cards in your camera. Win7 recognizes Ex-FAT and you can update WinXP to recognize it as well.

Description of the exFAT file system driver update package

 

[MysticRob]

My Dad had the same problem. He'd load up a card and we'd xfer the pics off it a few times, then it would progressively get harder to read. Removing the pics and having him then format the card using his phone worked every time thereafter and never had that problem again.

 

[CobraBob]

I've had occasional issues with SDHC cards. I, too, never want to risk losing photos I've taken. So I always move any photos I take from my SD card to my desktop hard drive as soon as possible. Also the reason why I don't need a mega capacity card. My photos aren't stored on the card that long before they're move to my hard drive.