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169th of 175 in Ultra Compact (#1 is Canon SD1200 IS)
50th of 52 in 7 Megapixel (#1 is Canon SD1000)
77th of 82 in Canon (#1 is Canon S90 IS)
84th of 87 in $350 - $600 (#1 is Canon S90 IS)

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eden benito (eb7706) 0 pts

May 31, 2007 5:55 AM

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i accidentaly pressed the format button on the menu and to my suprise erased over a hundred pics. is there any way of getting these back?

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Rich Watson (Richio) 5683 pts

May 31, 2007 6:39 AM

Someone asked this a year ago, and they were told that any business capable of data-recovery could get the photos. Supposedly, a good camera store photo finisher could do the job, or even a PC-repair shop.

If this is true, then these flash memory chips are similar to hard drives: Formatting doesn't erase the data; formatting merely erases the 'header info' that points the way to the data. So the data is still there, but the location data is lost. Hence the need for a computer-savvy tech.

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ant (antho1) 0 pts

May 31, 2007 7:46 PM

Friend of mine did this a while back. Bought some software on ebay for about $20. He had lost about 300 pics. Downloaded the software, set it to work on his card (either xd or cf) and 5 hours later he had his pictures back. Will check for name of software but make sure it is capable of recovering from a format as it seems to be different from a basic delete.

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i accidentaly pressed the format button on the menu and to my suprise erased over a hundred pics. is there any way of getting these back?

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