Unbiased digital camera reviews, advice, and prices
  • Sorry, the guide you were looking for is no longer available. Here's a list of our current guides and editorial roundups.
Note: This camera was first sold in Sep 2003. It has been replaced by the Canon 400D.
Canon Digital Rebel 300D
Canon Digital Rebel 300D
  • 4 out of 5
"I like it"
  • 4 out of 5
"Things I do NOT like"
See rating based on 526 user reviews
Submit your own Canon 300D review!
No current offers available
Ask

Have a question about the 300D?
Enter it here: (You can enter more details in the next step)

Back to List
Question Answered!
Franci Lucero (Franci) 0 pts
October 3, 2007 7:05 AM
0 people rated this question helpful, 0 people rated this question not helpful Subscribe for Email Updates for this Question

I accidentally hit format card on my canon20D all photos are gone . Is there any way of retreving them? franci

Any software available to retreave photos? 29 yrs of no goof up film shooting . Cant believe I did thison my first digital wedding !!

Help













Any programs to help get photos back????????????????

Help!!!!!!!!!!

Photo@castles.com
Franci
925-228-4338




!
Report Abuse Did you find this question helpful or not helpful?
Answers This question has been answered!
Jan 15 pts
October 3, 2007 7:53 PM
1 people rated this answer helpful, 0 people rated this answer not helpful
 
Yes there is a program that will retreive your lost photo!!!
I did the same thing just a few days ago, fortunately I had purchased
a scandisk memory card and with that memory card came this lovely
little program. It's called SanDisk RescuePRO 3.2
Best Answer
Report Abuse Did you find this answer helpful or not helpful?
by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58449 pts
October 3, 2007 8:11 PM
1 people rated this answer helpful, 0 people rated this answer not helpful
 
Another option is a utility called "F-Recovery" to get back your pictures and recover your card. But there are dozens just like it. Google is your friend.
Report Abuse Did you find this answer helpful or not helpful?
Vicki C (vcarring) 1 pts
October 9, 2007 11:39 AM
0 people rated this answer helpful, 1 people rated this answer not helpful
 
Will these recovery programs get back pictures that the computer cleared from the camera, without saving on the computer? I heard once that computers were our friends but I usually would argue with that.
Report Abuse Did you find this answer helpful or not helpful?
by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58449 pts
October 9, 2007 2:39 PM
2 people rated this answer helpful, 0 people rated this answer not helpful
 
Yes, that's the whole idea. From the website: "If you have unintentionally deleted or formatted pictures, videos or sound files on your data medium or have pulled it out during a write operation, not to worry - F-Recovery for SD™ Card can easily, quickly and absolutely reliably reconstruct the lost data."
Report Abuse Did you find this answer helpful or not helpful?
Franci Lucero (Franci) 0 pts
October 9, 2007 6:15 PM
0 people rated this answer helpful, 0 people rated this answer not helpful
 
ThanksEveryone!

Franci
Report Abuse Did you find this answer helpful or not helpful?
Seth 0 pts
December 8, 2007 4:48 PM
0 people rated this answer helpful, 0 people rated this answer not helpful
 
So, did it work?

I've read many people online *asking* for help with FORMATTED CARDS and *getting* help with DELETED FILES. None of these suggestions for deleted files work with the formatted card I'm trying to save, nor do any of the other online misguided help forums I've read, which seem to get locked as "answered" once someone suggests an undelete utility which can't unformat.

Anyway, a friend of mine accidentally formatted her card with her Canon SD750 and all the tools will only "save" the files that have not been deleted and will not save or even detect any of the formatted data. I've been working on it for days and may give up.
Report Abuse Did you find this answer helpful or not helpful?
Jan 15 pts
December 10, 2007 12:35 PM
0 people rated this answer helpful, 0 people rated this answer not helpful
 
I have formatted the card by accident on the camera and used the SanDisk RescuePRO 3.2 which I
got with a memory card I purchased and it worked great for me.
Report Abuse Did you find this answer helpful or not helpful?
by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58449 pts
December 10, 2007 1:43 PM
0 people rated this answer helpful, 0 people rated this answer not helpful
 
From F-Recovery: F-Recovery for SD™ Card undelete lost data from SD cards used by digital cameras or other devices. If you have unintentionally deleted or formatted pictures, videos or sound files on your data medium or have pulled it out during a write operation, not to worry - F-Recovery for SD™ Card can easily, quickly and absolutely reliably reconstruct the lost data.

I have done this myself. It works.
Report Abuse Did you find this answer helpful or not helpful?
Seth 0 pts
December 10, 2007 3:06 PM
0 people rated this answer helpful, 0 people rated this answer not helpful
 
Either I'm an idiot, or the SD750 does more than reformat, or something weird is going on, or maybe all of the above.

I have tried at least 6 tools now, including F-Recovery, and they find nothing. One of the tools finds blank FAT files, the rest find not a single block of anything. It's like ever sector was erased during the reformat, or I somehow was given an unused card from which to try to recover things, or I don't know what.

I am stumped. Does the write-protection setting affect anything? I'm using an external USB drive to read the card. Win XP. I'm using a USB hub, that wont matter I hope. I'll try a few more tools...

I think my friend had already downloaded her pics, but she could never get her videos off her old camera so a bunch of them are gone :(

Thanks for the help, all.

Report Abuse Did you find this answer helpful or not helpful?
Jan 15 pts
December 10, 2007 6:28 PM
0 people rated this answer helpful, 0 people rated this answer not helpful
 
Try the demo version of the SanDisk RescuePRO
http://www.lc-tech.com/demo/rescueprodemo.html
The only thing is with the demo you can't save the recovered files but at least you can
see that they are still there and if it's worth buying the software. I got my software
along with a new memory card I purchased.
It was pretty straight forward about what you need to do to recover your files.
Report Abuse Did you find this answer helpful or not helpful?
by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58449 pts
December 10, 2007 7:22 PM
0 people rated this answer helpful, 0 people rated this answer not helpful
 
I'd try as Jan suggested adn if you still come up short, the you're definitely dealing with a damaged or corrupted card. Or your camera needs to be serviced. Those are the two options covered by Canon. If you can't recover your files then I'm guessing that the card is physically damaged. And if the camera needs servicing, then it's possible that it could've caused the error, though unlikely.

If the card is damaged or corrupted beyond repair, it may be possible to still get your pictures. But data recovery services are VERY expensive.

This is a perfect reason to have several cards, rather than one large one. Reason being, insurance. Any memory card can fail or become corrupted. And when you're on vacation the last thing you want is to lose the opportunity to take pictures until you can recover that media card with a software utility. If your card goes bad, swapping another one for it at that moment is of advantage so you can keep taking pics.

No need to lose the moment because you relied on one card one when several can solve that problem.

I know that doesn't help now.
Report Abuse Did you find this answer helpful or not helpful?
Seth 0 pts
December 10, 2007 11:38 PM
0 people rated this answer helpful, 0 people rated this answer not helpful
 
Ok, I tried that one. Just a whole bunch of zeros, plus the empty folders that are always there. It even says that nothing was found and that some devices overwrite with zeros :(

Here's what I've tried so far, plus maybe one or two old tools:
ZAR
Active File Recovery
F-Recovery
Restore 2000 Pro
R-Studio
PC Inspector Smart Memory
Rescue Pro Demo

Unless the memory got damaged at the exact second that the card formatted it, I don't think there is anything wrong with the media. It seems the camera overwrote everything... Why anyone would ever program a camera to do all that extra work for no benefit... Ugh. Now I get to tell an already very snappy and stressed out friend her videos are gone.

Thanks for all your help.
Report Abuse Did you find this answer helpful or not helpful?
by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58449 pts
December 11, 2007 7:21 PM
0 people rated this answer helpful, 0 people rated this answer not helpful
 
Hang on a sec. Have you talked to Sandisk and Canon directly? I'd be speaking to techs before I broke the news. You're being diligent and you should be applauded for the effort. But now it's time to bring in the professional techs to troubleshoot the issue.
Report Abuse Did you find this answer helpful or not helpful?
Seth 0 pts
December 14, 2007 12:01 AM
0 people rated this answer helpful, 0 people rated this answer not helpful
 
I called Canon tech support. The tech told me that formats delete all the data, but they don't, and it's all there, but it's all gone. And it should all be there. But it's overwritten with numbers. Why does it always seem I know more about the product than the tech support people?

Anyway, he seemed to say that if it was a low-level format it would write all zeros. My friend doesn't know what she did, but will demonstrate it for me.

I suggested to the tech that normal people might think "format" has something to do with the format of a picture, given that this is a camera and all, and maybe they should use less tech-speak when they are selling products to grandmas. I'm sure he will escalate my advice to the top.

The tech also gave me 4 web sites for tools to try. 2 of them don't exist, and the other 2 I've already tried.

I am defeated.
Report Abuse Did you find this answer helpful or not helpful?
by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58449 pts
December 14, 2007 2:12 AM
0 people rated this answer helpful, 0 people rated this answer not helpful
 
Well, if the pictures are absolutely vital, you could try a data recovery service. But that isn't cheap by any means. There is a way to do this. We just haven't exhausted all the possibilities yet.
Report Abuse Did you find this answer helpful or not helpful?
michele (venus28976) 0 pts
March 12, 2009 6:25 PM
0 people rated this answer helpful, 0 people rated this answer not helpful
 
I would love to know if you were ever successful in recovering your photos as I have a corrupt memory card and have had the expert at kits camera run 6 different recovry programs on it to try to get the pics back but to know avail.
Report Abuse Did you find this answer helpful or not helpful?

This Question is Answered. If you have further information you may add it here.

Need to add formatting or links? Use BBCode.
Spell-check
Start Here!
Most Popular
  1. Panasonic FZ35
  2. Canon SD1200 IS
  3. Canon 500D
  4. Canon A1000 IS
  5. Canon SX20 IS
  6. Panasonic FS15
  7. Samsung SL30
  8. Canon 50D
  9. Nikon D90
  10. Canon SX120
Camera Brand
Price Range
Camera Type
Camera Line
Megapixels
Hands-On Reviews
Latest Cameras
Top Searches
Our Other Sites

Close
Loading