The Hindu Business Line : Recovering digital camera photos

My digital camera is a Sony Cyber Shot DSC - W80 with 7.2 MP. I have stored a lot of pictures in it. But I am now unable to locate them. If I connect the camera with my computer, the system says no files exist. Have the pictures got corrupted or been deleted? My system is configured with Windows XP. Please tell me how I can retrieve the photos.

JAGDEESH

Here are some free data recovery programs that support the digital camera too. Zero Assumption Digital Image Recovery (size 628 KB)

This program is used to recover photos stored on the digital camera memory card if the images were deleted before copying to the PC, the card was accidentally formatted, some sort of camera failure occurred and the images are not accessible any longer. This program is easy to use. Just select the device that contains the images that need to be recovered and specify the folder to save the images to.

The supported formats are JPEG, GIF, TIFF, CRW (Canon RAW image format), WAV, MOV. Some features are limited in this version.

If your digital camera allows you to access the memory card as a drive (with a drive letter X: assigned, like for a hard drive or a CD), you can try using the camera to read the memory card.

If this does not work (camera not detected, or card not readable), you need to remove the memory card from the camera and use the card reader device.

You can download this from http:// www.download.com/Zero-Assumption- Digital-Image-Recovery/3000-12511_4- 10193327.html

Art Plus Digital Photo Recovery 3.1 (size 1.29MB) This tool helps one recover lost images from corrupted or accidentally formatted digital camera memory cards. It works with all types of memory cards. It's able to recover images from formatted cards, it reads corrupted cards (even if they're not recognised by Windows), it recovers JPG, TIF and most of RAW files.

You don't need to install it, just double-click the photorec.exe file and click start. Next select "Restore photos directly from memory card" option and click next. Then Select Card Reader or Digital Camera Drive and click next. Select the File Type say JPG and click Next. Select the target folder to restore images. You can download this from http:// www.download.com/Art-Plus-Digital-Photo- Recovery/3000-12511_4-10513647.html

C compiler

Could you please suggest a free C compiler for Windows or Linux. My system is loaded with Windows XP and does not have any Linux operating system installed. My system configuration is P1V 512MB, 80GB with BSNL broadband connection.

S. AMAR

Turbo C version 2.01 (Size 1.04 MB) This will provide you with everything you need, in one environment. Turbo C 2.01 provides tight integration between the editor, compiler, linker, and debugger.

For more information, please refer http:// dn.codegear.com/article/20841. You can download Turbo C from http:// dn.codegear.com/article/images/20841/ tc201.zip

Borland C++ Compiler 5.5 (Size 8.52 MB)

Free Borland C++ Compiler can be downloaded from http:// www.codegear.com/downloads/free/ cppbuilder.

Please see the file bcb5tool.hlp in the Help directory for complete instructions on using the C++ Builder Compiler and Command Line Tools.

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