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From: ray on 3 Aug 2010 20:17
On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:28:07 -0400, Scotius wrote:

> I've recovered "deleted" images on my computer before. Windows doesn't
> really "delete" anything on it's own.
> My Nikon D3000 has a 2 Gig memory card in it, and I just
> formatted it a little while ago, without making sure that all the images
> of a family reunion had transferred to the computer before doing so
> (last time I do that).
> It seems to me though that it "formats" awfully fast. Does it
> really format, or just say everything's deleted and over-write it later?
> If I use a file recovery program on it, will it work, and if so, can
> someone please recommend one?

If you've not placed any additional files on the card, you should be able
to resurrect them - but unless you're a computer scientist, it will
probably require some software assistance.
From: ray on 3 Aug 2010 21:06
On Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:17:44 +0000, ray wrote:

> On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:28:07 -0400, Scotius wrote:
>
>> I've recovered "deleted" images on my computer before. Windows doesn't
>> really "delete" anything on it's own.
>> My Nikon D3000 has a 2 Gig memory card in it, and I just
>> formatted it a little while ago, without making sure that all the
>> images of a family reunion had transferred to the computer before doing
>> so (last time I do that).
>> It seems to me though that it "formats" awfully fast. Does it
>> really format, or just say everything's deleted and over-write it
>> later? If I use a file recovery program on it, will it work, and if so,
>> can someone please recommend one?
>
> If you've not placed any additional files on the card, you should be
> able to resurrect them - but unless you're a computer scientist, it will
> probably require some software assistance.

To elaborate a little, when the camera does a format of a card, it does
not erase the card. It resets flags in the directory and file allocation
table to indicate that the space formerly occupied by photos is again
available - it does not do anything to the actual photos - until you take
some new ones, at which point old data is overwritten.
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