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Question

HELP PLEASE - Formatted SD card

Dec 8, 2011 8:15AM PST

I took lots of pictures at my son's Christmas program. We got home and my husband thinking I had switched the cards already(we have 2 different ones), formatted the card because he was going to use the camera and then my son took 1 picture before I realized what had happened. Is there any hope in getting my pictures back?

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Have you tried the usual titles?
Dec 8, 2011 9:12AM PST
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freeware
Dec 8, 2011 8:46PM PST

use freeware icare data recovery free edition

or icare unformat free

or recuva

never use the card before you restored it.