To install from the tar download to the local computer and then There is a single package suitable for either i386 or AMD 64bit processors. For Linux it is available as either a tar.bz2 file or as an RPM. The program is available as a pre-built binary for each operating system. It should be similar whatever operating system is being used. Recovery is done on an EeePC netbook with hard disk drive and built-in SD card reader running Eeebuntu (Ubuntu based Linux distribution). These are based on recovery of photos from a Nikon D50 digital SLR. The following instructions are for use with Linux. I found TestDisk & PhotoRec, a disk / file recovery tool available free under the GPL from CG Security. The disk drive was faulty and damaged both my regular and backup floppy disks. I thought it was a good opportunity to practice restoring files, something I've not really had to deal with since I lost half my 5,000 word essay stored on a floppy disk when I was at college.

Ever had that sinking feeling when you format your SD card with all your precious holiday photos before suddenly realising that you hadn't actually copied them anywhere? In this case it turned out I did have a copy after all, it just happened to be on a different computer.

Unformat sd card