can you restore a usb card

my friend deleted something off of his smart media card and i was wondering if there is a way to recover it at all.???

http://free-backup-software.net/reco...recovery-2.htm
http://www.eprovided.com/memory-stic...y-service.html
http://www.flash-card-recovery.co.uk/

helped? Im kinda curious too if it's possible, those are some quick links i pulled up, maybe they'll help.

the only way i can think of possibly recovering something deleted is if you can reconstruct the FAT (file allocation tables) for the card. One program i think can do this (as long as you havn't written anything on the card) is norton unerase. I have used it to scan my "free space" for recoverable files...

it is possible to recreate date by using a hex editor. It is not easy but it can be done.

edit
I have seen it,but I have never done it myself.
:confused:

Solid state, flash memory, it's not feasible or practical, it doesn't store data like a disk.

Hi, in theory you can, because flash media is no different from any other media. You don' actually delete the data, just mark the space as available.

If it is a digital camera, or card reader you shold have software on the CD that will do it.

What sort of device is it?

Cheers

I think you may find this of interest

http://www.datarescue.com/laboratory/smartflash.htm

and if you're willing to pay then you may want to get hold of these guys

http://www.recallusa.com/camera_card_recovery.html

and if you don't want to pay... you might want to try this

http://www.softwarepatch.com/softwar...trecovery.html

can't guarantee what it's like- though it may be worth a shot

Z