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My SDHC card has gone mental, I think it is because my wife took it out while the camcorder was on ( ). I cannot seem to connect to the card with either the SD card reader on the PC or with the card in the camcorder using either the Panasonic software (Video Suite) or Microsoft Explorer.

I have also tried using Firefox and Chrome as shells to access the temporary drive to no avail. When I load the card on the camcorder I can see most of the files are corrupted and unreadable but the last 3 videos (my babies first Christmas!!), the ones I want, are still viewable on the camcorder.

I am stumped, I have tried Googling a solution but short of formatting the card and running data recovery software (which I am obviously reluctant to do) I cannot seem to think or find anything.

Suggestions welcome.

Is it possible to connect the camera to a PC (via a USB cable) and copy the readable files down that way?

Sean

No. Just crashed the computer.

I think the file system was corrupted and Windows just could not see it. Managed to recover the data through Linux, format the card, copy data back and extract with Video Suite.

Phew!

I was going to suggest trying to read it using a Linux OS but it looks like you've already solved it yourself.

Top Tip for other folks - it is always good to have a bootable Linux OS on a spare SD Card or USB Stick that you can plug in and boot your PC from if you ever have problems like the one described above - Linux is rarely beaten when it comes to accessing files that Windows suddenly refuses to read.