Flash drive recovery software for SD memory card?

[Tom Metro]

Robert La Ferla wrote:
> Is there some free or open source utility for any platform that can
> help me recover my "once in a lifetime" photos.

There's an old Linux Journal article that has been mentioned on this 
list before that describes an involved process of repairing the file 
system on a memory card.

More recently in Linux Journal I've seen mention of a tool that 
specifically seeks out JPEG headers to recover photos. A few searches:

http://www.google.com/search?q=linux+jpeg+recovery&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t
http://www.linuxjournal.com/googlesearch?cof=FORID%3A11&as_q=jpeg+recovery&sa=Search#1788

turns up:
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec
http://www.ashebrowne.com/index.php/2009/01/08/camera-file-and-jpeg-recovery/

  -Tom

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