[Ham-Computers] Flash card failure help

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Group,

We have a Nikon D70 camera that uses (currently) 1GB compact flash cards for 
storage.  I have a small flash card to USB adaptor and USB extension cable 
(since all the USB ports are on the rear of the main computer and hard to get 
to).  This setup has worked well for three years or more.  I've probably 
transferred 40,000 photos with it.

Saturday we did our regular photo shoot, generating around 500 photographs in 
about 5 hours.  The camera was still happy with the flash card through the 
last shots.  About an hour later, I plugged the adaptor into the USB extension.  
It took longer than usual but the disconnect icon finally showed up in the 
system tray.  But the Nikon transfer screen didn't come up.  When I took a look 
with Windows Explorer, the drive didn't show up.  I wasted about two hours 
trying to figure out what was wrong with the computer before I finally did what I 
should have done near the beginning.  Plugged the other card in and it worked 
fine.  

Digging into the Device Driver, I saw that there was an error when I plugged 
in the (bad) card.  Code 10.  I took the card to Wolf Camera but they weren't 
able to read it.  They said they could send it to another place with more 
capability but that it would take typically two weeks.  Does anyone have any 
familiarity with flash card recovery software I might be able to get my hands on?  
It doesn't necessarily have to be free.

Robert Downs - Houston
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