CF Card Data Recovery Services
Did your CF (Compact Flash) card become corrupted, or isn’t working? Have you formatted or deleted photos or videos from the CF card? Platinum Data Recovery offers CF card data recovery services with the latest equipment and experience to recover your data.
Table of contents
- CF card recovery experts
- Knowledge + Equipment = Success
- CF card data recovery services FAQ
- Compact flash card physical failures
- Compact flash card logical failures
- CF card data recovery engineers
- CF card brands, we recover
- What is inside of a CF card?
- Your CF card failed because of overuse?
- Top 3 reasons why choose us
- How to improve chances of recovery?
Why choose us?
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CF card recovery experts
CF cards are used primarily in portable electronic devices such as digital cameras and video recorders. Whether you’ve deleted photos or your files got corrupted for any reason, we can recover your lost data from a CF card in most cases.
We have skilled cf card data recovery engineers and advanced recovery hardware, which sometimes enables us to recover your files without disassembling your card.
Often due to physical damage or logical failure in the electronic devices, data saved on the CF card may be corrupted or damaged. No matter how you’ve lost your data, Platinum Data Recovery is well-known in the data recovery industry for recovering all your lost data.
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CF card data recovery services FAQ
Connect the card to another computer using another CF card reader. Check If you can see the compact flash card in disk utility (MAC OS) or disk management (Windows). If not, it means there’s corruption or a physical issue. You will need the help of professionals to recover your data.
Platinum Data Recovery treats your data with the utmost care and protection. We maintain our client’s data privacy because we value your privacy and security. Our customers include top-level companies, government offices, as well as individuals.
We keep your storage devices in a controlled environment. Only our recovery specialists can access it under tight security.
We have the equipment and over ten powerful software that can be used depending on different case scenarios. Please visit a separate page dedicated to deleted or formatted data.
The most important thing to do is to stop using the card. You must avoid writing new data into the card. Otherwise, you risk permanently losing your files. You can read more on the page dedicated to formatted data recovery
Compact flash card physical failures
A damaged or corrupted controller chip is one of the most common physical failures. About 80% of the cards we receive with physical damages have a controller chip problem. Call us for immediate assistance when your CF card suffers any physical failure.
- Does not get recognized by camera or computer
- Controller chip failure
- Card shows the wrong capacity
- Damaged/bent pins
- Bad blocks on flash memory
- Water/fire damage
- Overheated and gave an error message
- Mac or Windows does not allow copy files off the card
Compact flash card logical failures
One of the most popular logical failures is file or structure corruption. As a result, you may see your device asking to format/initialize your card when connected. In cases like this, do not format/initialize the card. If you were not careful enough and formatted your CF card by mistake, it can complicate the recovery process.
Another possibility of failure is if you moved your CF card when operations were still running, which could result in data loss. In some cases, recording on a low battery may corrupt files. Whatever the case, if you don’t have a backup of your precious data, call us so we can help.
- Corruption due to the CF card being pulled out while the device is on
- Corruption due to taking pictures or videos on a low battery
- Error message during recording
- Deleting files
- Formatting CF card by mistake
- Data shows only partially
- Corrupted and asks to be formatted
CF card data recovery engineers
We recover data from CF cards daily and understand that the pictures and videos you take are important to you. Our engineers have access to the latest equipment and software needed to retrieve your data safely and securely.
We offer comprehensive recovery services and have the highest success rate in the industry. Don’t put your data at risk!
We have restored thousands of images and videos each day, which gives you a guarantee that your data is in safe hands.
CF card brands, we recover
Though SanDisk was the first manufacturer of CF cards. Other companies like Lexar, Sony, and Nikon have also begun producing their own. We work with brands including, but not limited to:
- SanDisk
- Lexar
- Transcend
- Canon
- FujiFilm
- Maxell
- Kingston
- Kodak
- Silicon Power
- Memorex
- Olympus
- Panasonic
- Samsung
- Sony
- Toshiba
- Verbatim
- PixelFlash
What is inside of a CF card?
PCB (Printed circut board) – connects the electronic components of the CF card together using condictuve tracks.
Controller – Passes data between data interface and memory chips.
Memory chips – place where all data is stored.
Your CF card failed because of overuse?
Like any flash-based storage card, a CF card is subject to limitations. CF cards have a limited overall lifetime which disables them from being utilized for years and years. Even the top manufacturers of CF cards recommend regular use for only two years.
CF cards are physically reliable but can be susceptible to many logical problems. Corrupted files may occur if the card is removed during a video shoot or even when the camera battery is low and does not provide reliable power to allow the card to write.
Occasionally, physical damage can occur with exposure to contaminants, water submersion, fire damage, or improper insertion.
Top 3 reasons why choose us
Platinum Data Recovery offers a fast, secure source for professional data recovery. Check out some reasons why you should entrust us with your valuable data:
Solution for all kinds of data losses – Our data recovery experts are qualified and experienced in recovering lost data from various devices. We have the tools and expertise to retrieve your lost files from all digital storage devices in any data loss situation. Our friendly staff will assist you with regular updates on your job and provide you with a price quote.
Reasonable price – When you choose us, you don’t need to worry about hidden costs. As a reliable company, we charge an affordable fee so that you can get back your valuable data within your budget. We provide a transparent quote before starting the recovery process so that you know what you’ll pay.
Higher success rate – Many large organizations trust us because of our high success rate. We utilize the latest technology and best methods to evaluate the cause and extent of data loss. A successful data recovery process follows our efficient diagnosis to ensure maximum data recovery.
How to improve chances of recovery?
When you plug your CF card into the reader and operation system asking to format or initialize it – don’t do it. Formatting or initializing can make the recovery process significantly more complicated, and you don’t want to lose your chance to recover your files.
Don’t try to fix your CF card using “First Aid” in MAC or check disk in Windows.
MAC or Windows are not designed to recover lost data. Their main task is to make the device work again while forgetting about essential data.
If you deleted or formatted your card, don’t take any new pictures or videos. New files will overwrite sectors that contain data that you are trying to recover.