Recover data from Sony hand held

[steve sherman]

My sons wedding is locked up on my Sony Digital video camera. Any ideas on how to recover the images?

Thanks in advance

Steve Sherman

[Skyman]

can you play the video back on the camera, or has it gone missing?

if it has gone missing don't use the camera for anything else as this will copy over the video and you will loose it.

does the camera show up on your computer as a removable drive (in my computer) when you connect it?

if so then you should be able to get some data recovery software to get back the files. I will have a look and see if I can post you a link for some.

if the camera uses dvd's or tapes then you may be able to get the video back but it could be tricky and very expensive.

If you can play the video back on the camera still, are you asking how to transfer it so that you can burn it to dvd or watch it on the computer?

sorry for all the questions!

ps welcome to the forums!

[steve sherman]

turn on camera and stays on for less than 30 seconds and turns off before computer recognizes that camera even exists.

Brought into local retailer and they seem to think it is hard drive issue and basically did not want to deal with issue

Looking for some type of knowledgeable opinion in particular on means to recover data form hard drive even if camera never operates again

[Skyman]

I am guessing that the camera has a laptop hard drive in it. A good computer store should be able to pull it out of the camera with little difficulty (although the camera will be trash afterwards) you should then be able to connect the drive to a computer (there are various enclosures and adapters that can do this) and with some freely available software recover the files. However if the platters of the disc themselves are damaged or the mechanism of the drive is the fault then recovery becomes much more expensive and specialised although still possible!