How to revive recording

Donegaldolly

I know this is a long shot but I'm hoping there is a whiz out ther that can tell me it's possible.
I recently destroyed all the dvds i had of the first 2 years of my sons existance. I have searched everywhere for another copy but to no avail and the only thing i can come up with is the camcorder itself....only problem was not only is the footage 6-8 years old 6 years ago i pressed the dredded format button on the camcorder!!!
Am I dreaming or is there even the slightest chance the footage could be hidden in the depth of the machine?

ZENER

What kind of camcorder is it ? If it's analogue video tape and you left it to erase the whole tape then hard luck but if it's a digital one that records to memory card or HDD then there might be some hope.

Make and model and we can go from there.

Ken

Donegaldolly

ZENER wrote: »

What kind of camcorder is it ? If it's analogue video tape and you left it to erase the whole tape then hard luck but if it's a digital one that records to memory card or HDD then there might be some hope.

Make and model and we can go from there.

Ken

It is a HITACHI dvd video camera/recorder model no. DZ-HS300E

Thanks for giving me a thought

ZENER

I'm sorry to say that if the footage was recorded 6 years ago and you've used the camera since those recordings were made then it won't be possible to recover anything. There's only a small hard disk in those machines and chances are you recorded over video after you burned it to DVD.

However, if the camera was put away after the recordings were made and nothing else was recorded to it then the formatting (assuming a quick format here) will not have overwritten all of the data merely the start of the disk. Recovery software could get the files back off it if that's the case. The problem after that is what format the video files are saved in and getting software that can play them back but that could be worked on later - important thing is recovering the files if they actually still exist.

Ken

Donegaldolly

Nah i'm out of luck then, it was used lots since. Oh well it was worth a shot. It's not the worst thing in the world, I still have my boy and six years since but obviously pissed that i ruined the first two.
Thanks for your help

johnnybmac

Donegaldolly wrote: »

I recently destroyed all the dvds i had of the first 2 years of my sons existance.

Just curious, how did you destroy them?

Donegaldolly

Had them saved to disc, as you do. Left six disc sitting on a wet worktop for about a month. Sent them away to specialist who repairs every ailment so to speak and he said the data had all lifted or risen or whatever. I knew anyway. The discs were like rainbows.