Tech Support Pits:

From Carol===
Dear Webby,
I accidentally deleted a picture from the memory card in my 
camera that I really wanted to keep.  I have called all the 
camera shops in our area and nobody claims to be able 
to retrieve deleted photos from memory cards.  Is this just 
a pipe dream of mine or is that photo really gone?  I know 
I can retrieve deleted things from the computer, but is it 
possible to "undelete" from a camera memory card?  
Thanks!
Carol

Dear Carol
The memory in your camera is like the RAM memory in your 
computer. Once something is cleared, it's gone for good.

I always upload the entire chip to the computer and save 
that in a folder with the date as the name of it. That is the 
original archive, which I make READ ONLY and only use 
as a source. 

From there I copy pictures to working folders, where I edit, 
resize, etc. From there I copy the finished pictures to 
wherever I need them, for example a postcard site or the 
Humor Letter. 

If something goes wrong with a resize or edit, I still have 
the originals in the archive. 

Once I have made the originals READ ONLY on the computer,
I wipe the camera chip clean and put it back into the camera.

The same procedure might work for you too, or something 
different, but you should have some procedure figured out 
and stick to that religiously until it becomes habit.

Have FUN!
Dear Webby