First you have to install a freeware Windows Program called "Easeus Todo Backup".
or find it at their website
You don't need to install the "Professional" version. The free version is enough.
After install, restart your computer.
I made it from a 160MB PCMCIA card formatted with the RD-175 camera.
Connect a CF (CompactFlash) card to your computer directly or through a usb card adapter.
This card must have a capacity of 160MB or more.
Open the Easeus program.
Click the on the tab "Recovery".
Select "Disk and partition recovery".
Click "Browse". Find the card image that you downloaded (rd175.PDB) and select it.
Click "Next".
Select the box "Disk3" and click "Next".
Select the CF Card you connected to the computer.
VERY IMPORTANT#1: you MUST select the CF card, otherwise you will erase your hard drive or other disk in your computer.
VERY IMPORTANT#2: click the box "Sector by sector recovery" below. Otherwise the card won't work on your RD-175.
Click "Next" 2 times and "Proceed".
Click "OK".
Now wait for about one or two minutes depending on the speed of your computer and card.
Click "Finish".
Exit the program.
Eject the CF card.
Insert your CF card into a "CF to PCMCIA or PCCard adapter".
And your camera should be working!...
This card image contains a sample raw photo and a tiff converted photo that you may delete.
I tried this with Windows XP, Windows 7 computers and Windows 7 running on an Apple Macbook Pro.
I tried with success several CF cards and an IBM microdrive, with sizes ranging from 256MB to 4Gb.
It also worked with all CF to PCMCIA card adapters.
At the right of this image is the original PCMCIA 160Mb card.
These two pictures were taken with a Minolta RD-175, a Sigma 10-20mm EX Zoom and a Sony Alpha HVL-F56AM Flash.
Remember that the card image is only 160MB.
If you copy it into a 4GB card, the space available will be only 160MB in one partition. The rest of the card will be empty.
The space will be enough to take about 138 pictures.
If you have any doubts, leave a comment.
(Soon in the next posts: Kodak DCS 460, a milestone in the history of digital cameras; Nikon Coolpix 100; Nikon D1; the Foveon X3 sensor; and more...)
(Soon in the next posts: Kodak DCS 460, a milestone in the history of digital cameras; Nikon Coolpix 100; Nikon D1; the Foveon X3 sensor; and more...)