Photo recovery Camera says card error/ reformat. Heaps of photos on the card as it was formatted.

You can try some photo recovery software. You can see
http://www.asoftech.com/apr/
It tells the steps how to perform photo recovery.

If above does not work, you may have to format the memory card (use quick format), and then use above mentioned software to scan again the memory card and recover your files.

I have had great luck with the free recovery program called Reccuva.

Do a web search for it and try to get the download from the Reccuva site rather than some download site that will try to stick you with a bunch of stuff you don't want.

This program is recommended by Kim Kommando. I've never used it for an SD or other camera card, but I see no reason why it wouldn't work for that. It's worked great for me in recovering deleted stuff on multiple hard drives.

To recover deleted files after Card formatted,
http://www.goshareware.com/resource/recover-formatted-memory-card.html
this article will be your best guide to recover your deleted files.

Hi,
Even I faced the same problem. I have lost all the photos from my camera which was in JPEG format. I searched in internet on how to recover jpeg files. I got many software and after researching a lot I have decided to download Yodot photo recovery software. Its result was awesome. It can recover not only jpeg format but also other formats such as png, gif etc Just try it once.

If you are using the SD card on your digital camera and you are searching for the lost images which got deleted from the SD card then you are at the right place of the lost image recovery. These days recovery of the lost files is so simple as the photo recovery utilities are available over the internet. The best software which I have used to get back my lost images is consist of the unique features as it provides the Preview option for the lost files. You just download first its free trial edition on your system to get your images back on the SD card.

Hiii,

I too had formatted my sd card unintentionally, leading to which i lost contents of that cf card. So in order to have formatted cf card recovery i used CF Card Recovery software. This tool easily extracts each of the images from sd card in few minute. Any user may get it from internet for trial usage.

You may be able to easily recover your photos, but you will need to use a card reader to access the card with your computer and software. Here's a detailed article on how to recover files. Only free software is utilized in the tutorials. Recommend starting with PhotoRec as most people seem to have success with it.