hi paula,

I got this message back from my uncle (an editor and photography ceo)...quicker than I thought! ::

Sure, you can recover erased images. But don't record any new images on the card until you recover the old ones. Very, very important.

I reviewed the best program that recovers them: http://www.imaging-resource.com/SOFT/PHR/PHR.HTM (you can download a demo that will show you what it can recover).

There are a few free ones, but I've never tried them. The latest was in the newsletter a while ago, "Neven Prasnikar writes to tell us Art Plus (http://www.artplus.hr) offers a free file recovery program for memory cards called Digital Photo Recovery [W]."

Tell your friend good luck!

hope this helps too! I should save this information in case I make a mistake!