Please help!

Hi,

I have a Sandisk memory card in my camera. It must be about 4 years old, and has never had any problems.

Over the weekend I was showing photos on there to someone, when suddenly the screen changed. It is now saying the card needs to be formatted. I have tried inserting the card into a laptop, with the same result.

There were quite a lot of photos on there which I am very keen not to lose (taken at a family event, with my new born child, and with very ill older family members).

I haven’t tried formatting the card, as I assume this would wipe the photos that are on there. Could someone please help me retrieve the pictures?

Thank you!

Nick