The photos on the iPad will consist of two sections, the camera roll and photos synced from his PC.
First thing is to plug into iTunes and do a full backup (not a sync). Just stop the initial sync, right click the iPad and select Back Up. This will give you something to restore the iPad from if you find your photos have all gone. The camera roll can be imported but the synced photos might be more troublesome. Apple would usually assume that you have copies of those photos on your PC because that's where they came from, does he still have his PC hard drive? It might be easier to explore data recovery on that. PicsAid might also help http://www.digidna.net/products/picsaid Regards Sam MacAmbulance Providing affordable Apple & PC services Sam Mullen 07747 778022 http://www.macambulance.co.uk i...@macambulance.co.uk On 8 Sep 2012, at 08:53, mac98aop wrote: > Dear all > > Trying to help a friend out, but I've not got an iPad so don't know the ins > and outs..... > > His PC died, so he replaced it. > All his photos are on his iPad. > He says when he plugs it into the new PC, it will only let him transfer > pictures taken on the iPad, and all his other photos aren't an option to > transfer. > > Is that right? > > Is there any way that he can get all his family memories back onto his PC? > (which he will now start backing up!!) > > Any help gratefully received so I can pass it on... > > Thanks Smuggers > > Adam > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/smug/-/oeUOYYThL8cJ. > To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.