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This workflow is for Compact Card backup If you don't have the CF card and only the media we can fix it by getting a camera and formatting a card and then putting your media back on the card.

Also try this wiki

AVID – Canon XF Utility – CF Card Data Repair Workflow

Make folders on your Backup Drive that are organized by "Day" and "Number of Cards" that are to be backed up

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YOU NEED TO MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR CF CARD SO YOU CAN USE THIS CARD AGAIN FOR OTHER PROJECTS AFTER YOU REFORMAT IT.

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Load card to be backed up in to CF Card reader.

This will only work with a CF card!! Won't work with a folder backup.

Card mounts on desktop

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Card Structure should be

>CANNON XF

>CONTENTS

>CLIPS001

See frame grab to the Right

Make sure the card has this structure

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Launch Canon XF Utility

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Go to >Canon XF Utility>
Preferences

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Choose to user Folder A Only Click "Browse" Navigate to the hard drive and folder to set the backup of the card data. Click OK

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Select the CANON XF CARD

Click the Backup button

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Click "Yes"

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Will show a status bar of the copying process.

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This is how your backup should look.
Make sure this file hierarchy exists. If you are missing files like "INDEX.MIF"
And
"JOUNAL"
Don't alter or remove any files from this file structure. Leave intact when making additional backups.

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Clips backed up successfully YAY!! click OK	Image Added
When finished with backup Quit XF Utility	Image Added
You will end up with a folder named with the date and some other numbers in the title Example shown here. Do this for all the CF cards you want to use for editing.	Image Added
*When finished VERY IMPORTANT EJECT THE CARD* Right click on the CANNON XF card and choose Eject "CANNON XF"	Image Added