Recovering deleted images
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Recovering deleted images
There will probably come a day when you will accidentally delete an image, or
even accidentally format your camera’s media card. You might be able to recover
deleted images from your camera’s media card.
The reason it’s possible to recover files that have been erased is that when you
delete a file, the camera doesn’t actually erase the image data. Instead, it removes
that image’s entry from the directory of contents on the card and marks
that image’s space as available. Even if you have already shot more images, the
image data for a deleted image probably hasn’t been overwritten. Special recovery
software can construct a new directory to your deleted files. When you realize
you’ve deleted an image that you want to recover, immediately stop shooting
with that card. Take it out of the camera and use a different card until you get
back to your computer.
Normal file recovery software (the type you use with your computer) won’t
work for your camera’s media cards. My favorite media card recovery software
is PhotoRescue from Data Rescue. You can download a fully functional version
of PhotoRescue for free from www.datarescue.com/photorescue. The free
download lets you analyze your card and shows you which pictures, if any,
it thinks it can recover. If you see images you want to recover, you can then
pay the $29 purchase price to unlock the software and perform the recovery.
What’s great about PhotoRescue is that you don’t have to spend anything to
determine whether you can recover your lost images.
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There will probably come a day when you will accidentally delete an image, or
even accidentally format your camera’s media card. You might be able to recover
deleted images from your camera’s media card.
The reason it’s possible to recover files that have been erased is that when you
delete a file, the camera doesn’t actually erase the image data. Instead, it removes
that image’s entry from the directory of contents on the card and marks
that image’s space as available. Even if you have already shot more images, the
image data for a deleted image probably hasn’t been overwritten. Special recovery
software can construct a new directory to your deleted files. When you realize
you’ve deleted an image that you want to recover, immediately stop shooting
with that card. Take it out of the camera and use a different card until you get
back to your computer.
Normal file recovery software (the type you use with your computer) won’t
work for your camera’s media cards. My favorite media card recovery software
is PhotoRescue from Data Rescue. You can download a fully functional version
of PhotoRescue for free from www.datarescue.com/photorescue. The free
download lets you analyze your card and shows you which pictures, if any,
it thinks it can recover. If you see images you want to recover, you can then
pay the $29 purchase price to unlock the software and perform the recovery.
What’s great about PhotoRescue is that you don’t have to spend anything to
determine whether you can recover your lost images.
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