Recover deleted photos using a computer and software.
Digital cameras have the ability to capture many images all on one small memory card. Although using a digital camera to take pictures is convenient, you run the risk of permanently losing precious photos with an inadvertent press of a button. Deleted photos on a camera, however, can be recovered, and those special pictures that were seemingly lost can reappear.
Instructions
Instructions
1. Download and install a file recovery program. File recovery programs recover files previously deleted from a disk drive. Using your web browser, visit the websites that contains the download link for on of these programs. (See Resources for the links). Once on the website, click the link entitled "Download." Click "Save" when prompted by a new window to save and download the file to a designated location on your computer.
2. Connect your digital camera to your personal computer. Use the USB cord that was packaged with the camera to connect it to the PC. Find the smaller end of the cord, and connect it to its corresponding slot on the camera, usually found on the bottom or the side of the camera. Take the larger, rectangular-shaped end of the cord, and connect it to the PC via its USB slot, usually located on the side or the back of the computer. Once it's connected, click the "My Computer" icon on the desktop to find to which letter your camera's disk drive was assigned (typically E: or F:).
3. Start your file recovery program. Click on "Start," usually located in the bottom right portion of your desktop. Then select "All Programs,"and highlight and select the folder that has the title of your recovery software. Click on the icon of the same name to load the program.
4. Set up the data recovery procedure. Use your software to designate how your data recovery will work. Select the digital camera's disk drive (drive E: or F:), and then pick a folder on the PC where the recovered photos will be saved.
5. Recover the missing photos. Refer to the top right portion of the application. Click the "Start" button to begin the process of recovering files, allow several minutes for the program to execute, and wait to be notified by the application that its photo recovery process have been completed. Browse to the folder that you designated for the recovered photos to appear. Check to see if the missing photos are there. Unfortunately, if the photos are not recovered using this process, then most likely they were overwritten and are, therefore completely beyond recovery.
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