Undelete photos from memory cards.
Nothing is quite so disheartening than capturing those once-in-a-lifetime family photos only to find they have been deleted from your memory card, never to be recovered. But are they? When files are normally deleted from any storage medium, the spaces they occupied are merely marked for use, but are not actually erased until data is written over the sectors the files occupied. With the right software, these files can easily be recovered.
Instructions
1. Try out Recuva, which specializes in file recovery. You have the options of downloading an installable version or portable version that can be run from a thumb drive. Features include a quick scan, which quickly finds almost all recoverable files, or a deep scan, which is considerably more comprehensive and time-consuming.
2. Check out Active@Undelete, which enables you to find photo files based on their unique signature, which is inherent information in the file used for format identification. The program also allows previewing of files before undeleting them.
3. Try NTFS Undelete. This free, open-source program offers an installable download and CD image, so you can run it straight from CD. Contrary to this program's name, NTFS Undelete does not only work on NTFS, but also FAT32, which is the more common format for memory cards.
4. Check out Glary Undelete, another free recovery program. Glary Undelete supports FAT, NTFS and NTFS+EFS file systems, which makes it very versatile.
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