Category Archives: Photo Recovery Tips & Tricks

How to Recover Deleted Pictures from a Memory Card

Nowadays, more and more people own either a skimpy point-and-shoot camera or a heavy but reliable digital DSLR camera to capture the wonderful moments in their lives. Digital cameras are not just the “in” thing but also stores more photos on its memory card, in contrast to the traditional film-type cameras. Unfortunately, the possibility of losing those fantastic photos saved on the memory card is inevitable. Hence, it is important that you know how to recover deleted pictures from a memory card. Continue reading

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How to Recover Photos Deleted from ANY Digital Camera

Canon… Nikon… Sony… Samsung… These are just a few brands of reliable digital cameras that are currently available in market. Digital cameras have become an important element of our lives. Whether a special occasion or an ordinary day, digital cameras play a vital role in saving the most precious moments of our lives. Continue reading

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How a Cloud Can Save Your Pictures

Have you ever thought about what would happen if your computer crashed and you lost all of your photos? It happens more often then you think, and that is why a backup plan is so important. Having your photos stored on your hard drive without a backup is like putting all of your poker chips in the pot without looking at your hand. Continue reading

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Retrieving Deleted Photos from Memory Card

Memory cards experience data loss for a number of reasons. Pretty much any time there is a disruption in the data stream, you at risk losing your pictures. This can be caused by dropping or exposing the camera to liquids, running out of batteries while the camera is in use, or accidentally formatting the memory card. Luckily, this is a fairly common problem and can be solved in a few easy steps. Continue reading

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Understanding Digital Camera File Formats

In this video, digital photography expert Michael Stewart teaches you to understand digital camera file formats. Continue reading

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How to Defragment a Drive

Although most easy photo recovery software on the market today do a good job to recover lost photos, rarely can a piece of photo recovery software recover fragmented deleted photos. To avoid this issue, and to have the ability for easy photo recovery at a higher success rate, it is important to defragment your disk often. Defragmenting will also help with the general speed of the drive. Continue reading

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Three Quick Tips for Using Multiple Memory Cards

Remember the old saying, “Don’t put all of your eggs into one basket?” Well, that holds especially true when trying to  prevent a loss of data and avoid deleted photo recovery altogether. Recently on a trip through the Czech Republic, after about three weeks of traveling (and taking pictures), I woke up to find that there were no pictures on the memory card that was currently Continue reading

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Data corruption occurs when there is an error in the transmission of data. This can happen from a power surge, physical harm to a device, or hardware failure. After a photo has been corrupted, often times only part of that particular photo will be recoverable. This article provides this answer and more. Continue reading

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The Top Four Myths Surrounding Digital Camera Memory Card Corruption

Is it better to delete images from the computer rather than directly off of the camera? This article looks at this question of deleted photos and more in an attempt to debunk some of the myths surrounding digital camera memory card corruption. Continue reading

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