How Can You Recover Lost Photos from SD Cards

While SD cards are one of the most convenient storage media used in many digital cameras, data stored on them are never loss-proof. This means that photos on SD cards may get lost any time due to any factor that can cause any logical or physical damage to them. This article discusses logical damage of SD memory cards and the resulting photo loss.

Photos can get lost in many technically severe conditions. There are times, too, when severe photo loss conditions render the computer's Backup program useless. At such times, people look out for some sort of Photo Recovery software.

Suppose, while you, flying back home from your Venice trip, are viewing your masterpiece like shots on your camera, you accidentally delete one of the invaluable photos, say the Rialto Bridge. Each photo has its unique irreplaceable value even if several thousands of pictures can be taken of the same subject. Way back home, you are not even in that position. In fact, you have lost one masterpiece!

Cause:

Technically, a memory car is not part of a camera or computer. Computers and cameras simply read and write memory card data using the same system commands as for a mechanical part of it with the storage device appearing to their operating system and user interface as just another drive. Thus, data lost or deleted from your card do not go to Trash or Recycle Bin, even when your camera has one.

Solution:

There are two possible solutions. First, Backup utility which is part of the computer's operating system. This simple but helpful program is normally our first recourse when we have a data loss problem, if we have already made a backup file. You can run this program by following the steps: Start - Programs - Accessories - System Tools - Backup - Restore files and settings. Then, choose the backup file you need to restore.

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