Any way to restore lost pictures?

• Pixelle

  Member

  April 24, 2011 at 10:29 pm

  A friend of mine has bought himself a new Canon [550 or similar.]
  He connected it to his 10 year old desktop to download some pics
  and that’s where things ground to a halt.
  He is able to view some of the pictures on another newer computer
  but the ones he really wants have disappeared.
  I tried his SD card in my Nikon D80 but couldn’t view any pics.
  I realise there could be any number of reasons for the loss but maybe someone has an answer.
  connie

  Participant

  April 24, 2011 at 11:11 pm

  you can get recovery software that will restore all/most pics on the memory card. Even ones I had previously deleted. Someone here will be able to reccomend one. I cant remember what I used as it was so long ago. :) good luck to him.
  5faythe

  Participant

  April 25, 2011 at 7:02 am

  Hi Pixelle,

  I have used a free program called Recuva (link below) to recover files on a memory card.
  As long as they have not been written over the files should be recoverable.

  http://download.cnet.com/Recuva/3000-2242_4-10753287.html” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;

  Good luck,

  John.
  Donnie

  Participant

  April 26, 2011 at 12:46 pm

  Hi Pixelle,
  I read an article on this in Photography monthly. They went through about 4 or 5 different pieces of software comnparing them. I don’t have the magazine with me (or doubt I can find it in the house!) but have a look at this thread on their site refering to it. Mentions some free software too.

  http://www.photoanswers.co.uk/GLOBAL/Search-Results/?N=0&Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial&Ntk=site&Ntt=recovery” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;
  Pixelle

  Member

  April 26, 2011 at 1:11 pm

  some good possibilities there, thanks all, I’ll pass them over to my friend.