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How Can I Recover Pictures from a Memory Card Free

Do you know how to recover pictures from a memory card? Do these lost pictures disappear permanently? Not definitely. so you don't need to worry about it. You could find them back with the assistant of a data recovery tool, which is data recovery software. Yes, it could help you retrieve the lost pictures and other files with a simple way. Don't know how to use it? It doesn't matter, because this article will help you figure out this kind of thing.

Case of losing photos from a memory card

My computer crashed suddenly when I show my pictures on memory stick which I insert to the computer to my friends. To my surprise, I can not find any images after I reboot the computer. What's going on? I closed my computer and start it again it still shows nothing. What more strange is that I can not view any pictures when I insert it to my camera? What a tricky matter. My friends and I all don't know how to retrieve those photos, which are really important for me. Kindly help me. – Michel from Huston

How to restore images from memory card after losing

Usually, you can rely on data recovery software to recover lost pictures from a memory card. You can use the software to recover data after formatting memory card or when pictures are deletd from the memory card. Here are the steps to retrieve pictures by data recovery software below:

Recover pictures from memory card

Preparation: Download and install data recovery software. Connect the memory card to your computer via a USB cable or card reader. Then, run the software.

1Download the data recovery software from searching on the internet.
2Mount it on the computer.
3Plug your memory card into the computer.
4Select the files you need and save them to a different place.

Which types of picture could be retrieved by data recovery software?

There are many kinds of types of picture, such as JPEG, TIFF, RAW, BMP, GIF, PNG, SWF, SVG, PSD and other types which used not commonly. If you can not recover all pictures may because those pictures' types are not supported by the data recovery software. So you could choose another data recovery tool. You can see which file types the data recovery software support on its homepage or the introduction of it. Be careful when choose one to download.

Brief introduction of memory card

Memory card is a kind of storage device on which could save data. Because of its tiny, kind of card shape, it is called memory card. The common memory cards are Smart Media(SM), Compact Flash (CF), Multi Media Card (MMC), Secure Digital（SD）, Memory Stick, XD-Picture Card(XD). Some of them are in a small volume like 512MB, some of them are large to hundreds GB.

Recover data in the data loss situations on memory card

Here are some of the data loss situations which need to retrieve files by data recovery software:

1. Accidental deletion or improper formatting.

2.Virus and worms attack.

3. Incorrect usage of memory card.

Such as plug the memory card out of computer or other digital devices suddenly, use it when prompted it is in low power.

4. Put it in the dangerous place when do not use it.

5. Memory card has RAW file system and not formatted error.

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