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Recover Deleted Photo Video off Kingston CF Card

Will you still like to save your photos and videos on the Kingston CF card after you have ever deleted some of them off it? Some people may hold that it is not safe that save files on the compact flash card, because it is easily to be deleted. What if the deleted photos and videos can be retrieved quickly and safely from the compact flash card? There is no doubt to get back all of your deleted information. What you need is data recovery software.

Example of losing photos and videos on compact flash card because of deletion

I deleted all my photos and videos saved on the compact flash card on purpose, because I think that I have backup. But it turns that there is no backup at all after I deleting them. What should I do to get back all my losses as soon as possible? I need those pictures and video files to finish my homework, and I have to back to school two days later. Is there any possible way to retrieve the lost data? Any flexible suggestion would be appreciated much. –Julie from LA

Way to retrieve deleted photos and videos from compact flash card with data recovery software

The best way for you to restore the deleted pictures and videos from the compact flash card is to use data recovery software. It could help you get back your losses within a short time and what's more, the data restoration program is read only and risk free. By using this software, you can aslo recover data after formatting, RAW file system, not formatted error, etc. And you can recover data from other storage media such as external hard disk, flash drive, memory stick, hard disk, pen drive, and more.

Recover data from CF card

Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Connect the CF card to your computer and launch the software. Then, select a proper recovery module.

1Download the data recovery software and launch it on the computer.
2Plug the compact flash card into a card reader and connect both of them on the same computer.
3Double click the data restoration tool and choose the recovery model, then select the target disk to scan.
4Preview the restorable files after scan and choose data need to be retrieved to click the recovery button.

Explain that the deleted files could be restored by data recovery software

There are may free space on the new compact flash card for us to save new information on it. Those files are still saved on there even though they are deleted either by accident or on purpose. The file system only makes the deleted files invisible and marks the space as blank and available for new information storage. In other words, the deleted files are not lost permanently as a matter of fact. So these deleted photos and videos could be got back by data retrieval tool as long as the space has not been overwritten by new data. What's more, the data restoration program is just read only in the process of data recovery and has no additional risk. It can give you a one hundred percent guarantee to recover your deleted pictures and videos.

A tip to avoid losing information from CF card after deletion

You should develop the habit of backup the useful and precious files saved on the compact flash card regularly. You don't need to worry about any data loss situations forever, such as accidental or intentional deletion, formatting, power failure, virus infection, raw compact flash card and other logical data corruption. It is a good habit to backup important files often though the lost information could be retrieved by data recovery tool quickly.

Common brands of compact flash card in the market

Kingston is one of the most popular manufactures of compact flash card around the world. It is a reliable brand for people to purchase. There still are other common compact flash card producers in the market with good quality. Here are some of them as follows: Samsung, SanDisk, Toshiba, Sony, Transcend Information, Maxell, LEXAR, Yisheng, and Kingmax.

Other types of files could be restored by data recovery software

As it known to all that there are not just photos and videos could be saved on the compact flash card. Similarly, data recovery software do not just support files types like pictures and video files in reality. It can get back a number of other types of documents as well. Such as audio files, music, word documents, excel, PPT, e-mail, texts, and so forth.

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