Recovering Photos from Memory Cards

Discover this practical guide to recovering photos that were deleted from a camera's memory card, restoring photos from a damaged memory card, and avoiding problems in the future.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Essential tools for photo recovery

1. When the Worst Happens: Recovery Strategies

• You've accidentally erased or formatted a memory card
• Your camera is displaying an error message
• Your memory card got immersed in water
• A corner of a card got broken off
• A card got stuck in the camera
• The card is accidentally locked

2. A Closer Look at Photo-Recovery Software

• Testing your card for image recovery
• Recovering photos using a Mac computer
• Recovering photos using a Windows computer

3. Avoiding Problems

• What happens when you erase pictures in your camera?
• The difference between formatting a card and erasing it
• Formatting: In the camera or in the computer?
• Choosing cards: Quality and capacity concerns
• Treating your cards properly: In the computer and in the camera
• Commonsense tips--that aren't always practiced

Conclusion

• Next steps