Deleted photos on memory chips - simple recovery software

It is a common problem for photos on a camera to be accidentally deleted, or sometimes just lost. CnW Recovery software (download now) has a very simple recovery process so that in a few very simple stages all photos, either deleted, or otherwise lost, can be recovered to the PC hard drive. Each stage presented as a simple option.

Typical times this procedure will be required could be after and accidental Format or Delete All. Also, when a message ‘Media nor formatted, Format now?’ is displayed, or even when this message has been followed. Other times, a chip is just shown as blank, or they have some failed physical sectors. CnW Recovery software will work very happily even with a blank boot sector.

Stage 1 - hardware

CnW Software will read all types of camera memory chip, (Compact Flash, xD, sD etc) but only from a card reader, ie not from the camera itself. Typical card readers are USB devices, but some computers also have them as part of the PC or laptop. Either work very happily. Thus plug your problem chip into the car reader and plug into the PC.

Stage 2 - chip selection

Start CnW Recovery software and the Wizard screen will be displayed. All devices on the PC will be displayed and it is essential that the memory chip is selected. By default it should be by the Memory Chip icon, but some devices are detected as a hard drive instead - either is correct. Make sure that the memory chip is displayed in the combo box beside the icon, and click on the icon.

Stage 3 Physical media test

The physical media test is a quick test to ensure that the memory device can be read physically. If successful, the Continue to wizard option should be selected. Some chips are slow to read, but as long as errors are not detected, all will be OK.

Stage 4 Verify Disk structure

The verify stage is used to determine if the memory chip has a good structure and all elements are in the correct location. If this passes, then Continue to wizard should be selected

Stage 5 Media Analysis

This is the final stage where more details of the chip are displayed. It will give an indication of the percentage of the chip that has data, also how many files have been detected as good files and deleted files. Also at this stage photos on the chip will be displayed in the preview box of the screen.

The user can now select from a few options to recover just good files, deleted files, or recover all images that are now in unallocated space. The recover Now button will recover the files to the directory selected. On the Demo, everything will work, but no actual files will be saved on the hard drive.

Undelete software

There are many available packages in the internet that offer Undelete software. With deleted files it is always possible to overwrite other files whilst undeleting, and so for this reason the approach that CnW take is only to recover files to a different drive. This way there can be no that more damage can be done by mistake.