In a survey from a research group, the worldwide sale projection of low-end digital cameras was 51 million units in 2007. The total worldwide sales of iPod crossed 220,000,000 units, by the third quarter of 2009 . The numbers are increasing every year, as all devices are offering latest features and capabilities, with competitive pricing.

All digital cameras, iPods and other multimedia devices, rely on storage devices like flash memory cards and micro drives for storage of photos, videos, music etc. Data loss is synonymous to these devices as these too come with a hard drive, similar to that of a PC.

 

 

Common situations faced by digital camera and iPod users(General excerpts taken to highlight problems faced by users.)

1. I have a compact flash card for my camera, which once inserted in the camera, reads “CF card error”. When attached to a PC, it says, “disk must be formatted”. There are about 50 pictures in the card. How can I  recover them?.
2. I have an external drive that I am unable to access. I need to recover digital photos that have .jpeg and .nef (Nikon) file extensions,from that external drive.Can anybody help?
3. My scan of a Sony camera memory card says that there are 105 files present on the card.But, when I save them to a folder on the hard drive,and open the folder, the folder is empty!
4. I am trying to recover pictures that were installed in Windows Photo Gallery and put in the Recycle Bin. The Recycle Bin was later emptied it. Can I recover these pictures?
5. I have an iPod classic, and I used my brother’s computer to update my iPod through iTunes. This however deleted all the songs in the iPod. Can I get them back?
6. Will your product recover data from  an iPod, that was mistakenly “Quick Formatted”?

Most of the data loss situations faced by individuals, are similar to the scenarios stated above. Recovery of lost photos, videos and music files is definitely possible. However, you should be careful and plan the whole recovery process, if you are planning to do “on my own” stuff.

Steps involved in recovery of photos, videos and music files

Analyze the situation – Identify the nature of damage to the storage media.

• If your PC does not recognize the card or the device, try to check all the PC connections,and make sure they are firmly connected. Even after that, if the card/device is not detected,  plug the card/device into another PC, and try to access it.
• If both the attempts fail, then it is likely that the storage media has some  physical damage.In this case, it is recommended that you seek the help of a professional data recovery services firm, to retrieve data.

If the drive is getting recognized, follow the steps mentioned below,

Precautionary measures – follow these steps, to avoid permanent loss of data Do not save or write any data on the storage device in question.

• Do not  format the drive, because some camera firmware are designed to erase data beyond recovery during formatting process.
• Remove the storage device, and secure it in a moisture free room at an optimum temperature,  in an anti-static wrap.
• Do not be adventurous to try any freeware recovery application or, any disk management utility, as there are chances that you may overwrite the recoverable data.
• Make sure that you do not install or even download installer file to the storage media to avoid any overwriting.

Prepare for Recovery – Simple steps to recover lost data.

• Choose the correct software
  • If you are using a PC with Windows operating system,it is suggested that you use REMO Recover (Windows) Media Edition, to recover your lost photos, videos and music files. Try it now!
  • If you are using a PC with Mac operating system, it is suggested that you use REMO Recover (Mac) Media Edition, to recover your lost photos, videos and music files.Try it now!
  • Download and install the appropriate photo recovery software, depending on the  operating system being used by you.

Simple steps to digital photo recovery

Follow the simple steps given below, to recover photos with utmost ease, using REMO Recover (Windows) Media Edition.

Step 1: Attach the card to your PC, using a card reader, or through an existing card reader slot available in your PC. Click on the Try Now Button. , to download the .exe file onto your computer. Once the file has been downloaded completely, double click the .exe file to proceed with the installation of the software.

Step 2: Double click the icon on the desktop, or run the application from the Programs list. The main window pops up as shown in Figure a. Click on Recover Photo button, to proceed to the next step.

Figure a: Main Window

Step3: All the detected physical drives are listed as shown in Figure b. Choose the physical drive from the listed drives, which contains the lost / deleted files. If you don’t find the specified drive, then, click on the Refresh Drives button or Open scan info. Then, click the Next button to proceed to the next step.

Figure b: Select drive

Step 4: All the recoverable file types are listed, as shown in Figure c.Select the file types you wish to recover, or click on Select All button, to select all the file types and click on the Next button, as shown in the figure.

Figure c: Select file types

Step 5: The moment you click the Next button, the application starts scanning the selected drives for the specified file types, and lists out all the files it finds, in the form of a tree structure, grouped together based on the different file types, as shown in Figure d.

Figure d: Found files and folders

Step 6: Click on the Save button. You can choose the drive onto which, you want to save your data. All the data will be saved into a new folder by name “DigitalMediaRecovery XXXX *” in the selected destination drive. You can also choose to save the data in a compressed format, as shown in Figure e.

Figure e: Select destination drive

That’s how easy it is to get those valuable media files back. So go ahead and try this software.

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