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How to Recover Pictures on an SD Card

Sometimes it is possible to delete a photograph from an SD card without meaning to or realizing it. In those cases, you should stop taking pictures on that particular SD card immediately. When you delete a picture, it tells the camera that the file space is available but it isn̵7;t actually deleted until you take enough pictures to refill the space. If the software is unable to recover any of your photographs, the pictures may be lost permanently.

Things You'll Need

Camera
USB cable
Internet connection

Instructions

- 1
  Immediately stop taking pictures on the SD card, so that the picture̵7;s file space isn̵7;t filled by another picture.
- 2
  Connect your camera, with the SD card installed, to your computer via the USB cable.
- 3
  Using the link in the resources section, download ArtPlus Digital Photo Recovery to your computer.
- 4
  Double-click the icon to run the program and choose ̶0;Run Digital Photo Recovery.̶1;
- 5
  Choose ̶0;Next̶1; to indicate the drive where your SD card is located and to choose the location you would like your recovered photos, if any, to be saved.
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  Select ̶0;Start̶1; to begin scanning your camera. Depending on the number of images on your SD card, it may take several minutes or several hours.
- 7
  A dialogue box will appear to notify you if any photographs were recovered. Save them to your desired location.

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