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How to Retrieve Deleted Photos

Retrieving deleted photos from your camera or memory card is a fairly simple process. It is only a matter of patience, as the scanning process can take up to several hours if you have a large amount of photos to be scanned. It is important to remember that if you have deleted a picture that you want to keep, you should stop using the camera or card immediately until you run the scan.

Things You'll Need

Camera
USB cable
Internet connection

Instructions

- 1
  Stop taking pictures as soon as you realize you have deleted a picture that you would like to keep.
- 2
  With the SD card installed in your camera, attach your camera to the computer via the USB cable. Determine what letter drive your camera is displayed as by looking in ̶0;My Computer.̶1;
- 3
  Download the picture recovery software from CardRecovery (see Resources section).
- 4
  Run the download and click ̶0;Next.̶1; Specify the letter drive of your camera and where you want your pictures to be saved.
- 5
  Begin the scan by clicking ̶0;Next.̶1;
- 6
  When the scan is complete, click ̶0;Next̶1; to preview your pictures.
- 7
  Save any of the deleted pictures to the location you specified earlier.

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