How to Recover Picture from Memory Card?

“Hello, I am a professional photographer. Today I accidentally formatted my memory card of Nikon D90 12.3 MP DSLR camera. It contained about 450 pictures that I clicked from the wedding ceremony yesterday and I don't even have a backup of those photos. So, is there any way to recover pictures from memory card without affecting the photos?”

With the extensive usage of memory cards, users often come across several data loss situations. Usually, memory card users don't get any idea on what to do when their important pictures get lost or deleted on memory cards.

So, here you will find an answer- how to recover deleted or lost pictures from memory card by using one of the best memory card data recovery software.

How to Recover Photos from Memory Card?

Deleting or formatting the memory card doesn't mean that all photos are lost. Just the pointer to that picture is erased from the file system. These pictures will be stored in memory card unless and until you overwrite it with new photos. Now it is possible to retrieve the picture from memory card by using YupTools Restore Deleted Pictures. This photo recovery software can be used in recovering picture from memory card by the professional or novice user as it has a user-friendly interface.

YupTools recover window is capable in corrupted or lost pictures from memory cards. It recovers all photos from memory card without modifying the original file. This data recovery software provides “preview” option to view recovered photos or lost files and "save recovery session" option to avoid re-scanning. It supports to retrieve pictures from camera SD card and other different types of memory cards such as micro SD card, SD card, CF, XD, MMC, Memory Sticks, etc. of all major brands. Moreover, it can perform data recovery on HDD, external hard drive, USB drive, flash drive, etc. storage devices on all versions of Windows operating system.

Note: Don’t use your memory card once you realize that your photos are deleted or lost from it. If you continue to use the card, the possibilities of photo recovery from memory card will be reduced.

Step-by-Step Instructions to Recover Pictures from Memory Card:

Step 1: Connect the memory card to the computer using a card reader, launch YupTools Deleted Photo Recovery software and click on Recover Photos button.

Step 2: Select either Recover Deleted Photos or Recover Lost Photos option.

Step 3: Choose the memory card drive on which you want to perform photo recovery process.

Step 4: Mark Picture as file types to recover from the selected memory card.

Step 5: After a deep scan, all your recovered photos from memory card will be displayed. Select and Preview restored photos.

Step 6: Finally, Save the recovered files on the computer hard drive.

Precautions to Avoid Loss or Deletion of Memory Card Pictures:

• Never use your memory card frequently with different systems
• Don’t remove your memory card when transferring process is going on
• Double check before you delete photos from SD card or memory card

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