When you are attempting digital photo recovery, begin by making sure that no one has overwritten your camera memory card or your camera’s internal storage with new photographs. The moment you are aware that digital photos are missing, you should begin the process of photo recovery. Photo recovery is exactly similar to any other file recovery process, although generally speaking digital image files are a little easier to locate and recover then say, Windows recycle bin files or temp Internet files. An important fact to consider when working on a project for image or photo recovery is that most quality camera manufacturers such as Minolta, Nikon, or Olympus initially store files in a proprietary coding format. For example Minolta files are stored with the extension MRW. Each manufacturer purposely codes their files differently. Usually during the process of downloading picture files from your camera’s internal storage or memory card, these RAW files are converted to a more popular format such as a JPG or JPEG. It is important to note and know which file extension and format your digital camera’s software is using. This will make the process of digital photo recovery far simpler.
Upon loading File Finder onto your desktop or laptop computer, follow the illustrated instructions for photo and image recovery. These will show you how to quickly use File Finder to scan either your computer’s hard drive or your camera’s storage for any deleted files. Once this is complete and File Finder has made available to you a list of files, type the extension of your camera’s RAW file format into the File Finder search box. In under a second the list will be pared down to exactly those image files you are searching for and wish to recover.
