Recover those lost photos

Picture this, you’ve just married your long-term girlfriend; traveled to somewhere beautiful to celebrate your honeymoon, and took, as any couple would normally do, loads of photos to remember the special occasion. Now imagine that all of those photos that you had taken whilst you were on your honeymoon were lost because of a faulty memory card, corrupted storage, or some other storage device related issue. This could be devastating – heart breaking in fact, but it needn’t necessarily be. There’s a solution: photo recovery software. This type of software has the power to recover all of those photos that may have been lost. It has the power to put a smile back on your face. The very best photo recovery software can scan a multitude of storage devices and recover lost photos in so doing. Normally it can take around 15-20 minutes to search an entire 8GB drive. When the search has finished you’ll be able to preview those images that the software was able to find. However, If truth be pedantically told, the retrieval process may not always be 100% efficacious. Having said that, most competent photo recovery software can and should be able to retrieve most, if not all, of your lost photos.

Identifying good software

If you’re on the market for this kind of retrieval tool, do bear in mind that not all photo retrieval software is the same. Some are great; some are not so great. The better ones can offer quicker drive scanning, then again, quicker may not always mean better. Sounds confusing? It isn’t really, good software, the type you should be on the look out for, will contain key features like a file-filter which will enable you to search for specific files types, a feature that can save a lot of time; CPU friendly operation, and above all, an easy-to-use interface. Indeed, as you’d expect with any good software, the user interface and on-screen options should be clear and logical so as to make sure that the photo recovery process is a straightforward one. Moreover, most photo retrieval tools use a simple step by step wizard to guide you through the retrieval process. The best applications will have readily available tutorials to help you get the best out of your application.

Recovery limitations

Given that not all photo retrieval software is equal, it’s important to establish which is the best type for you. Some applications can only recover a small number of file types whilst other applications may be able to recover virtually every kind of image file type one can imagine. With this in mind, please do make an extra effort to make sure that you purchase software that will enable you to recover the image file types you need so as to avoid ending up with a tool that isn’t able to recover the types that you’re after. So, with all that in mind, you’ll be well on your way to getting back all those lost photos!