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Recovering Pictures from a Bad Memory Card

Although I've never lost images on a memory card (knock on wood!), if you read some of the photo discussion boards, it can be a common occurrence. And it always seems to happen with the most important pictures!

File Recovery software written especially for memory cards can often retrieve some or all of the lost images. Most will let you download the software on a trial basis, and show you small pictures. Only then do you have to fork over the cash to buy the full product to retrieve your images. Depending on the value you put on the pictures, the low cost of the recovery software can more than pay for the images.

Be sure to check out this comprehensive list of Digital Image Recovery Software at UltimateSLR.com.

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Photo Rescue

PhotoRescue will undelete, unerase and recover pictures, images and lost files, on corrupted, erased or damaged compactflash, smartmedia, memory sticks, mmd, XD, multimedia or secure digital memory cards when other solutions fail.

DataRescue guarantees PhotoRescue's data recovery performance: once the free demo previews your photographs, they will be recovered or you get your money back!

Lexar Image Rescue Software

Images that you once thought were gone forever can now be recovered! If your have you ever accidentally deleted an image or had your camera batteries fail while saving your pictures, then you know how devastating it can be to lose your files. Image Rescue can recover image files from Lexar Media USB-Enabled CompactFlash memory cards, giving you added peace of mind knowing your memories are not lost.

Image Recall

ImageRecall is an easy to use, fast and universal image recovery software package designed for amateur and professional digital camera users alike. It can be used to recover lost or erased images from all types of digital film cards including CompactFlash, Smartmedia, MMC, SD, XD, MemoryStick and Microdrive, from ANY manufacturer. All you need is a computer with a card reader or USB enabled digital camera that gives a logical drive. This package can also be used to recover erased images from formatted cards, Jazz, Zip, hard and floppy disks and does not require any expert knowledge.

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