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Digital image recovery
Digital image recovery
Summary
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To recover digital images from storage (typically a memory card) you need
to connect the storage to the PC, download, install, and start ZAR photo recovery software, then
follow the step-by-step instructions below.
I recommend you use a card reader device, rather than to connect a digital camera to the computer.
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Note
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I'm currently looking to improve recovery algorithms I use, so if after following the instructions below ZAR does not produce a valid result for you,
if recovered files are broken or look as if the lower half is torn, please file a support request here and I will take a closer look.
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Step 1 - Download, install, and start ZAR photo recovery software
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Download ZAR demo. You do not need a
paid version of ZAR to do photo recovery. This set of functions
is provided free of charge.
When you run it,
ZAR displays the window like the one below:
- Click "Image Recovery (Free)"
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Step 2 - Select a device to recover images from
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- Select the device you need to recover images from. Note:
- Use the device model and its listed capacity to identify your
device.
- If you are using a camera and it is not listed as the device
available for recovery, you need to use a card reader device.
- Click "Next" to start the image recovery.
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Step 3 - Image recovery run
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This part is fully automatic. If you are using the camera to read the
card and all the dots on the map are red, or if the scan is unacceptably
slow (more than several minutes with no progress), discontinue the run,
remove the card from the camera, then restart using a card reader
device. Card readers tend to perform better.
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Step 4 - Select the files to recover
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- Mark photos to recover by clicking their corresponding checkboxes.
To mark all photos at once, just mark the "ROOT" entry.
- Click "Next"
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Step 5 - Copy photos
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- Enter the name of the folder for the recovered photos.
- Click "Start copying" to start retrieval of recovered photos.
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Miscellaneous information
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The tutorial above describes the procedure used to recover photos stored on the
digital camera memory card if
- the images were deleted before copying to the PC
- the card was accidentally formatted
- some camera failure occured and the images are not accessible any longer
Current version (ZAR X) supports digital photo recovery for the following file formats:
GIF, JPEG, TIFF, CRW (Canon RAW data), MOV, AVI movie, WAV, CR2 (Canon CR2 RAW format), ORF (Olympus RAW format)
and most of the digital camera models.
As for Canon .CR2 raw format, the following is known thanks to Jeff of
Jeff Berner Photography
and Art:
ZA Digital Image Recovery recovers Canon .CR2 files as TIFF. To open
recovered files, Jeff used Photoshop CS "Open With" feature, which
allows to specify image format override.
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Learn more
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For more information about the digital photo storage,
for tips on how to prevent the loss of digital images, please visit
Digital photo recovery guide.
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