camera memory cards

Did you know that just deleting pictures with a camera does not remove them? No ? well the data is still there to be recovered if needed via a recovery program. The only way to completely clear them is by formatting.

This tip can be handy if asked by a policeman to remove a picture from a camera for whatever reason. So remove it and show it has been removed, get back home and use a recovery program, something the average bobby doesn't know

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How do you put a recovery program on your camera?
I put a card in my phone but, when I tried to take the photos off it with one of those thingys you use on your laptop that you put the mini card into, it said I had to format it but I would lose the pictures. It's all odd if you ask me!

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Tessa it is not in your camera it is a seperate program one can download. If you use Sandisk they give a code with the memory card

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=me...hrome&ie=UTF-8


Some on here are free others are a buy product

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Ah, will it retrieve photos I deleted from them, is there a code for each or one that you can use for all Sandisks?
Sorry, I'm useless at technology

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I normally stuff my card into a card reader which is connected to the desktop. Is there software I can download to the PC, as I have several dud images which could be reactivated ?

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i have posted a link which should help
Tessa sandisk recover all on the card at the same time I have a disk by sandisk called rescue pro


On example of a program

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You're a star Realspeed thanks!

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let me know how you get on please I would love to know. If your card is full the card overwrites any previous data

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Of course it doesn't remove them. This is general computing knowledge! Hard drives are the same, as were the old style 5¼ inch and 3½ inch floppy drives. Flash drives and SD cards are the same as well. When you delete a file you are effectively just removing the Shortcut.

It's a popular misconception that formatting a drive erases data - it doesn't. All it does is remove the Address Tables. (If a drive was a book you'd just be tearing out the contents page.) I frequently recovered data from drives that were accidentally formatted when I helped out in a computer shop. It takes time but not much actual effort. A friend of mine recommended Spinrite a few years ago and it became an invaluable too for us. Just Google for Data Recovery Software and you'll find that as well as other software, very often for free.

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correct Tachyon
however this I mentioned was the basic easy way for members to understand for memory card recovery not hard drive or anything else