How to restore deleted photos, videos and media files from Hard Drive

In computer we store important data in a hard drive. Its very important part of a computer. Without hard drive computer is nothing. You can save all your important data on the hard drive for the future reference. Different type of data can be stored on the hard drive like your wedding photographs, birthday pictures, videos and some other document files. What will happen if all of your important photos deleted due to formatting of the hard drive or your hard drive got corrupted?

The main question is that how to get back your important photos, video and other document files from hard drive. Luckily there is a way to recover deleted photos and other media files from the corrupted or formatted hard drive. There are so many photo recovery software available on the internet to recover lost data from corrupted or formatted hard drive.

Features of an Effective photo recovery software

1. Software must support latest OS and work for both Mac as well as Windows
2. The GUI must be user friendly and easy to use
3. Support all the file types for the photos, videos and audio files
4. Prove complete information about the recovery process
5. Cost effective
6. Advanced search option

Follow these steps to recover photos and video files from your hard drive. Its very simple to work with a photo recovery software.

Step 1. Download the demo version of the software from the websites and then run it on your system for the installation.

Step2. After complete installation of the software run it on your computer. Select the drive from where you want to recover the photos, videos and media files. If you want to recover selected files then choose the advanced option of the software. Select the files that you want to recover. Select the volume and run the software.

Step3. The software will take few minutes to scan the whole drive depends upon the capacity of the hard drive. After complete scanning the hard drive software will provide you a preview of the recoverable files. Select your files from the preview and then go for the recovery option.

Step4. In the demo version you are able to see the preview of the lost files that can be recovered. If you found that software is able to recover then go for the purchase option of the software. In this way by following these steps you can easily recover the lost photos, videos and audio files from your hard drive.

Follow these 4 steps to recover all your lost photos, videos and media files from hard drive. Effective recovery software also supports the other devices for the recovery like memory card, SD card, USB drive, external hard drive. The latest photo recovery software supports the various camera brand file types. So choose it according to your device.

Steps to format your memory card for Digital Cameras

Memory card used to store the data(photos, videos, audio). Memory card also known as a flash memory card. Memory card is capable of storing a wide range of data files like audio, video, images, and text documents. Memory cards are commonly used in the electronic devices like digital cameras, mobile photos, laptops, computers and mp3 players.

You need to format the memory card before storing another photos on it. Most people think that deleting all photos from memory card is good. But there is a huge difference between formatting of memory card and deleting all photos from it. You need to format the memory card properly to use it for new storage.

When you are using your memory card on regular basic, erasing all the photos and other media files does not help. You need to format the memory card on regular basic..It takes few minutes in formatting, but it is good for the maintenance of memory card. Its very easy to format a memory card with the help of computer. Here I am explaining few steps to format the memory card:--

1. Transfer all data to your computer/Laptop

Formatting of the memory card will erase everything from the memory card. So before going to format it, save all your important data in the new folder of your computer hard disk. Before starting formatting of the memory card recheck the data whether you have saved it properly or not. Once you have formatted your memory card data will delete forever from the memory card and in this case you have to use a tool to recover the data. Every time when you are trying to format your memory card make a proper backup of all your important data for the future recurrence.

2. Format in the Digital Camera

Every camera have different working procedure for memory card formatting, but all of them follow the same way. Put the memory card in the digital camera and switch it on. Open the main menu of the camera and navigate to the format option. Follow the instruction for the formatting and format it.

When you buy a new memory card always format it before using. In this way your memory card will be synchronized with the digital camera. Follow the same procedure when going to use a memory card from one camera to other.

3. Format by using a Computer/Laptop

If you have a card reader then you can use it for the formatting of memory card with the computer or Laptop. If you have not then buy a good card reader that support your memory card. They are not of high cost and easily available in the market.

Connect the memory card with the computer. Your computer will consider your memory card as an external hard drive. Open "My Computer" and double click on the memory card to check for the surety that this is the right drive you are going to format. Now right click on the drive and choose format from the options. Click on the format. A pop up window will open to check whether you want to format it or not. Click on the format and your memory card will be formatted within minute. Depends upon the size of the memory card. After the complete format your memory card will be empty and you can use it for another photo or video storage in your digital camera.

In this way you can easily format your memory card with the help of your computer or camera. Its very simple process to format a memory card. You have to make sure that you have saved all your important data before formatting.