Recover deleted pictures from Picasa and from Computer hard disk

Picasa was introduced by google to give users the freedom to ‘create’ their own memories. People who love editing but are not well versed with the technical aspects of it, can easily use Picasa’s desktop client to edit photos, videos, pictures, and create greeting cards, etc. While using the application has its perks, it also has drawbacks of its own. Often when pictures are deleted from Picasa, they get wiped off the computer system itself. At such times, when one does not have another copy and is in dire need to recover the pictures, you can use a deleted picture recovery software

Most Picasa users, view all their pictures on the application. However, sometimes, by mistake, one may end up deleting pictures from Picasa. These pictures are often not even found in the Recycle Bin of the computer. This only leaves the user puzzled as to how pictures deleted from Picasa, are erased from the entire computer system.

Understanding the way Google Picasa works will help one realize why deleting images from Picasa, erases them from the computer system. Picasa is an application that acts as a photo organizer and editor. It does not store the image files, but simply accesses them when the user wishes to either view or edit the file. To put it simply, it means that any task performed on the file in Picasa, is actually done to the original file. Thus even when you delete the file from Picasa, it is the original file that gets deleted.

In this case, the file gets permanently deleted because the user must have either pressed ‘Shift + DEL’ or emptied the Recycle Bin after deleting the file.

Recovering the photos even after such a loss is not at all difficult. People who have multiple copies of their files would not even be bothered about trying to retrieve the lost photos, however, those who do not have a back-up, can use a deleted picture recovery software. These software work on the principle that even when it has been deleted, it is only marked as deleted by the file system. Until the space used for saving the original picture (now deleted) is re-used (or overwritten), the lost file can be recovered. Thus using third party applications you can easily recover deleted photos

Photo Recovery is a reliable & user friendly deleted picture recovery software that is compatible with both Mac and Windows OS. It is capable of recovering audio, video, and image data belonging to almost any file format (JPEG, GIF, BMP, WAV, MP3, AVI etc.). Its simple and easy-to-use interface makes it convenient for all users to recover deleted photos with ease.

The Hows and Whys behind Memory Card Corruption

A memory card is used as a storage media by cameras, cell phones and other electronic devices. They are portable, compact and safe to store multimedia files. However, most of the times, when these cards get damaged , one is left wondering how and what they did wrong. In most of the card corruption scenarios, the data stored in it becomes inaccessible. The data lost from the card, in case of no backup availability, it can be recovered by using a deleted picture recovery software. However, understanding the exact reason for card corruption helps the user to prevent it.

The error message: ‘Memory Card Corrupt’

The message is followed by complete inaccessibility of all the files stored thereon. One is then forced to format the card in order to make it re-usable. The situation becomes worse when a user does not have a back-up of the data on the card, since after formatting, all the data is wiped off the memory card. All this trouble has just one reason behind it—the memory card corruption.

Why does a Memory Card get corrupt?

The reason behind memory card corruption is generally the interruption of the read-write process. The write process is used by the camera/cell phone to save data onto the card. While the read process is used to view pictures and other files from the card. When the read-write process is broken mid-way, the file system of the card gets damaged.

What leads to incomplete read-write process?

1.Switching off the camera/cell phone while files are being written to the memory card, i.e., right after clicking pictures, videos, etc.

2.Removing the card from a computer, card reader, camera (or any other such device) while data is being transferred or data is open on the device.

3.Performing actions on the content of the card, while the content is open on the computer system.

4.Clicking photos when the camera batteries are almost empty.

5.Shooting photos continuously thus not allowing the camera to finish writing to the card.

A few other reasons for Memory Card Corruption:

1.Incorrect formatting: the card is formatted in the computer and not on the camera, or it is formatted in another camera.

2.Shooting and deleting files rapidly when the card is full. (In this case, some files may also get overwritten).

Once a memory card is corrupt, the only way to make it re-usable, is to format the card. However, opposed to the common belief, that once a card is formatted, all the data stored on it is lost forever, the reality is that the data can be recovered even after formatting. The tool helps users recover deleted photos and other lost multimedia files, by scanning the formatted memory card.

Deleted picture recovery is an effective picture recovery software that can recover deleted pictures from almost all memory cards (MMC, SD, XD, etc.). The software supports recovery of all popular multimedia file formats, such as, GIF, RAW, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, etc. It is compatible with both Windows and Mac OS.

Picture Deletion while editing on PhotoScape

Many of us love editing photos, trying to play around with the color, texture, contrast, brightness etc and there are plenty of softwares available for this purpose. But with softwares like PhotoShop and CorelDraw, one needs to be far more technical than say while using something like Picasa, or PhotoScape. The latter ones being more for beginners than for professionals. The user interface of PhotoScape is far simpler than PhotoShop although the purpose of the two is essentially the same.

On PhotoScape, one can simply edit pictures by resizing them, adding frames, balloons, cropping them, adding text, mosaic etc. All this fun of editing comes with a price. While you can do all this and more using PhotoScape, you need to ensure that you have a copy of the original picture. PhotoScape does not create a copy of the original picture. This means that you are editing and changing the original. So if you don’t have a copy of it, and you save the changes, there is no way you can get back the original. It’s worse when people without realizing this point go on to deleting the picture. Whether you do that by mistake or on purpose, don’t worry, use a Deleted Picture recovery software and recover deleted pictures.

Just imagine if after editing a picture using PhotoScape, say you add balloons to it, you just click save. Then for whatever reason you dislike the picture and decide to delete it. You then try to look for the original picture to try a new editing method, but the picture is nowhere to be found!!

Cause:

This is because PhotoScape, like some other softwares of its kind, is only a tool. This means that it basically accesses the folder in which the picture is and allows you to do whatever you want with the picture. So it basically edits the original picture itself, rather than creating a copy of it and then editing. So when you edited the picture, you replaced the original and the deleted the replaced one. Hence no traces of the picture.

Solution:

The solution to this problem is simple—get back the edited one and then re-edit it to make it like the original.

1.If you just deleted the picture, you should be able to find it in the Recycle Bin/Trash as may be the case.

2.If you pressed “Shift+DEL” then you will need a Picture recovery software for the purpose. The software will scan the hard drive and Recover deleted photos.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is a software with a simple GUI, so even beginners can easily Recover deleted pictures on their own. It supports JPEG, GIF, RAW and a variety of other file types. The software not only recovers pictures but also audio and video files. One can download the trial version first and check the recoverable pictures and then buy the full version and actually recover them.

Recovering data from you Canon EOS 350D after accidental deletion

Digital cameras are extremely popular. Besides saving you the space of keeping loads of albums to store data, they also enable one to do a lot of on-the-spot editing of our photos. These pictures can then be saved onto our computer or any other location. Canon recently launched its new camera EOS 350D, This camera being comparatively new in the market, has people wondering what to do if the photos get deleted accidentally. The EOS 350D is an 8MP camera, which uses RAW and JPEG file formats.

Most photographers are highly exited about their new cameras. Amateurs as well as professionals like to experiment. During this fun process, however, one might by mistake delete photos from the camera. This would make their dream turn into a nightmare-losing all those photos just because you wanted to ‘experience’ the new camera!! In such cases one can turn to Deleted Picture Recovery for help to recover the photos without damaging them.

One instance of this which most photographers come across is when you have just bought your new Canon EOS 350D, you click tons of pictures, then upload these pictures onto your computer, and start editing them. While doing so you accidentally delete your pictures and can not find them in your system after that.

Cause:

1.The most common cause of this problem is pressing “Shift+DEL”.

2.Another cause of this could be resetting the software you were using to edit your pictures. This too could result in permanent loss of your photos.

3.Sometimes while you are editing your pictures if the computer hangs, pictures could get deleted.

Solution:

Since the camera is a new one, one may think there isn’t anything one can do to recover his/her pictures. However using a Deleted Picture Recovery Software can recover all the photos intact. Such softwares are simple and easy to use. Most of them can be downloaded from the Internet. The software runs a ‘deleted picture recovery’ and restores all the deleted pictures.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery v3.2, developed by Stellar Information Systems is one if the softwares one can use to recover deleted pictures and images from Canon Cameras. The software supports Canon camera file formats (CRW and CR2). Since the software has a simple and easy GUI, it is very convenient for home-users enabling them to Recover deleted photos easily.

Stellar Releases Phoenix Photo Recovery v3.2

Stellar Information Systems Limited,07 Oct 09 Gurgaon, the leading providers of advanced data recovery solutions, announces the latest release of its Windows and Mac photo recovery software- Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery v3.2. The new updated version introduces a new and bettered user interface that is more easy and efficient to use. The update includes added preview and recovery support for several new image and video file formats. The free demo version of the software is available for download on Stellar’s website.

“Digital photo loss is common among amateur and professional photographers. Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery v3.2 will prove to be a time-saving and easy-to-implement solution for them.” said Sunil Chandna, Stellar Information Systems CEO. “The advanced version allows recovering lost photos within few mouse clicks. The software now provides highly customizable interface with support for widely-used digital file formats . ”

Updated features of Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery v3.2:

Improved user-interface
Easy-to-use options
Supports new image formats including DNG, SONY ARW, Kodak Intel, RAF Intel and EPSON ERF
Supports more video formats including M4V, 3GP and MPEG

Pricing
Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery v3.2 single-user download edition (Windows and Mac versions) is available at affordable price of $39.

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