Before you buy any program to recover photos here are a few tips to be aware of. First, do not buy any digital photo recovery tool that does not allow you a trial download. The reason for this is that many photo recovery tools simply do not support all camera types. If you have an expensive Minolta or Olympus camera you must have a program to recover photos that recognizes those camera manufacturers’ file types.
A basic digital photo recovery utility might be able to recognize on your computer’s hard drive popular image file formats such as jpegs and PNGs, but it can very easily skip over files deleted from your high end camera’s memory card. You may have to test out several digital photo recovery programs until you find one that works for you. Then and only then should you make a purchase. Another important feature to look for in a data recovery program is a simple to use interface. Many lower priced file recovery systems only work using command line language. This is far too difficult for the average computer operator.