![]() All three options will scan your drive for free, but will only recover between 500MB and 1GB of data before you have to pay. ![]() When I tested these programs, I found 200 photos-a far cry from the 51 found in Recuva’s deep scan-plus a couple of videos, taken so long ago I barely remembered them. If you aren’t finding everything you want to recover, it’s time to try something a bit heftier, like Disk Drill ($89, for Windows and Mac), EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard ($70 per month or $100 per year, for Windows), or Ontrack EasyRecovery ($79 per year, for Windows and Mac). Here’s the thing: the above programs are great first efforts, but they’re free for a reason. To find everything there is to find on your SD card, you’ll have to pay. What to do if you don’t find what you’re looking for Free file recovery programs will only get you so far. The first time you go through, I recommend choosing Pictures on My Media Card or iPod, but you can choose All Files from All Drives if you prefer to catch everything humanly possible-it’ll just take longer. ![]() ![]() Recuva’s Wizard will attempt to make the scan a bit speedier by asking you what you’re looking for. (Just hold Shift while restarting the computer, head to Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Startup Settings, and restart into Safe Mode with Networking.) I also had to plug my SD card in using a USB card reader, rather than my laptop’s built-in SD card slot, though your mileage may vary. If, for some reason, it doesn’t launch, it may be conflicting with a driver on your PC or an antivirus program-this is a somewhat common issue, and I was able to get it to launch by booting into Safe Mode. Install Recuva like you would any other Windows program and start it up. ![]() Recuva is a free tool that can be a little finicky, but it’s a good place to start. Windows: Recover your files with Recuva As long as they have not been overwritten, your files might still be in there. ![]()
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