topic SD Card recovery in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

SD Card recovery

wIbz — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 16:12:44 GMT

Hey,
I have an 80D and I formated the card by mistake, I really like the photos that i took and I would like to know if I could recover the photos.
I use a Lexar SDHC 633x/95MB/s 32GB.

Re: SD Card recovery

kvbarkley — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 16:29:10 GMT

See if Lexar has recovery tools. It also depends on how you formatted it. If you did a low-level format, you are probably out of luck.

Re: SD Card recovery

jrhoffman75 — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 17:13:49 GMT

As long as you haven't recorded any new images you should be OK. From my experience even low level formatting doesn't overwrite images.

Re: SD Card recovery

wIbz — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 17:43:12 GMT

Thanks guys, I didnt do a low-level format, so I should be good, I will try to get home ASAP and recover the photos, Thank you once again!

Re: SD Card recovery

Peter — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 10:23:14 GMT

And if you don´t have any luck finding a software, Photorec is free and open source.

Re: SD Card recovery

af15 — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 04:42:25 GMT

Hi Can you tell me how to recovery SD HC low-level formatted card?

i really appreciate if you can tell me how to recovery low level format 🙂

Re: SD Card recovery

BurnUnit — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 15:11:22 GMT

If you've done a low-level format, your files are probably not recoverable.

Re: SD Card recovery

andrii-jsk — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 12:45:31 GMT

Oh **bleep**, that sucks. But don't freak out just yet, there's still a chance you can recover your photos. When you format an SD card, it doesn't immediately wipe out all your data, it just makes it tougher to find.

There are some software options that can help you get your photos back, like Recuva or PhotoRec. Both are free, by the way. If you need a more commercial one, you can try Disk Drill, or R-Studio/DMDE if you need something more tech-savvy. Just download and install one of these programs on your computer and follow the instructions to scan your SD card and recover your photos.

Just keep in mind that whether you can recover your data or not depends on a few things, like how long ago you deleted your stuff, how much new data you've added to the card since then, and the condition of the card itself. So, try to recover your data as soon as possible and don't add any new data to the card.

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