Summary: In this article, you will learn how to recover deleted/lost photos/pictures from XD card on Mac and Windows with the XD card Photo Recovery.
XD card is a common storage medium to save photos and other files. Thanks to the small size and large capacity, XD card is widely used in digital cameras to store high quality images. But like other storage devices, data loss happens often on XD card as well.
“Hi, I lost some photos on my XD card, which are shot with my Canon digital camera. Is it possible to recover deleted photos from XD card?”
You may also encounter such problems before. Luckily, it is easy to recover lost photos now. With the help of Photo Recovery, you can restore photos from the XD card as long as the photos are not overwritten by new files. As is known to us, files that are deleted are not gone immediately from your XD card, so, if you did not add new files to the XD card after your photos are deleted, you get a chance to recover the lost photos. But you need a Photo Recovery to perform the recovery.
Photo Recovery is a specially made program to restore lost photos as well as videos, audio files from various memory cards such as XD card, CF card, SD card, etc. and other storage devices including SSD, HDD, USB drive and more. The guide below will show you how to restore deleted pictures from XD card.
How to Recover Deleted Photos from XD Card
Photo Recovery is a workable and practical XD card recovery, with it, you can easily and smoothly recover lost pictures from XD card. Now, download the trial version and follow the steps below to see how.
Step 1. Connect your XD card to the software
Firstly, connect your XD card to your computer with a cad reader, and then start the XD card recovery on your computer. In the home menu, select a recovery mode and click Start to move on.
Tip: you are not recommended to connect your device to the software directly for safety’s sake; you’d better remove the XD card and connect it to your computer.
Step 2. Scan the XD card
Soon, the software will detect you XD card, and show it as a drive letter. Select it to scan. The scan time depends on how many files need to scan and the recovery mode you selected.
Step 3. Preview and recover lost photos from XD card
Finally, after the scanning is over, all files found on your card will be listed in the left side. Go to the photo folder to check the pictures scanned. You can preview them to check the image quality. Mark the photos you need and click Recover button to save the photos to your computer.
Note: You are recommended to save the recovered photos to your computer rather than saving them to your XD card in case of erasing more “Already deleted data” permanently.
About XD card
XD card, short for xD-Picture card, is an ultra-compact removable memory card developed by Olympus and Fujifilm. Thanks to its small physical size, large storage capacity, and high transfer speed, XD card has been widely used for digital cameras to store high resolution images.