Searching Google for a phrase like “recover photos from memory card” will display a huge amount of software that claims to recover lost images and sadly most of it is shareware. Thankfully, all is not lost and it’s still entirely possible to get some or maybe even all of the images back, although there’s never a 100% guarantee. They’re one of a kind and nearly always something you can’t duplicate. Finding your holiday snaps have been accidentally deleted from the memory card, or pictures of a special occasion ruined because the USB flash drive’s file system has become corrupted can be quite upsetting.
There are few things more frustrating in the world of digital photography than losing photos on which you place a great deal of importance.