How to Recover Deleted Files from SD Card

The 21st century has seen a thrust in progressive miniaturization of every electronic device. The development of handheld devices like cell phones, digital camcorders, digital cameras and other such devices necessitated the development of data storage devices that didn't take up much space and provided adequate storage at the same time. In an effort to provide such devices, SD cards were developed. Loss of data due to accidental deletion or other such problems that cause loss of data, need not be an irreversible phenomena in case of SD cards.

About SD Cards

Secure Digital (SD) cards are standard storage devices used today in cell phones, cameras and even portable computers. Though superseded by the high capacity SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) cards, SD cards still remain in use. They provide a maximum storage capacity of 4 GB. If you happen to delete any photos, media files or other data from your SD card, you can easily recover by following instruction presented in the following lines.

Recovering Deleted Files from SD Cards

Almost each one of us faces situations where we mistakenly delete stuff. Thankfully, there is software to recover deleted files. Here is information about recovering deleted files from SD cards on Mac and Windows operating systems.

Recovering Deleted Files From SD Card On a Mac
Everything about a Mac, including the software for recovering deleted files from SD card is unique. Due to the large difference between Windows and Mac operating systems, software programs need to be developed differently for both. The software that you can use for recovering deleted files from SD card on Mac, is 'File Recovery For Mac', developed by Applexsoft. You may download the trial version that is available for free but to use the full program, which also works as a hard drive data recovery software, you will need to buy the program, which is priced at $99.95. The program is a good investment as it can retrieve deleted files from almost any storage device including an Apple iPod, hard drives and USB flash drives. Once you buy and install the program, all you need to do is run the program and specify the destination from which you want to recover data. You will also need to specify a target destination for the recovered files to be copied. With that your job will be done, in a matter of minutes, depending on the size of the data files. If you only need to recover photos stored on the SD card, there is a separate software called 'Photo Recovery for Mac', which you can buy for $49.95. To recover files on the Mac hard drive, you can use the inbuilt 'Time Machine' program on Mac OS X Snow Leopard.

Recovering Deleted Files From SD Card on Windows
For Windows, there is a free software that you can use for recovering deleted files from SD card. It is interestingly named 'DiskDigger' and it works only on Windows. It can recover deleted audio, video and text files from any storage device including memory cards. All you have to do is download the program, install it on your computer and run it to recover your lost data.

All it takes is the installation of the right software which can do the job for you. However, in some cases, the deleted data may indeed be lost forever! This fact underlines the need for data backup, which can prevent the loss of data. It is a good idea to create a backup as soon as you have some new data on your SD card. Of course, you always have software programs like the ones listed above for recovering deleted files from SD cards, if need be!