Step-by-Step Guide for Recovering Deleted TIFF File

Q:I'm trying to download my TIFF File from my SD card to my computer, but theres something wrong cause the computer doesn't seem to read the SD card. I have tried conecting the camera directly, or with a card adapter and nothing. But I can see my pictures if the card is in the camera. How can I recover the TIFF File from SD card?

A:Do not put any new data on the SD card to avoid data overwriting.
if these photos are really important for you, try professional photo recovery software. Recommended one is Wondershare Photo Recovery.
It helped me get all my deleted TIFF File with nice quality.

Graphics container that can store both raster and vector images; may contain high-quality graphics that support color depths from 1 to 24-bit; supports both lossy and lossless compression; also supports multiple layers and pages.

TIFF files were designed to be a standard image format for saving high-quality color images on multiple computer platforms; they are most often seen with the .TIF extension.

Wondershare Photo Recovery can be not cheap because technicians may need to disassemble your hard drive to fix the problem. Hard drive data recovery is usually done in a 'clean room' as hard drives are sealed to avoid errors caused by dust or other particles. Also hard drives are finely tuned machinery and it takes specialist equipment to read the platters from a physically damaged drive. So you can use Wondershare Photo Recovery to recover deleted TIFF file.

Accidental deleting

» "Shift + Del" without backup

» "Delete All" when deleting not-so-good photos

» Delete pictures instead of saving by accidentally pressing wrong button

» Emptying Recycle Bin without backup

Formatting

» "Media/Drive is not formatted would you like to format now?"

Virus infection/attack

Unexpected power off

Other reasons

» Factory setting of device
» Losing photos during transferring photos from storage device to PC/laptop
» Pulling out card while the camera is on
» Turning off the camera during a write process

When you delete TIFF photos from hard disk or memory card, the photo itself isn't deleted, just the index entry that says where the data for those files is located. The space containing the deleted photos is also now marked as free space so it is available to the system for any new files to be written there instead. So it is very, very important to not take any more pictures to hard disk or memory card from which you want to get back deleted photos.

You can recover deleted TIFF photos from hard disk or memory card on your own with a good photo recovery software. Quick Internet searches will give you a tremendous number of programs that advertise lost photo recovery, and most of them cost between $25 - $40. And I'm using a program called Wondershare Photo Recovery that does the very same job but just cost me $29.95. Now I will tell you how to get back deleted photos from Hard Disk by Photo Recovery:

Here are a few precautions you need to follow which are essential if you want to recover deleted photos from Hard Disk.

1. Remove TIFF Files on the Hard Disk and put then in a safe place so that you won’t accidentally overwrite your deleted TIFF Files.

2. Don't save any files to Hard Disk

If you do save new images to the Hard Disk, then chances are the deleted files will be overwritten by the new images rendering deleted TIFF Files unrecoverable.

Wondershare Photo Recovery is reliable photo recovery software to easily perform photo recovery and Flashmemory card recovery with nice quality. It is also non-destructive media recovery software which helps you retrieve video, restore audio, and recover music from all storage devices. No matter your photos or multimedia files have been deleted accidently, memory cards have been formatted. Key High Quality and Security - High fidelity and no compression on your photos. No any further damage or overwriting to your data. Deep Scan- Recover photos that cannot be recovered even found by other recovery tools to get overall quality and deep recovery with intelligence.

After the installation, lauch this photo recovery tool. The main panel shows like this:

The Photo Recovery start to scan your disk including your PC hard disk and your Flashmemory card. This step may take some time depending on the size of disk space. You don't need to wait until scanning is finished and you can click "Next" to finish scanning.

Here you can preview the available and recoverable photos you want to recover like below.

After you select path or enter a directory for recovered photos, you can click "Next" button to recover the photos from Hard Disk.

For better running Photo Recovery and get higher recovery quality, please check your computer system at first.