I accidentally formatted my memory card on my digital camera. Is there any way I can get those pictures back if for example I take it to a professional photo shop?
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You could do that but it's pricey. Make sure you don't write anything new to the memory card. I've used this software (free) numerous time to recover things for relatives with itchy camera fingers. http://www.softwarepatch.com/software/smartrecovery.html
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I learned this lesson the hard way. Whatever you do, DON'T CONTINUE TO TAKE PHOTOS USING THE SAME MEMORY CARD! When fiddling with my digicam during my family's 1st cruise vacation, I inadvertently formatted the memory card. If I had known then what I know now, I would have stopped using the card. But did I do that? NO! I freaked out and started taking more photos, overwrting pics I would have probably been able to recover. I am sick about it, but it will never happen to me again. I hard lesson, but a well-learned one. One thing I can't understand though: Before formatting my memory card, I had taken 130 pics and then I took about 26 after formatting the card. It seems like I should have been able to recover at least SOME of the old pics, but I was not. Losing those pictures caused me to lose a lot of sleep. I tried at least 8 file recovery programs, with no luck. I believe any of them would have worked had I not taken more photos with the same card. Ugh!
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