A computer and modern storage devices allow for convenient storage of files, in particular photographs, but, unfortunately, this is not always reliable. And if disaster does happen and you have lost all or some of your photographs, you should not despair, because there is a large selection of programs for photo recovery.

An easy-to-use program aimed specifically at image restoration. Allows you to set the scanning mode (fast and full), search criteria, for example, so that the program searches for photos by date and size, and also has a preview function, which allows you to select which pictures will be exported to your computer. Unfortunately, the free version of the program is purely for demonstration purposes.

Starus Photo Recovery

If you are looking for a simple and convenient program for recovering deleted photos, be sure to pay attention to Starus Photo Recovery - thanks to the simplest interface, you can immediately start setting up the program and searching for photos.

Wondershare Photo Recovery

An excellent simple solution for those who do not want to waste time learning a new interface, but still want to get a high-quality recovery result. Wondershare Photo Recovery is a program that is as easy to use as possible, which, despite its name, is capable of recovering not only photos, but also music and videos. An excellent solution for home use.

Magic Photo Recovery

Another tool for recovering deleted photos, which boasts a simple interface, divided into clear steps, as well as two scanning modes. It is noteworthy that even the fast mode often manages to find the majority of deleted pictures.

Recuva

If all the previously discussed programs are aimed specifically at recovering photos, then such a useful tool as Recuva is suitable for recovering other types of files. An easy-to-use program created by the authors is capable of finding various types of files. It’s also nice that the developers practically did not limit users of the free version, so the program can be fully used without investing money.

MiniTool Power Data Recovery

A universal tool for quickly and efficiently recovering files, including photos. All previously discussed programs are more suitable for home use due to their simple interface. Here the user is greeted with a wider range of settings, which includes restoring data and entire partitions even after reinstalling the operating system, working with CDs and much more.

Easy Drive Data Recovery

Just based on the name of the program, it becomes clear that it is extremely easy to use. Of course, immediately after launching it and selecting a disk, data analysis will immediately start to search for deleted files. At the same time, if some aspects of the program’s operation remain unclear to you, the built-in training material, fully translated into Russian, will help you understand all the details.

RS Photo Recovery

The well-known developer of data recovery software, Recovery Software, has implemented a separate tool for recovering photos from various storage media. RS Photo Recovery does its job efficiently, so you can be sure that all your photos will be successfully restored.

EaseUS Data Recovery

A program designed to recover not only graphics, but also music, documents, videos and other types of files. The Russian-language interface makes it easy to get started with the program by launching one of the two available types of analysis (quick and full). At the same time, if you have any questions while working, the support service will help you answer them; you can contact them directly from the program window.

PhotoRec

And finally, the final photo recovery tool from our review, which becomes especially noteworthy for three reasons: the program is completely free, allows you to recover not only photos, but also other types of files, and does not require installation on your computer. All you need to do is download the archive, unpack it and run the PhotoRec executable file.

Each of the presented programs will allow you to find all deleted photos from your hard drive, flash drive, memory card, CD or other storage device. We are confident that among them you will be able to find exactly the tool that will suit you in all respects.

Taking a digital photograph means recording the millions of pixels that make up the image. And although a digital camera or a modern memory card can easily cope with this data, the resulting photo file can be quite large, which is inconvenient to store, send by mail or post on social networks.

In this regard, back in 1992, the Joint Photographic Experts Group developed and presented a digital image compression standard, which is designed to compress images to the optimal size while maintaining photographic quality. But, with an infinite number of advantages, one of the features of JPEG images is that such files are susceptible to damage, as a result of which we get a “broken” or damaged photograph.

What is image compression

The JPEG format uses a set of algorithms that discard data that has minimal impact on how human vision sees the photo. With its help, information that is repeated in the photo is removed (for example, large volumes of the same color). Data that is rejected is deleted. As a result of this, we get compressed images that have the original size and good photo quality.

How data corruption occurs

Data corruption may be caused by storage devices. This can include the presence of “broken” sectors as a result of wear on the hard drive, scratches on the surface of CD/DVD drives, or even damage to memory cards or USB flash drives. Errors can also be caused by copying files from the computer to the camera (or memory card) and vice versa, or even copying files from folder to folder. Let's not forget to mention viruses or malware, software errors or hardware failures.

As a result of image file compression, even minor damage to the image can have a detrimental effect on it. At the same time, uncompressed images are more resistant to minor damage that does not affect the overall appearance of the image.

Recovery JPEG files using utilities

Restoring a damaged JPEG file is possible until the part of the data that is damaged disappears from the file without a trace. For utilities for recovering damaged JPEG files, the success of the recovery process largely depends on the depth of damage to the image. Some of them can restore images from up to fifty percent damaged structures.

Thus, Hetman File Repair restores damaged digital image files by correcting errors in the internal structure of the image, and provides access to viewing and editing damaged files.

To do this, simply launch the program and double-click on the file that needs to be corrected. Select one of the proposed analysis types and click “Next”.

If the file can be corrected, it will be saved to the user-specified folder.

Recreation JPEG file from source material

Image restoration has a better chance of success than correction. For example, if a scanned image is damaged, it is easier to create a new scanned copy than to correct an already damaged file. Some cameras have the ability to simultaneously save photos in several formats: for example, JPEG and RAW. In this case, simply convert the RAW photo to JPEG.

Therefore, before you panic and turn to third-party utilities to correct the image, remember that you probably still have the original photo somewhere.

Many people nowadays work on computers, including students. They use various tables, photographs, video files and so on. And everyone will agree that losing this or that file is a huge nuisance, because so much effort and time can be invested in it that it is impossible to create a new one.

It's good that it is possible to recover a damaged or lost file. It is in this article that we will talk about how to recover a damaged file. We will look at four types of files: DOC (Word document), XML (Excel document), JPG (image) and MP4 (video file).

Recovering a DOC file

First of all, we will talk about how to restore a damaged Word file, because this is the program most people deal with. There are many cases where students lost their coursework, or even their diplomas, due to such an incident, so to prevent this from happening to you, we will now figure out what needs to be done to restore the DOC file.

The first method of how to recover a damaged DOC file is quite common on the Internet and is the most popular among all users. That is why we will analyze it first, although it does not give a 100% result.

So, initially you need to open the Word program. In the "File" menu, click "Open" - an explorer window will appear. In it you need to find your damaged file that needs to be restored. Select this file and next to the "Open" button, click the down arrow (▼). Select "Open and Restore" from the drop-down menu. If the damage to the file is minor, it will be restored, however, this does not always happen.

Don't know how to recover damaged JPEG, JPG, TIFF, PNG, BMP files? Are your digital photos, taken in good quality, only available in a small “preview” size or are they not opened at all? Are you looking for a program that can fix the internal structure of a file and eliminate the consequences of virus attacks, software and hardware failures?

Recovering damaged files
program:

Starus File Repair 1.1

Conventional file recovery does not always give the desired result. The Starus File Repair utility is designed to fix damaged information inside the file itself. The program supports restoration of the logical structure of digital images in such popular formats as JPG, JPEG, JPE, JFIF, TIFF, TIF, PNG and BMP.

The program's user-friendly interface, designed in the style of Windows Explorer, has a preview function. That is, you will be able to evaluate the quality of recovery of damaged information even before saving the file and registering the program itself. The built-in “File Fix Wizard” will simplify your task and help you quickly find damaged photos and restore them to their original quality.

The Starus File Repair program will not only efficiently fix damaged files, but will also save all photo data, including “Priview” and Exif data.

Recovering damaged files in JPEG format

Starus File Repair restores damaged images in *.JPEG format (*.JPG, *.JPE, *.JFIF). The utility extracts information from the damaged file, corrects the logical structure and writes the data to a new file. The program does not re-compress files, which allows you to restore a JPG file without losing its original quality. Most photographs in JPEG format, in addition to the main image, contain additional smaller ones, as well as Exif data recorded by the camera. The program restores all information of the damaged file.

Fixing damaged files in TIFF format

The program restores damaged raster graphics in Tiff format. Starus File Repair will easily fix errors in multi-page Tiff files that contain many images, in files saved in “Big Endian” (Windows) and “Little Endian” (Macintosh) formats. The utility works with files compressed using LZW, JPEG, PackBit, CCITT 1D 2, Group 3 Fax 3, Group 4 Fax algorithms. The restoration algorithm eliminates the possibility of reducing the quality (“resolution”) of the image.

Recovering damaged files in PNG format

The program fixes damaged raster graphics in *.PNG format, including files compressed with the LZ77 algorithm. By restoring damaged PNG images, the utility preserves the structure and quality of the original file.

Fixing damaged files in BMP format

The utility will easily restore raster images of *.BMP, *.DIB, *.RLE file formats and preserve the size and quality of the original file. The Starus File Repair program implements file extraction from binary file resources.

In-depth algorithm for recovering damaged files

The ability to use a longer, but higher quality and detailed investigation of damage in files, which allows you to save much more information from the desired file and restore even severely damaged data.

Support for Windows operating systems

The program is compatible with all versions of Windows, from Windows 95 to Vista, Windows 7 and 2008 Server.

Recovered deleted files, but they won't open? Does the system report an error when opening a file? Are recovered photos only displayed in small size?

The RS File Repair program supports the recovery of damaged digital images in *.JPEG formats (*.JPG, *.JPE, *.JFIF) and allows you to return damaged photos to their original form. During the recovery process, the program will save the damaged file itself in its original quality, as well as all data contained in the file, including “Priview” and Exif data.

The design of the program is made in the style of Windows Explorer, which makes working with the application convenient, simple and intuitive, and allows you to quickly find damaged files and fix them. The result of the program is immediately visible thanks to the preview function. That is, you will be able to evaluate the quality of recovery of damaged files even before saving the final result of the recovery procedure.

The built-in “File Fix Wizard” will guide you in just a few steps from searching for files to saving the corrected files, helping you quickly select damaged files and restore them.

You can evaluate the performance of the RS File Repair program for free by downloading it on our website. To save the corrected files, the program must be registered.

Program features:

• Fixing files that do not open or open with an error;
• Troubleshooting internal file structure errors;
• Restoring the structure of damaged digital images of any popular formats (JPG, JPEG, JPE, JFIF, TIFF, TIF, PNG);
• Saving photos that are only available in a small size (“preview”) in their original form without losing image quality;
• The ability to quickly search and correct logical errors in the structure of damaged files;
• The ability to use a longer, but higher quality and detailed investigation of damage in the recovered files, allowing you to save much more information from the desired file and restore even severely damaged data;
• Ability to preview the results of repairing damaged files;
• A simple and convenient wizard for working with the program allows you to quickly master the step-by-step algorithm for restoring damaged files and saving the necessary information to the selected media;
• The interface in the style of a standard MS Windows Explorer allows you to view the contents of electronic media in a form familiar to the user, quickly find and restore damaged data.
• Supports popular file systems exFAT / FAT 16 / FAT 32 / NTFS / NTFS 4 / NTFS5, and popular Microsoft Windows operating systems, including XP, 2003, Vista, 2008 Server and Windows 7, 8, 10;