Recover Files from Olympus Camera

How to Recover Photos, Videos from Olympus Camera for Windows and Mac

Aug. 23, 2013 5:54 pm / Posted by Bobby Hills to Camera Tips
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Lost photos and videos from your Olympus camera or camcorder is not a pleasant experience for sure, let alone recovering them. Here we provide a solution to recovering lost photos, videos from Olympus camera. Whether you are using the rugged Olympus camera like Olympus TG-2 iHS, or the classic look Olympus OM-D E-M5, we got it all covered. Or it is the memory card you concerned about, be it xD-Picture card, SD/SDHC card, microSD card, of the capacity of 2G, 4G, 8G,16G or even 32G, the method applies. So read on.

Both digital point and shoot Olympus camera and SLR camera need external storage cards to store those pictures and videos we took. So whether the deletion of pictures or videos was on the camera or on PC, it is the card we want to recover files from. When some files were deleted from any kind of memory card, like Olympus xD card, the files were not removed, or erased from the card, they were just been hidden, from to be seen or used. So there is the loophole we can use. With a little bit of help, there are pretty good chances that the pictures and videos can be retrieved.

Before we start, please stop using the card which you have deleted photos or videos from immediately, for the newly added data might overwrite the space of your files, thus comprise the possibility of complete recovery your files. Then we need to utilize a piece of software called Card Data Recovery, a very powerful tool that will recover your photos and videos easily and securely. Plus, it's very easy to use, just connect the card, run the software, after a few clicks, the photos will be back! So follow the guide below to recover deleted photos and videos from Olympus camera.

Part 1: Recover Photos, Videos from Olympus Camera on Windows

The program actually offers two versions of Windows and Mac, so choose the one that fits you. For Windows users, to download Card Data Recovery:

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Free Download Card Data Recovery:

• 1. Connect your card to your PC and launch the software. Then click "Start", or "Step 1" to select the card as the target device on the left side column.

  

• 2. Then choose a recovery mode: Standard Mode or Advanced Mode. If you know exactly what formats of files you lost, choose Advanced Mode, otherwise, go with Standard Mode. And click "Scan".
• 3. After the scanning is done, you could preview the lost photos and choose which to be recovered, and click "Recover".
• 4. Then select a path to save the files, please do not save the recovered files straightly to the same partition where you lost them. And click "OK" to end the recovery.

Then you should be able to see the recovered photos and videos. For Mac users, please go Card Data Recovery for Mac.

Part 2: Recover Photos, Videos from Olympus Camera on Mac OS X

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Free Download Card Data Recovery for Mac:

• 1. Connect your card and run the software, then choose a recovery mode. Quick Recovery can recover files deleted by "Command + Delete" or emptied from Trash, while Deep Recovery could find and recover the files that can't be found by Quick Recovery.
• 2. Then select the target device you wish to recover files from, which means your card in this case, and click "Scan".
• 3. After scanning, all your recoverable files will be listed. Highlight the file to preview, and click "Recover" to recover the files.

  

• 4. Then select a path to save your recovered files. Please don't save them to the partition where you deleted them.

That should recover the deleted photos and videos from your Olympus camera or xD card. If you have any problems during the usage of memory card for Olympus camera, there are a few tips for troubleshooting camera memory card problems on its official site, check Ask Olympus.

Or, you have another brand-name camera, like Canon Powershot, please check Recover Files from Canon Powershot.

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