How to Recover Lost Data from XD Picture Card?

"Some how my camera deleted all my pictures off it. Well, I just took a picture and I went to have a look at it but there was no picture there and it said picture error so I went to have a look at the other pictures and it said the same thing so I turned it off and back on again and then it said no picture available. How do I retrieve deleted pictures from my Olympus XD Card?"

You are not the only person who comes across such problem. Photos on XD card may lose due to accidental deleting, formatting and other unknown reasons causes the card error. Don't panic because it is still possible to recover lost photos from XD card as long as your card is not physically damaged and lost photos are not overwritten.

Then, how to retrieve lost pictures from XD card?

You need to choose a XD card recovery program as your assistant. Save time rather than hanging around on the Internet, you can try iPubsoft Data Recovery or iPubsoft Data Recovery for Mac to recover lost data from XD picture card easily and thoroughly. What you need to do is just connect your XD card to your computer, get the recovery software installed and then perform recovery instantly. Below are the detailed steps:

Windows and Mac trial version are both available:

Step 1: Launch the recovery software and plug your XD card

Install, launch the program on your computer and you'll get the interface as follow. You will see there are 4 recovery modes are provided. You can choose the right mode you need and click "Next". Plug your XD card where you lost photos from into the computer.

Step 2: Scan and find out files you want

This XD card will be displayed on the recovery software. Select your XD card and click the "Scan" button to start scanning for the deleted files. When the scan finishes, all found files will be listed on the interface in categories. You can preview your images before recovery.

Step 3: Begin to recover images from Android phone

Choose the photos you need and click the button of "Recover" to perform XD picture card recovery right away. Done!

There are two points you should pay attention to:
1. Do not save the recovered data on the same XD card again. Just find another place like your computer or other external disk, for safety reasons.
2. Stop using your XD card once you found the pictures were lost in case they were overwritten by new data. Otherwise, the photos will lose permanently and no software can be helpful.