Rescuing unconverted raw format images

The first thing you must be aware of when attempting photo recovery is that digital photo images are stored in many different formats. The most common of these are JPEG and JPG files. In fact these file types have been in existence for almost 40 years. Almost every data recovery program is capable of recognizing a JPEG file and reconstructing it. However as with any file recovery dilemma one must locate the file on media before it has been overwritten with new data. In the case of digital photo recovery this means we must use a file recovery tool on the digital camera itself or the SD card connected to that camera used for file storage.

A difficulty arises in that these files are not stored as jpegs until they’re downloaded using Twain software onto your computer’s internal hard disk drive. Until that time they are stored using the camera manufacturers file structure format. For this reason Canon file recovery requires a software tool capable of recognizing Canon crw and .cr2 file types.