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Basic memory card recovery of accidentally deleted or corrupted files is one of the more simple data recovery tasks. The reason for this is that most camera memory cards are relatively small in size. In this case relatively refers to a comparison of memory card size at an average of eight GB to your computer’s internal hard drive average of well over 250 GB. As time required for scanning is essential factor in all data recovery one can see why the time needed to recover memory card files is fairly inconsequential.

What is important however when attempting to recover lost image files stored on a camera memory card is the ability of the digital media recovery program to recognize and recover proprietary file types. Many camera makers choose to initially store their photos on the memory card using unique to them only file types and extensions. These files known as RAW files are only recognizable by the better grade digital media recovery tools.