How to Recover Lost Files from Digital Camcorder Easily

digital camcorder recoveryDigital camcorder records every fantastic moment and bring human great visual enjoyment. But what if you accidentally deleted a couple videos on your camcorder simply by pressing the wrong button? Or format the hard drive or memory card (stick) equipped with the digital cam when connected to a PC to transfer the files? That’s really a disaster if those deleted video files are prepared to be shared urgently. Common people may stay panic about the fault while wise people look for solution to perform Camcorder file recovery. YES, you CAN recover videos from camcorder even they are deleted or device formatted.

Why Camcorder Video File Recovery Is Possible?

Data Recovery is a handy tool to recover VIDEOS (AVI, MP4, SWF, MPG, RM, WMV, MOV, 3GP, ASF, M4V, FLV), photos and music from storage device including digital camcorder (such as Sony Handycam HDR series, JVC GY series, Panasonic HDC series, Canon VIXIA series etc). As a matter of fact when you press delete button or format the device, what you deleted is simply the “surface information” of the files but the real data are still intact there on the hard drive or memory card etc insides the camcorder. As long as the real data are NOT overwritten, it is certainly possible to get the whole lost videos retrieved right with the recovery tool.

How to Recover Deleted Videos from Camcorder – Step by Step

 

Step 1: Free download camcorder video recovery software (DOWNLOAD - FOR WINDOWS USERS or DOWNLOAD - FOR MAC USERS ) and install it on your computer, then connect your camcorder (hard drive or memory card) to the PC. Open the software, you will see the GUI like below.

 

Step 2: Select the drive (highlight it) your camcorder represents. And click 'Start Scan' button. The program will start to scan for the lost video files. Just wait for a little while.

 

Step 3: Preview and recover the found files (videos and photos etc.).

 

You should remember – when you accidentally made the mistake DO NOT take more videos with the camcorder before your deleted videos are recovered. As you may quite possibly decrease chances of camcorder video file recovery. And DO NOT use other software when your lost files are found by the program. All is to make sure the lost videos are NOT OVERWRITTEN.

Note: The tutorial above is only for Windows users! For more details about Camcorder Recovery Software Product and the illustration of How to Restore Deleted or Formatted Videos or Pictures from a Camcorder, please refer to:


Photo Recovery for Windows Users

Photo Recovery for Mac OS X Users