Best Photo Recovery Software

Recovers Deleted or Lost Photos, Videos & Audio Files

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Stellar Photo Recovery

Stellar Photo Recovery software is the best DIY software to recover media files lost due to deletion, corruption or accidental formatting. It works with all major cameras, drones, PCs, memory cards, USB Flash Drives and more.

  • Recovery From All Action & Drone Cameras - Gopro®, Garmin®, Phantom®
  • Recovers From Inaccessible Drive New!
  • Recovers From Windows Bitlocker Encrypted Drives New!

Key Features

Memory Card Recovery

Undelete your seemingly lost photos and media files from damaged / corrupted / inaccessible memory card, SD Card (Mini, Micro, SDHC and SDXC), memory stick, compact flash, CF card, CFast, smartmedia, multimediacard, XQD memory card, eXtreme (xD)-picture card, Eye-Fi WiFi SD card, P2 card & all other flash cards. The software supports all SD card models of Samsung, SanDisk, ,Transcend, Lexar, Toshiba, Patriot, Kingston, Polaroid, Panasonic, Duracell, Verbatim etc Read more on SD card recovery.

Retrieves Deleted Photos

Stellar Photo Recovery tool recovers photos lost from all types of storage media. The supported photo file formats are Canon (CR2 /CR3/CRW), EPSON (ERF), Fujifilm (RAF), Kodak (K25 /KDC /DCR), Konica Minolta (MRW), Mamiya (MOS), Mamiya (MEF), Nikon (NEF, NRW), Olympus (ORF), Panasonic (Raw), Pentax (PEF), Sony (SR2, ARW, SRF), Sigma (X3F), DNG, DJVU, PGM, Adobe EPS (Mac), Adobe EPS (Windows), TGA, JPEG, TIFF (Motorola and Intel), BMP, GIF, PNG, PSD, INDD, PSP, PCT, JP2 and many more.

Get Back Lost Videos & Audio Files

The supported video file formats by Stellar Photo Recovery are MP4, 3GP, AVI, MPEG, Matroska Video File (MKV), AVCHD Video File (MTS), Divx Encoded Movie File (DIVX), MOI Video File, Video Object File (VOB), OGG,OGM, 3G2, ASX, MTS, AJP, F4V, VID, TOD, HDMOV, MOV, MQV, M4B, M4V, WMV, MXF movies and SVI. Supported Audio file formats are RPS, MP3, AU, WAV, MIDI, OGG, AIFF, RM, WMA, RA, M4P, M4A, ACD, AMR, AT3, CAFF, DSS, IFF, M4R, NRA, and SND files.

Recovers Photos & Videos from Encrypted Drives

Stellar Photo Recovery retrieve your lost videos, photos and audio files from BitLocker encrypted drives, volumes, or partitions. Select the encrypted storage drive in the software, click ‘Scan’ and enter the BitLocker password. The software begins the scan and recovery process from the encrypted HDD, SSD, flash drive, or SD card etc.

Save Scan Information and Resume Recovery

The image recovery software lets you save the directory tree structure generated after a drive/volume scan to a desired location on the disk. The information is saved as a file that can be used to regenerate the tree structure of the found files/folders or to resume recovery at a later stage.

Add your Own File Type for Recovery

If you’re unable to see the file format of the items you wish to recover in the supported file types feature of the software, you can either edit any of the existing file types or add new file headers manually or automatically. This feature makes this product the best photo recovery software available in the market. It gives the application extended flexibility and increases its utility.

Works Smoothly with Media >18TB Storage

Most of the free photo recovery tools available in the market fail to work properly on devices that have large storage capacities. However, the deleted photo recovery software from Stellar helps you to restore recently or permanently deleted photos from media with sizes as huge as 18TB and more.

Preview Scan Results in Different Ways

Preview the found multimedia files in three different ways - File Type, Tree View, and Deleted List. Sorted and easy-to-view scan results help in quickly identifying the relevant photos, videos, and audio files for recovery. File Type groups according to photos, videos and audio. Tree View allows you to navigate to the media file location.

Create Image of Selected Media & Recover

With time and continuous usage, internal and external drives/storage media develop bad sectors. This kind of damage often makes data stored on the device inaccessible. With Stellar photo recovery software, you can create a sector-by-sector image of the entire or a selected range of media. This image can then be used to recover data by using the software.

Supports Unicode File Recovery

The picture recovery software from Stellar stands out from other free deleted photo recovery software in many aspects. In addition to recovery from different types of media and different file formats, the new version of the software also supports the recovery of Unicode files

Popular among Photographers, Designers, Videographers, and Illustrators

The software has emerged as the most loved tool among photographers and videographers, as it supports the recovery of RAW files from any make/model of digital camera. It is also popular among users of Adobe®, Lightroom®, Photoshop®, and other photo editing tools as it supports the recovery of graphics, logos, drawings, and illustrations, during post-processing photo or video loss.

Advanced Edition with Recovery & Repair Functionalities

The picture recovery software also comes in Professional and Premium editions. The Professional version is a complete photo restoration tool that not only restores deleted photos and videos but also repairs damaged pictures. The Premium Edition also repairs unlimited corrupt, damaged, or distorted videos and photos from any device. It is a great utility for photographers, videographers, and video agencies engaged in video shooting, filming, editing, etc.

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Price

Price Comparison of Different Editions Available

Standard

Recover your memories which are stored in Photo or Video Formats

$49.99 $59.99
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  • Recovers Photo, Video & Music Files
  • Supports All Storage Media
  • Supports All Major Cameras
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Professional

One Tool having two different capabilities of Photo Recovery & Repair

$59.99 $69.99
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  • Recovers Photo, Video & Music Files
  • Supports All Storage Media
  • Supports All Major Cameras
  • Repairs Corrupt Photo
  • Extracts Thumbnail

Premium

Advance Tool to Recover Photo along with Repair features for Video & Photo

$69.99 $149.99
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  • Recovers Photo, Video & Music Files
  • Supports All Storage Media
  • Supports All Major Cameras
  • Repairs Corrupt Photo
  • Extracts Thumbnail
  • Repair Corrupt Videos
  • Repair Multiple Videos in one go
  • Supports Multiple Formats
Awards & Reviews

We have been recognised and awarded by experts

Digital Photography School

Stellar Photo Recovery is a fantastic option for photographers and videographers looking to recover files. It’s simple to use, its performance is impeccable, and I can’t recommend it enough.

Peta Pixel

Stellar Photo Recovery is free to download, easy to install, and is a great option for people who truly went all-in on their photography, who have RAW images to process, or even took a lot of high-quality videos that they treasure.

ePHOTOzine

Stellar Photo Recovery Software is something we don't want to have to use but when we need to, it's brilliant - Highly Recommended.

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Software Specifications

About Product

Version 11.8.0.2
Release Date November, 2023
License Single User
Edition Standard, Professional, Premium, & Technician
Language SupportedEnglish, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, Español, Japanese, Korean, Português Brasileiro, Dutch, Hindi
System Requirements

Processor: Intel compatible (x86, x64)
Operating System Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7
Memory: 4 GB minimum (8 GB recommended)
Hard Disk:250 MB for installation files
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FAQ

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Please follow the below procedure:

  • Open Stellar Photo Recovery, Click on Start scan.
  • Choose the drive to start scanning.
  • Now, the scanning process will commence. After scanning, list of folders indicating each file formats will be displayed in the left pane.
  • Click each folder to view files in it. For file preview, just click on any file (or use up & down keys).
  • You can either recover all or selected files displayed in the tree generated by clicking on the recover icon

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The issue is because the camera card is not detected by the system as a drive. You need to connect the card through a card reader to the system. Re-launch and you can see the card in the left hand panel of the software.

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Please follow the below procedure to the scan the media (Hard drive, camera card) using the software.

  • Connect the card through the card reader (preferably) or the drive to the system.
  • You can see the card/drive in the left hand panel of the software.
  • Double click on the card (shown in the left hand panel of the software).
  • Select the 'Photo Recovery' Icon.
  • Select the Type of files (that you want to recover) from the list of supportive file.
  • Click on Ok to start the scanning process.

After the completion of the scan you will able to see list of folders indicating each file formats will be displayed in the left pane.

You can now select the files that you would like to recover, Click on recover selected and provide the destination to save the files.

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The latest version of Software now also supports MXF movies.

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At first you should try to find the reasons for SD card corruption and try to manually apply some easy fixes for corrupt SD card recovery. If still your SD card could not be repaired to working order, then we recommend to use our Stellar Photo Recovery Software. It will recover all your photos and videos from a corrupted or damaged SD card.

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It is highly possible that your SD card has got corrupt. There are number of possibilities leading to a SD card corruption/data loss starting from system incompatibilities, mishandling, driver failures or even write-protection. Read our guide to know about the simple solutions for SD card recovery
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The software supports following multimedia file types:


Photo Formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG, TIFF, PSP, PNG, MOS, MEF, DJVU, TGA, PGM, DNG, PSD, INDD, JP2, PCT, PBM Paint Shop Pro Image File (PSP), Picture File (PCT), Adobe EPS (Windows) and more Supported RAW Formats: Nikon(.NEF,.NRW), Kodak(.KDC, .DCS, DRF,.D25), Olympus(.ORF), Panasonic(.RAW, .RW2), Sony(.ARW,.SRF,.SR2), Fuji(.RAF), Sigma(.X3F), Pentax(.PEF), Minolta(.MRW), and Canon(.CRW)


Audio File Format: ACD, AMR, AT3, CAFF, DSS, IFF, AIFF, AU, M4A, M4P, MIDI, MP3, NRA, OGG, RA, RM, RPS,SND, WAV, WMA


Video File Format: 3GP, AJP, ASX, 3G2, AVCHD Video File (MTS), AVI, Divx Encoded Movie File (DIVX), F4V, HDMOV, M4R, Matroska Video File (MKV), MOI Video File, MP4, MPEG, MQV, OGG Media Player (OGM), SVI, TOD, VID, Video Object File (VOB), MXF movies

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Yes, you can recover specific files after successful scanning of your drive/media. First click on your required file type and then click the Recover button to provide destination to save the files.

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To recover photos from a drive having bad sector, first create the image of drive using 'Create Image' feature of the software. Then scan that image to recover your lost photos.

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Follow below steps to recover pictures from image file:

  • Run the Stellar Photo Recovery software.
  • Click on 'Resume Recovery' button available on the main interface of the software.
  • Now select the image file that you want to scan.
  • Click on the 'Continue' button after selecting the image file.
  • Let the software scan your selected image file.
  • After successful scan, software will list all the pictures.
  • Select your required picture and click on 'Recover' button.
  • Save the recovered picture at desired location.

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