How to Recover Formatted Photos from Canon Camera [2022 Guide]

Scenario: Can photos be recovered after formatting?

Can the photos be recovered after formatting? Many users may have questioned this before when they format the SD card to permanently deleted the photos and need them afterward. Actually, the answer to this question depends. If you format your SD card via quick format, then your photos can be retrieved by using the ways in the next part. However, recovery seems less possible if you delete your photos via full format.

How to recover formatted photos from Canon camera

Here in this part, the ways how to recover formatted photos from Canon camera. Keep reading and take them into practice.

Way 1. Use MyRecover

For how to recover deleted or formatted pictures from Canon camera, here we strongly recommended software that is devoted to recovering data, like MyRecover. With it, you can get back your permanently deleted photos with a few clicks if you used the Quick format. Apart from that, you can also enjoy the following advantages:

• Recover the deleted and lost files from SSD, HDDs, USB flash drives, SD cards, and other storage devices.
• Recover over 200 different types of data, including Word, Excel, PPTX files, Photos, Videos, Audios, Emails, Webpages, and Compressed files.
• Keep the deleted files' original path, filename, and format.
• Perform an automatic Quick Scan and Deep Scan to detect all deleted files and other lost files on your selected partition/disk.
• Apply to broader data loss scenarios: deletion, disk formatting, system crashes, etc. For example, use it to recover formatted files from USB.
• Support NTFS, exFAT, FAT32, and ReFS in Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, and Windows Server.  

Step 1. Connect your SD card to the computer and launch MyRecover on your PC. Hover the mouse over the SD card, then click Scan.

Step 2. You’ll see all the deleted files and other lost files on the SD card after performing Quick Scan and Deep Scan automatically.

Step 3. Check the scanning results and click the “Recover x files” button. Then store these recovered image files in a new location.

Way 2. Take advantage of Windows File Recovery

Step 1. Connect your camera SD card to your PC with the card reader. Click “This PC” > right-click on the source drive (SD card) > “Properties”.

Step 2. After figuring out the file system of your SD card, select a comprehensive mode according to your data loss scenarios.

File system	Scenarios	mode
NTFS	Deleted recently	Regular
NTFS	Deleted for a while	Extensive
NTFS	Formatted disk	Extensive
NTFS	corrupted disk	Extensive
FAT and exFAT	Any	Extensive

Step 3. Select common switches you need with the following form.

Switches	Definition	Supported mode(s)
/n	Filter the scan range: scans for a specific file with its file name/path/type, etc.	All
/y:	Recover specific extension groups.	Signature
/k	Recovers system files.	NTFS Segment​​​​​
/u	Recovers undeleted files, for example, from the Recycle Bin.	NTFS Segment

Step 4. Prepare your command lines, let’s take PNG pictures as an example. Assume the drive letter of your SD card is “C” and the drive letter of your destination dive is “E”.

The adjusted command lines: winfr C: E: /n \Users \Username\Pictures \*.PNG

Step 5. “Get” Windows File Recovery from the Microsoft Store and install it on your PC.

Step 6. After installation, “Open” it and type your prepared command lines in the window. Then hit “Enter”. You’ll get the recovered data in the destination place after the recovery process. If you need to stop the process, press “Ctrl + C”.

Bonus tip: How to avoid data loss of Canon camera

Encountering data loss is undoubtedly painful and miserable. Therefore, what can we do to prevent the data loss of Canon camera? Usually, the photos of a digital camera are stored on an SD card. Therefore, we can do as the following suggestions to achieve the goal:

❥Connect and gently eject your Micro SD card using a card reader.

❥ Avoid exposing your Micro SD card to external forces as much as possible.

❥ Develop the habit of performing regular backups with professional backup software. We'd like to introduce AOMEI Backupper, the best freeware backup tool.

Wrapping up

The methods for recovering formatted images from a Canon camera are listed in this post. You can utilize MyRecover and Windows File Recovery, to help you accomplish the task if you used Quick format to your SD card. Additionally, illustrations are provided for tips on how to avoid data loss. And hope the next time you don't lose any data.