JPEG Photo Recovery

Whether you have lost a JPEG file by accidentally deleting it or the file has been corrupted, there are several programs available online that can help you recover it. The more quickly you attempt to recover a deleted file, the better.

Recover My Photos

• Get Data's Recover My Photos is a program especially well suited to the task of photo recovery. The program can search your hard drive or camera's memory card specifically for file formats associated with photographs, including JPEGs. The interface requires little more than telling the program where the missing photo was located, then selecting the file you want to recover from an automatically generated list.

VirtualLab

• Consider VirtualLab by BinaryBiz if you only need to recover a single picture. You can download a free trial that allows you to recover one megabyte of information. While this program is not made specifically for working with JPEG or image files, it can still recover them and works equally well on flash or SD cards.

PC Inspector File Recovery

• PC Inspector File Recovery, from German software developer Convar, may not be as easy to use as the other programs in this article. It may still be worth a try, however, especially if you are on a budget. This free program works for JPEG files and can be used on removable disks.