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Anonymous Posted on Feb 19, 2013

I accidentally deleted all the pictures from my DICM folder

I clicked move to trash on the DICM folder, now my camera says that there are no images, i deleted every single picture on my camera, can i get them back?

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What have you done to this camera memory card since the deletion?
If you have not written anything new on this camera memory card, don't worry, without data backups, you still can get all your DICM folder photos back with memory card data recovery software:
http://blog4mark.blogspot.com/2012/12/photo-recovery-after-delete.html
Simply plunge this camera to computer and download this software to see whether all these deleted photos could be restored.
Note: In the future, in case of similar data loss problems, always double check camera card data before deletion and also prepare camera card data backups well.
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Try different software
Go to download.com and search for free or paid photo recover software

here is one link http://download.cnet.com/Deleted-Pictures-Recovery-Pro/3000-2094_4-75941439.html

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If you haven't done anything to the memory card since you deleted the pictures then you have a good chance to recover at least some of your pictures. Do a Google search for "data recovery software" and select a program for your computer and operating system. Put the card into a card reader attached to your computer and run the program.

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Photos can be successfully retrieved from a memory card - however there is a catch. When you delete a photo, you really just tell the camera/computer to act like it isn't there. The actual bits in memory aren't changed to delete it (there is software you can get to actually delete them, but its usually completely unnecessary).
To get back your lost picture files try to use flash file recovery software. http://www.panterasoft.com/file-recovery/index.html

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