I've deleted my photos by accident from my Canon ixux 200 IS - by pressing the format button by mistake- how can i get them back again. Thanks verymuch

I have had success with this... Download the program
http://www.asoftech.com/apr/

You have to use a card reader either on your computer or an external USB card reader. Put the card in the card reader, open the recovery program, then select the drive where files are deleted, then press "Start" and wait for it to do it's magic.

Do not worry. You can get them back if you take care.
Photo Recovery should be tried in your case. Download the free trial verison on your PC, then connect the device where your lost items located to start scanning. The program is also able to recover video and audio files. For Mac users, please go to Photo Recovery for Mac.

Remember - Do NOT try & write anything back untill you can retrieve your files safely! I hope you good luck. Best regards.

1). Stop using this camera in case of any data loss.
2). Plunge this camera to your computer and begin to restore your photos.
3). Apply a camera card photo recovery program to restore all your deleted photos back like this:
http://sd-card-format-recovery.blogspot.com/2013/11/recover-sd-card-after-formatting.html
This tool has offered a special "Photo" recovery mode for you to cope with your lost photo recovery problem.
So, it is worth trying:
http://www.4cardrecovery.com/
4). Save all restored photos on another camera memory card or
Note: Never be so careless again and always back up everything important well.
Note: Never be so careless again and always back up everything important well.

All right! Do not panic! Nowadays, the formatting process doesn't actually erase all your contained data on a memory card or hard drive. The data is still there and only becomes invisible. So, as long as you've not overwritten it with anything new, you do have chances to get it back.
So, insert this digital camera to your computer and download a camera data recovery freeware that can help you easily restore all your lost pictures back for free from this formatted SD card:
http://blog4mark.blogspot.com/2012/12/photo-recovery-after-delete.html

This professional data recovery freeware has helped many people around me restore their inaccessible data off from a phone/camera memory card or hard drive. It could be a good choice for you to go on.
Next time, you should never be so careless and always remember to back up everything important well.

There are varies kinds of methods teach you how to recover deleted files online in this great blog ,pls go http://datarecoveryforalls.blogspot.com/
Camera photo recovery:

To recover accidently deleted photos from the camera ,you can do as follows:
1.Stop using your camera right now
2.Download the Hodo photo recovery online and then install it to your PC
3.Connect your memory card to the PC with a Card Reader
4.Open the photo recovery software and follow the list steps to recover:
http://www.goshareware.com/resource/canon-photo-recovery.html

First of all, you should stop saving any new files to your canon camera (or SD card) or taking new pictures with you camera.

Then find some photo recovery software from this site Best Computer Software, which are able to recover deleted or formatted photos from digital camera, memory card and SD card etc.

Digital Photo Recovery for Windows

Digital Photo Recovery for Mac OS X

Here are the steps:

Step 1: Download and install the Digital Photo Recovery Software.

Step 2: Connect your camera (or SD card, memory card etc) to your PC or Mac.

Step 3: Scan the source drive where your lost pictures located.

Step 4: Recover the lost pictures and save them to another drive instead of the source drive.

Accidently format camera photo?
Don't worry, i have met the same problem before. and i use Card Data Recovery to help them get it back. It can recover photos from formmated memory card, SD card, CF card, etc.

Download and install PC Inspector Smart Recovery.

1. With the memory card inserted, connect your digital camera to your computer. Under "My Computer", note the drive letter assigned to your camera's memory card (usually E: or F:).
2. Start PC Inspector Smart Recover and when it loads, set up your data recovery by:
1. Selecting the drive letter to recover files from.
2. Selecting a folder on your computer where the recovered files are to be saved.
3. Now, click the "Start" button and let PC Inspector Smarty Recovery work its magic.
4. Browse to the folder that you selected for your recovered files and check out the results of the recovery.