Software recovers deleted photos

Without a doubt digital photography has made it easier than ever to capture life's precious moments, but it's also made it easier to lose them, too. That's why it makes good sense to have some kind of the photo recovery software on hand for those occasions when the unspeakable occurs. One such program is Easy Digital Photo Recovery ($29.95) made for Windows by MunSoft. According to the company, which released a new version of the program this week containing some minor tweaks--the Windows Recycle Bin database is now supported and scanning of NTFS disks is now faster and more liable--the application uses a unique algorithm that is specifically optimized for photo recovery. Here are some of the features of the program.

• It will recover a number of file types including JPEG, TIFF, CR2, NEF, SR2, ARW, ORF, RAF, MRW, ERF, 3FR, DCR, MEF, PEF, DNG, X3F, BMP, GIF and others.
• It will filter recovered information by filename, date, size and recovery status.
• It will recover photos even if the media has been formatted.
• It supports NTFS, FAT32 and FAT16 file systems.
• It also supports IDE, ATA and SCSI hard drives.

In addition to photo recovery software, MunSoft also makes more general recovery programs such as Easy File Undelete ($49.95) and Easy Drive Data Recovery ($69.95).