Film camera pictures on a CD—deleted

Film cameras have been with us for years. Even the onset of the digital photography age has not wiped out film cameras. Infact it is safe to say that even today many people, have their childhood photos on print, negatives and film rolls. Some of us have gone ahead and converted those images to digital formats. There are numerous places to get this done. The pictures are saved in JPEG format onto a CD and then one can use them just like any digital photo. The only problem being since it is saved on a CD, the chance of the pictures getting lost or damaged are high. Deleted photos can be recovered.

For example, the pictures you have saved on you CD are inaccessible because your CD is scratched.

A CD can get scratched due to a number of reasons. This makes the CD un-readable by the computer. Your pictures stored on the same are therefore inaccessible.

The CD has been damaged. The data on the CD too would be damaged. There are still several ways to get back your pictures in a digital format.

• If you have a back-up or any other copy of the photos, you can simply burn a new CD, and save them there.

• If the pictures on the CD were your only copy, use the negatives of your film camera to burn a new CD. Take the film to a photo studio. They should be able to get you a copy quickly.

If for some reason you don't have either a back-up copy or the negatives accessible to you, don't lose hope. You may not be able to save all those pictures, but some of them can be saved. You still have two choices to help recover lost photos safely.

• Consult a photo recovery service—they will be able to guide through the steps to ensure your pictures are safe.

• Use a photo recovery software—they scan the CD and recover the pictures from it. Most of the times even the damaged pictures can be recovered. You can then use utility tools to repair the files.