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Anonymous Posted on Nov 10, 2010

Is it ever possible to retrieve a movie file that was accidently deleted off of the hard drive of the camera??? Help

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  • Anonymous Nov 10, 2010

    How do you take the hard drive off? And where do you get the recovery software???

  • Anonymous Nov 10, 2010

    Is it ever possible to retrieve a movie file that was accidently deleted off of the hard drive of the camera??? Help

  • Anonymous Nov 10, 2010

    Is it possible to retrieve a movie file that was accidently deleted off of the hard drive of the camera??? Help

  • Anonymous Nov 10, 2010

    If the file is not on a memory card but just the hard drive, should I just scan the whole "G" drive of highlight one of the file folders?

  • Anonymous Nov 10, 2010

    This camera has an internal memory, and there is no memory card in the slot where one can go. Does that affect the way or ability to retrieve deleted data. I found out a small file was saved after the delete was done, does that mean it is now impossible to get the deleted data?

  • Anonymous Nov 10, 2010

    Thanks, I am assuming I should download the Pro version of the software you are recommending???

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Hi,


Thanks for using Fixya.

Download a recovery software from this link.

This software can deep scan your computer and recover your lost files back without requiring extra skills. Here is the steps might be helpful to you.

First of all, do not save any new file to camera's memory card.

Connect your camera to computer. You should see camera shown as a drive letter (like H:) in Windows Explorer. If not, take out memory card, and connect it to computer.

Download recovery software. Install and open asoftech photo recovery, select the memory card, and click 'Start' button.


Good luck and have a nice day.

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  • Anonymous Nov 10, 2010

    There is no hard drive inside a camera...Just like a computer has a hard drive as its memory, small devices like camera has memory card as its memory.

  • Anonymous Nov 10, 2010

    just install the recovery software into your computer. Connect your camera and open that recovery software and browse for the camera (G: drive). If the video clips could be recovered, the software will recover it and if it is not found then there is no other way

  • Anonymous Nov 10, 2010

    Yes download it from the link given in the solution as it would be freely available.

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Hello there,
Yes, it is possible. But you will be required to take off the hard drive and then connect it to your computer. You will then need to use a software like Recuva to retrieve deleted files. Make sure also that you are not going to write anymore data on the hard drive so that recovery would still be possible.
Let me know how that goes.
Goodluck!

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