We hit format, yes. Then all of our photos and videos were gone. How do I recover those photos and videos?

If the pictures were on a memory card and you haven't done anything to the card since formatting it, you should be able to recover at least some of the pictures. Do a Google search for "data recovery software" and select a program suitable for your computer and operating system. Put the card into a card reader attached to your computer and run the program.

The date and time (and a lot more) are stored with every picture in its EXIF metadata. Any photo viewing/editing program should be able to display this data. To print this data, please consult the documentation for whatever program you're using to print your pictures. Depending on the program and printer you may print the date on the image, in the margins, or on the back.

Deleting or formatting won't make the data in memory card erased permanently.

Those deleted data is still stored on the memory card , it's just invisible or inaccessible. So as long as those data are not overwritten by new data, it's highly possible to recover them. And the MOST Effective way is to rely on format recovery program.

Try asoftech data recovery program, which can recover data after deeply scanning the memory card to look for lost data you accidentally deleted or formatted. download it from
http://www.asoftech.com/adr/

Yes, it is.
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Definitely Yes! Hello, rslagala! I recommend you to use this photo recovery software (also recover music and video files); it can help you recover your lost pictures from your memory card:
Photo Recovery for Windows Users
Photo Recovery for Mac Users
Remember not write any thing to the device until you have got your pictures back!
Best wishes!

With the help of technology, yes. There is still a way for you to recover it. Download this software, install to your computer and then follow the instructions on how to recover your files.

By the way, until you have not recovered the files, please make sure that you will not use the card and store more photos on it. This is to help you ensure that you would still get the photos you need on the formatted card.

Here is one of the many softwares you can use for data recovery:

http://www.softwarepatch.com/software/smartrecovery.html

Yes, you can get them back...but ONLY if you have not taken any pictures after you formated the camera. There are programs out there that use data recovery to get your pictures back, but like I said, If you have taken pictures on your camera after you did the format...nothing will work.

Rob

I hit the Format button. Now all of my pictures are gone. Can someone please help!

If there are no images shown when you hit the review button then you may be right. But with some image recovery Software you could be able to recover the images. Most images are totally gone when you format the card but I have recovered some from formatted cards before.

Hope that helps,
Caleb

Yes, and you should try photo recovery software, here are some you may rely on. Both programs can also recover videos and music.

Photo Recovery Software (for Windows)
Mac Photo Recovery Software (for Mac OS X)

Be careful: Before your pictures are recovered, do not attempt to save more files to the camera memory card in case the original files(your pictures) are overwritten.