How to Recover Photos from Sony Memory Card

First things first: In order to enhance the possiblity of recovering files from sony memory cards, you need to stop using the card to snap photos or record videos, and keep it well after the accident occurs. Capturing new photos or videos will overwrite original files. Once they're overwritten, it'll be difficult to perform Sony memory card recovery, even impossible.

• How to recover photos from Sony memory card
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If you've kept your Sony memory card well after the data loss, the second thing you need to do is finding a photo recovery tool to recover photos from Sony memory card as soon as possible. Of course, the quality of the software is pretty important. A reliable and professional recovery program can ensure you a better chance to recover photos from Sony memory card.

Part 1How to recover photos from Sony memory card

Get a trustworthy Sony memory card photo recovery program: Wondershare Data Recovery, or Wondershare Data Recovery for Mac. No matter you deleted, formatted or got the card corrupted due to any reasons, both memory card recovery software can help to recover photos, video and audio files from your Sony memory card in 3 steps.

Download the free trial version of Sony memory card photo recovery software below now. Choose the right version for your system. Next, let's try the Windows version together.

To get started, connect your Sony memory card to the computer with a card reader and confirm it can be detected and appear as a drive letter. Launch the program to start Sony memory card recovery.

Step 1. Select the file type

To recover photos from Sony memory card, you can go to select "Photo" option to start.

Step 2. Scan lost photos on your Sony memory card

Select your Sony memory card appearing as a drive letter here, and click "Start" to find lost photos on it.

You can go to deep scan if quick scan can't find your deleted photos.

Step 3. Preview and recover pictures on Sony memory card

When the scan finishes, all recoverable files are listed and you can preview photos before recovery. Then mark those you want and click "Recover" to save them all on your computer with one click.

Note: Don't save the recovered data on your original Sony memory card again. Find another place for it like on your computer or other external disk, for safety's sake.