There is an old expression that goes something like a worker is only as good as his tools. This is especially true when dealing with problems involving data recovery. While for the most part file recovery is easily accomplished if one has purchased and downloaded a targeted data recovery utility, if one attempts this same task using an obsolete or ill suited suite of software the easiest of data recovery problems becomes unsolvable. In the area of data recovery as in any repair situation one must match the tool to the job. For photo and other image file recovery you will need to purchase a digital media recovery tool. These tools, especially the ones designated as for photo recovery are designed to specifically locate high end camera manufacturer’s original file types. These special files are unique only to each camera manufacturer and can only be located with a program that supports the file type.
Locating a simple file type such as a Microsoft Word document on your computer’s internal hard drive can be a very easy task or extremely difficult. This would depend upon whether you use a powerful enough basic data recovery tool. A low quality low power file recovery tool can take up to a week to completely and thoroughly scan a hard disk drive. A modern and efficient data recovery utility such as those offered by Remo Software can usually accomplish that same task in just minutes.