

Instead, only the file index is deleted, fooling the camera or laptop (opens in new tab) into seeing a blank card/drive after a reformat and allowing it to overwrite the 'deleted' data.ĭata recovery software can work its magic as it's able to see past the missing index file to the ghosts of the old files and folders once stored on the memory card or hard drive. When a camera or computer reformats a memory card (opens in new tab) or hard drive (opens in new tab), rarely does it really delete the actual data, and the same goes for when you manually delete a file.


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