Memories are some unforgettable things that remind us some special or bad moments and keep us connected with our past. Photos play a very important role to refresh our memories and also help us to imagine the future. Nowadays the best way to take a photo is camera that store photo in a digital format. Because of digital storage, we can store hundreds of photos in a single device.

There are several devices that we can use to store photos digitally, some of them are:

• Mobile devices
• Laptops and desktop computer hard disk
• External hard disks
• CD/DVD
• Memory sticks/Pen drives
• Flash memory cards

These devices store data in digital format; however, there may be several reasons by which the data can be corrupt or lost such as hard drive failure, virus effect, accidental delete, etc. Any kind of data loss can delete your photos permanently. Thankfully, there are ways to recover those lost and deleted photos from storage media. Digital Photo storage formats:

When we talk about digital data, it follows several formats to store different types of data. Therefore, there are also many formats available to storage digital data form; however, the choice of format to be used depends upon the file type or size. You have to follow some standard format to save the media files and there are some common and standard formats available that are used, some common formats are. TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)

• PNG (Portable Network Graphics)
• JPEG or JFIF (Joint Photographic Experts Group File Interchange Format)
• GIF (Graphic Interchange Format)
• PDF (Portable Document Format/Adobe Acrobat File)
• PSD (Photoshop Document/Adobe Photoshop Image File)
• The camera’s native RAW file

Data loss: There is more than one reason, which can categories a photos loss
The inability to access photos because of any header file corruption

• Bad sectors of storage media due to damage or corruptions
• Taking out the memory card while the device (camera, mobile, etc.) is in running condition or sending or receiving any photo may lead to data corruption
• Wrong selection file reader can be a reason of error in photo preview
• Overwriting of data structure or accidental deletion of photos
• Corrupted photos due to any damage or abnormal file operation
• Human error also a big cause of data loss such as accidental deletion
• Virus attach can cause operating system bugs or software error which many lead to data loss
• Physical damage or manufacturing defect can also be a reason of major data loss such as overheated hard drive
• Formatting of SD cards regularly in a computer instead of camera or phone may lead corruption on it
• Taking photos from the camera too rapidly so that it cannot write photos properly in memory card can also cause memory card corruption

Tips to prevent from data loss:

Always take regular backup of your important photos in a safe place

• Keep your photos and videos in archive format in a safe place on your computer
• Always format your SD card in its camera or mobile phone rather than computer
• Always update software in your system after updating the backup of your important photos
• Keep scanning your external hard drives or SD cards regularly form a good antivirus
• Establish restoring points in your OS after any changes
• Use a good firewall or anti-virus in your storage electronic devices
• Keep deleting unused file and application regularly and use data defragmentation to manage data in your hard drive sectors properly
• Always safely remove your external storage media files such as SD card, Memory cards, etc.

Data recovery options:

Data loss is a very common issue in this digital world thankfully; we also have solution of it. Whenever we delete or format data from the storage media, it actually does not erase. It continuously existing on the hard drive, even if you delete it form recycle bin. You can recover you deleted file form your storage media easily, just you have to follow some manual or official ways to recover it. Every operation system has its own utility to recovery of deleted file form the hard drive. There are two types of deletion process are available one is soft delete and other is hard delete. Soft deleted photos you can recovery form trans, however, to recover hard deleted media files such as lost, deleted and formatted ones from internal and external hard disks, you have to use some third party tools that are specially designed to recover media files from different storage media by recovery experts. There are many data recovery companies available in the market that has introduced many photo recover software that recover deleted photos, formatted media files, and more. The best benefit of these software is that you do not have to read much about data loss and its recovery steps. You just need to install them in your computer and by just few click you will be able to recover all your deleted, lost and formatted media files. They are safe and secure to install and easy to use, however, always check the compatibility of the software with your system before you choose any photo recovery software for your computer.