RAW images are those which are unprocessed from the image sensor. Normally, different camera brands have different formats for saving RAW images and Canon camera saves it RAW images in CRW (canon RAW format) and CR2 (Canon Raw Format version 2.0 ) file format. However like other image formats, even your CR2 and CRW RAW images would get deleted or lost from your Canon digital camera. It is quite normal to panic at that time if you do not know about recovering deleted or lost photos. Know that even though your images have been lost or deleted there is an easy availability of an amazing software to help you step by step recover your photos.
How to recover Canon photo Files?
Even when you have deleted or lost your Canon RAW images, they are not gone permanently. With the help of recovery software, you can easily recover lost or deleted Canon images files like CRW and CR2. In this regard, Remo Photo Recovery tool comes as a handy solution to restore Canon RAW images in an easy way. It’s signature search mechanism helps easily identify and recover deleted or lost Canon RAW photos like CR2 and CRW files in couple of minutes.
Causes for the loss/deletion of CR2 & CRW image files
- Accidental Deletion: Accidentally format of the camera card containing your RAW images
- Physical issues: Removing the memory card from the Canon camera while transferring the files
- Technical issues: Camera card corruption due to virus attack or taking pictures when the camera battery percentage is very low
How can I Recover Deleted/ Loss of CR2 File
Damaged Canon CR2 file error is unpredictable and it will happen when it is least expected. There are a number of possibilities when it comes to repairing damaged CR2 files. Which is explained in the below section.
Method 1: Recover lost CR2 File Using a Hex Editor
Hex-Editor is a manual solution that you could use to open or repair CR2 files. This is a special type of editor that opens any file type. The good thing about Hex-Editor is that it displays the contents of the file byte by byte. When you open any type of file, the contents of the file will be interpreted by the program. A large amount of information will be revealed. The result of this very useful feature is very useful when information is needed about CR2 files, even if they are damaged. After identifying the exact cause of the damage using a hex editor, repairing the same becomes easy as well.
Method 2: Run CHKDSK to repair corrupted CR2 Files/Corrupted
With chkdsk, you can easily recover deleted/damaged CR2 files by following the simple steps.
Step 1: Type CMD in the search bar. ( Right-click on CMD.exe and select Run as Administrator)
Step 2: Type chkdsk X: /r command and press Enter.
Note: replace X with the letter assigned to your SD card.
Step 3: Wait for CHKDSK to finish.
Step 4: After the process is complete, reboot the computer.
If the above methods don’t work you need to use data recovery software to recover deleted or damaged CR2 files.
Method 3: Recover Deleted & Lost CR2 CRW Image files From Canon Camera using Remo Recover
Whatever may be the reason for losing Cannon RAW images, Remo Recover software quickly recovers all those photos in a matter of minutes. In addition to recovering RAW images, it can also recover other media files like audio, video, etc. It supports Canon image recovery form all models of canon cameras like Canon Powershot compact camera, Canon Vixia camcorders and Canon EOS DSLR series.
Steps To Recover CR2 & CRW Image Files From Canon Camera
Step 1: Launch the Remo Photo Recovery Tool on your computer and select Recover Photos to recover your photos from the canon camera.
Step 2: Select the drive from which you want to recover photos and click on Scan.
Step 3: After completion of the scanning process the tool will display the recovered photos in File Type View and Data View.
Step 4: The software now allows you to preview the recovered image files with its Preview option. The Save Recovery Session option allows you to save the scanned information.
Note: You can use the Save option to resume the saving process at any time without re-scanning the required drive again.
Even if the Canon camera card is formatted or the card is inaccessible due to corruption problems, this digicam photo recovery software comes in handy to guide you to recover all lost multimedia files in an easy way. All recovered files can be viewed using “File type view” and “Data view” as per your need. Even when your camera cards are RAW, the software lets you recover files from canon CF card, XD card, SD card, MMC card, SDHC card and many more.
RAW Image Format Supported:This Media File Recovery software recovers RAW images like ARW, SR2, ORF, MRW, 3FR, RAW, X3F, PEF, DNG, RAF, KDC, K25 and DCR etc.
Camera brands supported:This application is compatible to even recover photos from canon camera, Sony camera, Nikon, Olympus, Kodak, Panasonic, and Fujifilm etc.
Operating systems supported: All versions of Windows and Mac OS X including Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP, Server 2003 & 2008, 2000, and macOS Hugh Sierra, Sierra, El Capitan, Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion, etc.
What else can Remo Recover software do?
Not just cr2 and CRW files, the tool can even recover jpeg files from formatted hard drive, partition, pen drive etc. You can also make use of this tool to restore data from RAW partitions or deleted partitions. After recovery you can easily locate the recovered file based on file name, type or on the basis of other file attributes using ‘Find Tool’.
Also, the tool lets you recover data from memory card, external hard drive, pen drive, etc. However, the entire recovery process requires few minutes. Just use demo version of this software first and Preview the result. Then you can get the license version and save the recovered images. For any sort of assistance related to recovery process, you can get in touch with customer support team available round the clock.
