Welcome to "Computer" Backup!
We call our site and service "computer backup" but you're still at the right place for internet backup and recovery of your digital photos!
We can point you in the right direction for digital photo recovery software just in case you are not able to view or use some of your digital photo images.
We work with internationally renowned Ontrack Data Recovery. Phil Bridge, MD of Ontrack, points out that "recent research (1)
found that almost 90% of consumers now own a digital camera but around one-third do not back up their photographs.
The danger is that they could lose once-in-a-lifetime memories if anything happens to the memory cards that store their images on."
(1) Symantec survey of 2,227 customers.
Phil goes on to list the 5 most common reasons for digital photo disasters:
- Reformatting:
Users often forget that reformatting a memory card will remove all the files stored on it including protected pictures and print orders. Your digital photos can then only be recovered by experts so Ontrack advises users to think again before you reformat.
- Overwriting:
A common mistake is the accidental overwriting of images held on camera memory cards with new photos. It's easily done warns Ontrack, so check, check and check again that you've successfully transferred your images onto your PC, laptop, CD or DVD before taking new pictures.
- Cracked & damaged media: Packing memory cards into overstuffed suitcases can result in them becoming bent or damaged on the journey home, making them unreadable. Wrapping cards in clothes and placing them in the middle of your case offers some degree of protection in transit and helps ensure the safety of your pictures during your return trip.
- Burnt media: Leaving memory cards in an elevated temperature environment - close to a heat source such as a radiator or oven - will increase the chances of failure. Heat is unlikely to cause damage to the digital photos on the memory card but may stop the card and your digital photos from being recognised in a card reader.
- Holiday injuries: For those of you that opt for a warm holiday abroad instead of a snowy week with the in-laws, digital cameras often get dropped in the sand or splashed with water around the pool, damaging smart media to the extent that digital photos can't be viewed. Only an expert can recover digital photos from smart media damaged in this way, so users should be careful to keep digital cameras in padded and watertight cases to keep them safe.
FREE digital photo backup
Perhaps the best way to get started, to prove the concept at no risk whatsover: we offer you free backup of up to 2Gb of data. Just think how many photos you can protect in that 2Gb capacity! Get the comfort of mind to know that you have backed up your most important digital photographs!
Bear in mind also that if you first resize and compress your photos, you require less storage space. One of the most popular software packages for this is EasyImage, which provides a simple way to resize your digital photos prior to backup (or prior to sending them to friends and family).
Digital photo recovery software
It's fine talking about digital photo backup and how to protect your photos, but sometimes the worst happens, and you need either digital photo recovery software or professional help to recover the data off the storage medium. Well, you're at the right place as we can offer you both!
Just follow this link to get digital photo recovery software, which you can buy online and have available in minutes.
Digital photo scrapbooking
Scrapbook MAX! is the fun and easy way to create great looking digital scrapbooks on your computer. You can combine photos, embellishments, journal text, speech bubbles, music and more. Publish to CD/DVD, video, email, web, print and more. Download the
free trial
version today!
Laptop backup
A survey by our friends at Ontrack Data Recovery (we're one of their authorised partners) of 1400 computer users showed that 58% of respondents were going to use their computer "until it dies on me".
Coupled with the fact that 63 per cent of people back up critical data less than once a month, and 23 per cent never perform backups, the outlook for safe and secure data is not promising! So, while we're talking here about backing up your digital photos, while you're in the mood, why not backup your laptop too? We offer you FREE backup of 2Gb!
Mobile phone backup
In 1 year in Britain 1.3 million phones are stolen and 1.6 million are lost. 400,000 suffer water damage and others get broken in some other way. Is your phone address book backed up? You can do a mobile phone backup free for many models. Why not do it now?
Digital photo recovery software
So what happens if you haven't - yet? - been doing your backups and you have lost some data? Well, don't despair yet, as data is sometimes retrievable. We have a couple of choices for you. You can either get yourself some digital photo recovery software or get professional help from Ontrack Data Recovery: ask for a free quote by clicking on the button below.
