retreiving deleted photos from sd memory card

jhe

can anyone advise please. just got back from taking my grandson on hol abroad. he borrowed my camera to take pics of his new friends on our last day there(my mistake for giving camera to a 9 year old) just realised he has deleted probably around at least a 100 pics by mistake.
have been on internet to research if they can be retrieved, a site called stellar phoenix has retreived some but i cancelled the recovery incase i was doing the wrong thing.
can anyone tell me if i have now lost the pics off the sd card that stellar phoenix have retreived without paying them(i dont mind paying but dont want to give my bank details to a company i have never heard of.
would be gratefull if anyone can advise the best way for me to retreive the deleted pics

benjus

The best I've used:

http://www.z-a-recovery.com/digital-image-recovery.htm

Just had a look at the Stellar Phoenix site. I assume you downloaded their software and ran it, but it won't let you access any recovered files until you pay. Is that the case? If so, hopefully their software hasn't modified the card at all and you can use it with the free software I linked to above. If Stella Phoenix has modified the card in some way, they have probably made matters worse.

jhe

i downloaded the software from stellar phoenix, clicked on the retreive process, the deleted pics started showing on screen,but i stopped the process incase i was making a mistake.stellar phoenix wanted name, e mail address and didnt make it clear what the charge was for the pics so i cancelled the process.
thanks for the above info, will have a look at it

leemoss

http://www.piriform.com/recuva
Free too

edit:
Stellar Phoenix are a legit company too

jhe

thanks leemoss and benjus.
thanks for letting me know stellar phoenix are legit, because i stopped the process with them dont think the retreived photos are stored or if they are i cant find them. it doesnt help the fact i not very technical minded lol.
will look up both that are recommended and see which is the easiest to do.

GRM

leemoss wrote: »

http://www.piriform.com/recuva
Free too

Another vote for recuva, excellent program.

jhe

thank you so much. with all of your help and advice i managed to retreive all the photos. thanks again.