Step 1 - connect your card, hard drive or other type of storage device to your computer using a USB, Firewire or eSATA connection. We recommend that you always use a card reader for camera card recoveries.

Step 2 - start PhotoRescue and use physical drive to select the device whose size matches the size of the device you want to recover.

Step 3 - at the end of the recovery, PhotoRescue will show you a preview of the recoverable files. If you like what you see, purchase the full version here.

• user guide This guide is in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) file format.updated 10/2005).
• short user guide (USA) Very short - 2 pages - guide (last updated Nov 2003).
• demo movie - a sample recovery by PhotoRescue Expert in physical mode (requires flash).
• updates : PhotoRescue comes with a year of support and updates. You will need both your original order number and the original e-mail address to which the program was delivered.
• support center : additional support information and resources.

PhotoRescue Wizard is a new PhotoRescue version designed for ease of use. While it uses the full PhotoRescue data-recovery engine, it attempts to decide all the recovery parameters by itself. See PhotoRescue Version 3.x site

PhotoRescue Advanced is the ultimate data-recovery solution for digital media. It is a tool intended for the very advanced user. It is able to virtually rebuild fragmented pictures & photos from parts located on different areas of the media - an evaluation version of PhotoRescue Advanced and a tutorial can be found here.