JpegDigger

Of the many types of files you can lose by accident or due to corruption, JPEG images are some of the most important, as they are usually irreplaceable. Memory cards are the usual offenders, but hard drives can also become corrupted, causing you to lose important memories forever.

JpegDigger was created to provide you with a fail-safe in this scenario. It is a relatively simple program capable of scanning your drives for images that are not accessible, for various reasons, but can still be recovered. It usually does the job if you act quickly, and it is very easy to use.

The application is a "carver" recovery tool, which means that it scans the file system for certain characteristics that indicate the existence of a JPEG file, instead of searching for items that are marked as deleted. This method's main advantage is that it usually does a better job of recovering data from corrupted file systems.

As in any other recovery scenario, you should use the program as soon as possible after the images have been lost and avoid using the storage device in the meantime. Also, it's preferable to save recovered files on a different drive.

To begin with, you need to select the source drive and define a few parameters that help to filter out files you aren't interested in. To this end, you can set a maximum file size and a minimum resolution.

You can also specify if the application should skip corrupted files, attempt to repair them and employ bitfragment carving of fragmented photos. Images can be previewed during the scan, and you can choose which of them to save once the job is done.

JpegDigger is a great recovery tool if you are dealing with corrupted storage devices. It can salvage files that have been deleted recently, as well as those that are no longer accessible due to corruption, and it features a minimalistic, simple UI.