We have all deleted files from our hard drive that we later realise we wanted to keep. If you're lucky the items can be recovered from the recycle bin.

Delete an item from a memory card, however, and the situation is different. Items aren't sent to the recycle bin first, but simply deleted.

Smart Recovery is a small piece of software that can scan a memory card, looking for deleted files. When it finds them it can save them to a location of your choice.

Designed specifically for digital cameras, Smart Recovery can recover many different types of file and can also check the media for errors.