iCare Photo Recovery is a Windows utility that scans drives for lost photos and lets users save selected recovered images to another drive. Listed recovery situations include accidental deletion, formatting, RAW or inaccessible drives, virus attacks, power outages, factory resets, partition errors, Windows reinstallation and hard disk crashes. Supported image formats include BMP, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, GIF, RAW, SVG, PSD, AI, WMF and WebP. The listed devices include computers, smartphones with MiniSD cards, memory cards, USB thumb drives and other digital devices. The recovery workflow is to install the software, select a drive, wait for the scan, choose photos and save them elsewhere. Photo recovery is free, though recovering additional file formats such as Office documents may require payment. Listed systems range from Windows XP through Windows 10, as well as Windows Server 2000, 2003, 2008 and 2012. Minimum requirements are a 1 GHz 32-bit or 64-bit CPU, 256 MB of RAM and more than 100 MB of free disk space. Support is available by email.
Who it is for
iCare Photo Recovery suits Windows users trying to recover photos from drives, memory cards or USB thumb drives. It may fit users whose files were lost in one of the listed recovery situations.
What is good
- Photo recovery is free
- Supports a range of image formats, including RAW and WebP
- Lists recovery cases including formatting and partition errors
- Minimum requirements include 256 MB RAM
What to know first
- Available for Windows only
- Additional file formats such as Office documents may cost extra
- No free trial is listed
Verdict
iCare Photo Recovery focuses on scanning for and saving lost photos, with a broad list of image formats and recovery situations. Photo recovery is free, but other file formats may require payment.
Get started with iCare Photo Recovery
- Open the iCare Photo Recovery website.
- Install the software on a listed Windows system.
- Select the drive to scan.
- Wait for the scan to finish.
- Choose the photos to recover and save them to another drive.
What the free plan stops at
Photo recovery is free. Recovering additional file formats, including Office documents, may require payment.
Questions about iCare Photo Recovery
How much does iCare Photo Recovery cost?
The listed iCare Photo Recovery plan is free. Photo recovery is described as free, while recovery of additional file formats may require payment.
Which Windows versions are listed?
The listed systems are Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, and Windows Server 2000, 2003, 2008, and 2012.
What image formats does it support?
The listed formats include BMP, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, GIF, RAW, SVG, PSD, AI, WMF, and WebP.
Where can recovered photos be saved?
The workflow says to choose photos after scanning and save them to another drive.
How can I contact support?
The company directs users with product problems to [email protected] and describes its tech support as available 7*24.
iCare Photo Recovery plans and pricing
All plansCompared on SD card recovery software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Supported platforms
- windows
