SanDisk memory card recovery facts

SanDisk is the global leader in manufacturing flash memory-based cards. These cards are extensively used in many host devices like digital cameras, gaming devices, netbooks, camcorders, smartphones etc. The reasons behind their popularity are high data storage capacity and increased data transfer speed. Despite such advantages, these cards cannot be deemed as completely reliable and safe. In an event of corruption, they prompt the host device to exhibit strange behavior or throw errors, resulting in grave data loss situations. To compensate data loss from SanDisk SD cards, you can rely on an appropriate backup. However, if no backup is available, you must consider using a memory card recovery software.

Common error messages

As told above, a host device with corrupt SanDisk memory card can throw randomly generated bizarre error messages. Here is a list of some common ones:

• "Memory card not recognized"
• "Memory card error"
• "Memory card full"
• "No images"
• "A media card has been inserted that contains errors. To correct the errors, please use a disk-checking utility on a computer," and others

Regardless of the variant or type (SD, CF or gaming card), a SanDisk card might display any of the above-mentioned or other errors in event of corruption.

Data recovery feasible in all instances

A SanDisk memory card may become corrupt in many instances including interruption in read/write process, file system damage or virus attacks. Luckily, you can recover lost or deleted data - images, audios, videos etc - by using a memory card recovery utility in an easy manner. Apart from corruption scenarios, data can be recovered in scenarios like accidental deletion, unintentional or intentional formatting etc.

Need to select a good tool

The possibilities of successful recovery hinge on how swiftly you act and which recovery tool you select for the recovery task. Immediate action is required because no tool can perform recovery if lost or deleted data gets overwritten. And, selecting a good memory card recovery software gives a boost to the chances of recovery. Therefore, you must do a proper research and analysis before employing a particular tool for memory card recovery.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is a comprehensive utility which recovers lost or deleted photos, and other multimedia files from a variety of memory cards including SanDisk, Lexar, Transcend etc. Available for both Windows and Mac operating systems, this memory card recovery software recovers all audio (MIDI, AIFF, M4A, OGG), video (AVI, MOV, ASF, WMV) and photo (JPEG, TIF, TIFF, GIF) formats.