Tuesday, March 1, 2011

How to recover photos from a corrupt memory card

How to recover photos from a corrupt memory card

Have your memory card got corrupt? And you are looking for tools for memory card data recovery?

Suppose you are using a Kodak EasyShare C140 which is a brilliant digital camera from Kodak and is a good product. The Camera has 16 MB internal memory and supports SD memory card, SDHC memory card and many other external media storage. It exclusive comfort picture shoot facilities and capabilities for the user makes it an ideal choice for both home as well as professional photographers.

Any digital equipment is never free from corruption. The corruption in the digital camera may occur due to physical damage of the camera or due to corruption in the memory card.
While a physical damage can be resolved by replacing the damaged part with a new part in the service center, a memory card corruption demands formatting of the card.

While formatting of the card would bring back the card in the working condition, a formatted card creates a new file system and deleted the older file system permanently.This leads to inaccessibility of the photos saved in the memory card prior to format. However, you can recover the photos from an updated backup file. In absence of a proper backup, you have to fall back upon third party card recovery software to recover your photos.

Cause of Memory card corruption is as follows :
  • Interrupted read/write operation
  • Unintentional files deletion
  • Pulling out of the card from camera/card reader while file transfer operation is still taking place
  • Camera is switched off before the file is saved
  • Virus or malware attack

Resolution:

An error in the memory card can only be resolved by formatting the card. However, a formatted memory card creates a new file system and permanently loses the older file system. This leads to the loss of the photographs saved prior to the format operation. However, you can retrieve the data (photos) if you have a proper backup. But in case you do not have an updated backup, you can recover your data by the use of a memory card recovery software.

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