Thursday, March 10, 2011

How to recover lost photos from corrupt memory card of Olympus SP-800UZ camera

How to recover lost photos from corrupt memory card of Olympus SP-800UZ cameraOlympus SP-800UZ is a compact camera with a 30x wide optical zoom, 14 megapixels, 3.0 inches LCD display, high-speed 10 fps sequence shooting and an advanced face detection of 16 individuals. The camera has 2.2GB internal memory and an integrated photo organizing software that allows you to create a customized album within the camera itself. The camera is compatible with SD/SDHC cards, and allows to save number of photos and HD videos. However, With all these facilities, the camera is not free from corruption. Therefore, to save yourself from data loss, it is recommended to have a regular updated backup of the SD card data. But, in absence of proper backup, you can successfully recover your data using SD card recovery software.

Picture a scenario, wherein, you have gone to attend the party in honor of your academy achievements in your college. Both you and your wife went to the party. To preserve the precious and proud moments your wife had snapped as many photos as possible from your Olympus SP-800UZ camera. After returning home, you loaded the SD card in your camera to take a re-look at them, but instead received the following error message:

“Memory card full”

However, this is not true, the SD card which the Olympus camera is using still has enough space to accommodate a good number of photos.

Cause:

You get the error message listed above due to the following reasons:

  • When the memory of the SD card is full along with the root directories
  • If there is damage in the SD card

Resolution:

You have to perform the following procedures in order to get rid of the above discussed error message:

  • Check for the accessibility of the data the Olympus SP-800UZ camera on your computer
  • Re-insert the SD card in your Olympus camera
  • When the above procedure fails to provide requisite result, format the SD

This is a situation where you may be required to free up the memory space of the card. You attached the camera to your computer and tried to transfer the photographs and videos, but to no avail. That too failed. You repeated transferring from the camera, but nothing worked. The only option left for you is yo format the memory card to get back it to working condition. But, wait, remember, formatting the card will erase all the photos and videos.

So what to do?

In such a case, it becomes a tough decision to format the memory card. But the matter of relaxation here is that you can recover 100% of your photos and videos from the formatted memory card. Yes, a SD card recovery software can do it for you.

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