Monday, January 24, 2011

Recover lost digital photos from Memory sticks

Recover lost digital photos from Memory sticksNow a days, memory stick has become very popular medium of storage and the reason is their capability of storing large amount of data. Besides of having small in size these devices used in various gadgets like digital camera, computer, mobile phone, camcorder, music player etc. These storage devices vary from its storage capacity and size. Amongst all of them, the most popular is the SD/SDHC cards. The SD or secure digital card is categorized in two varieties mini and micro SD card. There are also some other types of memory storage device available like MMC card, CF card, XD card etc.

The most common problem faced by memory card users these days is formatting of these storage devices. Memory card get formatted in basically two circumstances:
  • When user accidentally select 'Format' option in place of 'Delete' option while the device is in working condition. Result loss of precious data.
  • When the important data can get lost due to formatting is when the memory card encounter an error.
In both the case memory card get formatted and it make the card accessible but simultaneously results in to loss of precious data. To recover the lost data again one has to use SD card recovery software. It is the perfect tool to recover the lost and deleted digital pictures, photos, audios and videos from any type of storage media in all circumstances.

However formatting of memory card doesn't delete the data permanently. Since when the memory stick get formatted, it is just like losing the index value of data, Permanent deletion only occurs when this disk space containing the deleted data gets overwritten by new file or data. So avoid any type of overwriting on the disk before using recovery tool. In this situation the user would need the help of a reliable and efficient SD card recovery tool to recover the lost data from storage media.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Recover Lost Photo and video from Canon Powershot SD780 IS

Canon powershot SD780Canon powershot SD780 IS has 12.1megapixels digital camera with 3X zoom lens, CCD sensor, 2.5 inch LCD monitor and capture image, picture and video in JPEG and MOV format. It is the first preference of many professional photographer due to its excellent picture quality and high resolution. In storage capability and compatibility this camera supports standard storage media like SD/SDHC, MultiMediaCard, MMC Plus and HC MMC Plus memory cards. Its simple and advanced features make the camera popular. The camera use expandable memory for storage of data like photo, images, pictures or other multimedia file like songs and moving pictures. However, any minor mistake make the data loss from the camera. So, it is recommended to always keep the backup of your data like image, photo, picture or other multimedia files of your digital camera memory card. If you didn't have the back then use third party recovery software i.e SD card recovery software.

As a practical case: Consider your Cannon PowerShot SD780 IS camera is connected to the computer and you are transferring some video from the SDHC card to computer. Suddenly your camera get shut down, you recharge the battery and restart your camera. But while trying to access the videos again, you may encounter with the error message:

"Memory card error"

After this error message the memory card becomes inaccessible.

Causes:

The possible causes of above error message are following:
  • Interruption in read/write process.
  • SDHC memory card is not properly inserted
Resolution:

To fix the above error message and access the lost data from the SDHC memory card, you should follow these steps:
  • Properly insert the SDHC memory card in the Canon Powershot SD780 IS digital camera
  • If you want to access lost photo or video, you can connect SDHC card to computer via card reader
  • If still unable to access the photo or video from SDHC memory card then you should format the SDHC card in your digital camera and
  • Use effective photo recovery software.
The lost photo or video from Canon powershot SD780 IS is easily recoverable by using appropriate recovery software.There are so many recovery software available in the market, but choose the one which is compatible with your digital camera and non-destructive in nature.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Get back your lost photos from corrupted SD Card

Corrupted SD CardSD(Secure Digital) card is a non volatile memory card used in portable devices for storage purpose. It is used especially in digital camera, camcorder, digital diary and more digital devices. Standard SD card have a maximum memory of 2GB but SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) card can store up to 32GB of data. High storage capacity enforces users to capture more and more photos. But since SD card is prone to get corrupted very easily, it is never considered to be safe for the storage purpose. Every time SD card get corrupted, puts the users in a deep trouble. This could be more disastrous if stored photos are precious to you. No need to worry! you will have to search for a sd card recovery tool instead of showing regret at your loss.

For a practical case imagine you are watching the photos in your digital camera and suddenly it get shut down due to low battery. After getting it recharged again when you try to access the photos and you get the following error:

“Card Inaccessible”

Error is indicating towards the corruption of SD card and simultaneously the stored digital photos. You are not able to access your priceless photos. A small incident have put in a disastrous situation. Any ways it's time to think about the recovery of lost photos. Use of a recovery tool is better option but perform following steps before using it.
  • Re-insert the memory card into camera.
  • Access the memory card into computer via card reader.
  • It still not able to access, format the memory card.
  • Use an appropriate SD Card Recovery Software .
Formatting allow you to access the memory card by installing a new file system. Deleted data is still there on the disk, only its index entry got deleted. It can be recovered easily with the help of SD Card Recovery tool. Be ensure recovery is only possible if data's been overwritten. Overwriting reduces the chance of recovery so stop doing any forbears activity on the disk.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery Software is the most comprehensive SD card recovery tool which is designed specially to recover the lost photos, audio and video files of any format from all types of storage media. Moreover it is read only tool and compatible with all circumstances.