How to recover data from corrupted memory card

A memory card is nothing but small storage device. Nowadays most of the people prefer memory cards to store photos, audio, text and video in digital camera and mobile phones. The different types of memory cards are like CF card, SD card and memory stick. The data stored in memory cards is not threatened by power loss, because nonvolatile memory technology is used to store data. The memory cards are available in different range of storage capacity and they are priced according to their storage capacity. The memory card offers more advantages over hard disk that is small size, portable, fast access and less chances of mechanical damage and completely silent.

Even though memory card has all these advanced features, in some situations it will be corrupted. The data from corrupted memory card is inaccessible and hence data loss occurs. The data from memory card is also lost due to virus attack, accidental deletion and accidental formatting. Still it is possible to recover data from corrupted memory card using data recovery software. Once your memory card is corrupted, don’t use it again until the data is recovered from it otherwise you will lose data permanently. Some of the important reasons of data loss from memory card are explained below.

  • Sometimes photos are deleted accidentally and unintentionally from digital camera. This happens mainly due to human mistake.
  • While using digital camera you may select format or Delete All option, then complete data from memory card disappears within few seconds.
  • Usage of single memory card in different cameras causes data loss. Therefore don’t use same memory card in different devices to avoid serious data loss situations.
  • Removal of memory card while camera is ON may result in memory card corruption. If you want to remove a memory card from digital camera, first you must switch OFF your camera otherwise you will lose data.
  • Switching off camera during read or writes process may damage your memory card. Therefore be sure of read/write process completion before switching off your camera.
  • The data corruption may also occur due to damage of some areas in memory card like card header corruption and damage of File Allocation Table. FAT is nothing but File Allocation Table which keeps information of whole data. If File Allocation Table of memory card is damaged, then you are unable to access files from memory card.

There are other events which could cause data loss from memory card. Anyway if you lose data from memory card, you can recover it by using Remo Recover (Windows) – Media Edition software. This software is designed especially to recover data from corrupted memory card. It recovers all deleted or lost files from corrupted memory card easily. It has an ability to identify and recover all photos, music and video files from corrupted memory card. You can recover any type of data and you will see recovered data on screen before restoration. The recovered data can be stored in any type of storage media like memory cards, pen drives, CD, DVD and hard disk. To recover memory card first you should download this software in your computer and run it.

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