Memory card corruption is a common problem encountered by most of the users using digital cameras, mobile phones, or camcorders. Corruption can occur at any point, rendering to inaccessibility of all images, audios, videos, and other digital media files saved in the memory card. Few common memory card corruption reasons are improper handling of the digital camera, interrupted read or write operation, and malicious software like virus. While an updated backup allows the user to restore all his digital files, its absence can result in loss of beautiful memories. However, there is no reason to worry as the files can still be recouped using an effective third-party Digital camera photo recovery software

To elaborate the memory card corruption, consider, you have a Panasonic Lumix GF1 camera with SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) memory card to store your images. The card worked fine till your camera switched off while you were clicking some pictures (battery empty). Now, when you try to view previously saved images, you get the below error message:

“MEMORY CARD ERROR”

After this error message, all the images saved in the SDHC memory card became inaccessible. As the camera was unable to surmount the above error message, you could not even capture any new pictures.

Cause:

The above error message appears only when SDHC memory card was corrupted.

Resolution:

To overcome SDHC memory card corruption, you need to:

1. Restore all inaccessible images from valid and up-to-date backup. In most cases, the backup is saved on some other storage media.

2. In case of backup unavailability, you will need to format the memory card in the camera.While formatting enables you to save new images, it also deletes previously saved images in SDHC card.

3. To recoup lost images after formatting, a commercial Digital camera photo recovery tool needs to be used. Such Photo Recovery Software can be used by any user, irrespective of his technical understanding. This is because the recovery software are designed to be user-friendly.

Digital camera data recovery is an effective and risk-free software that recovers lost pictures after formatting your digital camera and other devices. Compatible with SD, SDHC, xD, CF, and other memory cards, the recovery tool recovers image file types like JPEG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, etc. With different versions designed for Windows and Mac OS X, the software allows you to save recovered photos at specified destination.