Overcome with SD card 'write error'
SD
cards are flash memory devices which allow a user to store huge
amount of data. Being reliable and durable, these cards have become
the hot choice to store data and are used in various host devices
like digital camera, PDAs, video game consoles, MP3 players etc.
Despite so many advantages, these cards are also prone to errors.
Most of these errors occur due to reasons like interruption in
read/write process, virus attacks or file system corruption. While
some SD card errors can be dealt by cleaning the contacts of the card
and re-inserting it, others can be rectified by formatting the card.
After formatting, the SD card data can be retrieved by using either a
valid backup or SD
card recovery software.
Consider
a situation, you have taken your family to an exotic locale and while
clicking pictures through your digital camera (which is using a SD
card) you witness an error on its LCD screen:
“Write
error”
The
above error is not rare in case of SD cards. The moment the error
erupts, the data stored on the SD card becomes inaccessible.
Moreover, the SD card becomes useless as you can't even store new
data on it.
Cause
The
above error which rendered the SD card ineffectual can be accounted
to corruption. The other reason can be relatively less memory space
to accommodate new data.
Resolution
In order to rectify 'write error', you can try the following possible techniques:
Turn the camera off, re-insert the card and then turn it on again
If you are still not able to access the data, connect the camera to a computer
You can use a card reader to access the SD card data
In grim situations where nothing of the above works, format the SD card and restore the data using a backup
After
formatting, the SD card becomes functional and can perform read/write
operation. If a backup of the data is corrupted or invalid, you can
rely on a SD card recovery software. A SD
card recovery
tool employs improved scanning algorithms to extract data in the
event of corruption.
Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery, a
well-known SD card recovery tool, is designed to recover
lost/formatted/deleted multimedia files from a variety of memory
cards like SD, SDHC, XD, MMC, CF etc. The easy-to-use tool is
available in two versions, one each for Windows and Mac operating
system.
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