SD Card Recovery Software

How to fix ‘Cannot read from the card…’ SD card error and perform data recovery

admin — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:24:12 +0000

Secure Digital (SD) cards are flash memory cards which are used in various portable devices like digital cameras, camcorders, video game consoles, netbook computers, PDAs and more. Since they offer high capacity data storage and better transfer speeds, they are the favored choice among other memory cards. However, at times, a host device (camera) may refuse to recognize an SD card and would prompt you to format it. This happens when the file system of the SD card gets damaged. In such situations, an SD card renders data inaccessible and, thus you have to rely on an updated backup. If you don’t have a backup or if it is corrupt, you must use an SD card recovery software and restore the lost data efficiently.

Sample this: You have around 70-80 pictures of a family function stored on an SD card. When you insert the SD card in your digital camera to view those pictures, you may receive the following error message:

“Cannot read from the card. Do u want to format it?”

As a result of the above error message, you may not be able to access the pictures and videos stored on the SD card.

Cause

Your digital camera could have failed to read the card due to the following reasons:

If you have not formatted the SD card to make it usable in your camera.
If the file system of the SD card is damaged or corrupt

Resolution

You can observe the following workarounds in order to resolve the problem:

In order to make it compatible with your digital camera, you must format it
To isolate the file system corruption issue, you must format the SD card in your camera

As seen, since both the workarounds involve formatting the SD card, it is necessary for you to get hold of an SD card recovery software. You can use the tool to recover the lost data after formatting the SD card.

An SD card recovery utility can be downloaded from the Internet. Being equipped with simple and graphical user interface, these tools do not even require any prior technical knowledge.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is an efficient software which recovers lost or deleted photos, videos and other multimedia files from a range of memory cards including SD, SDHC, MMC, CF etc. The SD card recovery utility, available for both Windows and Mac, recovers all file formats.

Recover pictures from SanDisk 2GB SD card after ‘file error’

admin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:29:03 +0000

Is your digital camera, using 2GB SanDisk SD card, showing file error when you try to view the pictures? Such a situation arises when the SD card becomes corrupt or its file system gets damaged. Whether it is an SD card or any other memory card, they are all prone to corruption. And, as a result of corruption these memory cards render pictures stored on to them unavailable. Though, formatting can fix the problem, you have to restore the lost pictures and other data from a clean and updated backup. If a backup does not fulfill the recovery needs or if there is no backup at all, do not think you have lost precious pictures forever. You can easily recover lost pictures from your camera’s 2Gb SanDisk SD card by using an efficient SD card recovery software.

Consider a practical case, wherein, you take your wife out for a memorable vacation to an exotic location. You capture the wonderful moments in the form of several pictures on the 2 GB SD card of your camera. One morning, while on vacation, when you re-insert the card to view the pictures again, you receive the following error:

“File error”

As a result of the above error, many of your cherished pictures have become inaccessible.

Cause

The root cause of the error lies in corruption. The SanDisk SD card could have become corrupted due interruptions in read/write process including pulling out the card while the camera is still on or clicking pictures on low batteries.

Resolution

In order to combat the problem, you can observe the following troubleshooting steps:

Connect your camera to a computer and download the pictures (if accessible)
You can use a card reader to access the pictures on a computer
If nothing seems working, format the 2 GB SD card in your camera and perform SD card recovery

In order to perform recovery from Sandisk SD card, you must download an appropriate recovery software from the Internet. An SD card recovery software employs improved scanning algorithms on a formatted SD card and retrieves lost or inaccessible pictures and other files in an effortless manner.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is an exceptional utility which recovers lost or deleted photos, videos and other multimedia files from almost all memory cards (SD, MMC, XD), irrespective of the brand (Lexar, Transcend, SanDisk). The SD card recovery utility is available for both Windows and Mac users.

Recovery tips for Data loss from Lexar SD cards

admin — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 05:10:38 +0000

Lexar SD cards are the most popular and reliable memory cards which can be used with a broad range of digital devices like portable music players, digital cameras, car navigation systems and other products. A Lexar SD card empowers you to store countless images, videos, favorite songs and other data. For photo enthusiasts, it is an excellent storage media which allows them to transfer pictures from camera a computer in a minimal time. Though they have so many advantages, they are vulnerable to incidents which lead to data inaccessibility. To counter such problems and access the data, you have to completely rely on a backup. Most often, the backups don’t fulfill the requirement and you have no option but resorting to SD card recovery.

Reasons of data loss

As mentioned above, a Lexar SD card can render data inaccessible in various circumstances. Here is a list of some common reasons which lead to data inaccessibility:

Accidental deletion of data from a Lexar SD card
Unintentional or intentional formatting a Lexar SD card
File system damage
Corruption
Virus attack
Interruption in read/write process and many others

Don’t act in a hasty manner

If you ever encounter any of the adore-mentioned scenarios, don’t act hastily. Since now the problem has occurred, you can’t do much about it but can recover the data by acting swiftly. For an SD card recovery software to recover all your lost or deleted data, you have to make it certain that you don’t use it further. By doing so, you’ll avoid the lost or deleted files to get overwritten and hence, enhance the possibility of recovering the data successfully.

Choose a good recovery software

Your hunt for a good SD card recovery utility has to be very refined. Choosing a utility wisely makes sense when you can’t afford to wash your hands off the valuable data. While selecting a software for a recovery job, you can keep in mind the following points:

Make sure you select a non-destructive utility
Make sure it comes equipped with a simple GUI
Make sure it allows you to preview the recoverable data
Make sure it recovers all multimedia files

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is an entrusted utility which recovers lost, deleted or formatted data (all multimedia files) from all major SD card brands including Lexar, SanDisk, Transcend etc. The SD card recovery software is available for both Windows and mac users.

SD card problems? Don’t scrap it, instead fix issues

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 07:41:12 +0000

An SD card is a portable flash memory device which is extensively used in video game consoles, digital cameras, cell phones, MP3 players, camcorders and other host devices. An SD card is bound to give you errors randomly when you use it to write or read data. Though, dedicated solutions may fix many cases, they may also cause the data stored on the SD card to get erased. In such unfortunate scenarios in which you end up losing images, audios, videos, pod casts and other files from the SD card, don’t lose hope. The data is very much retrievable in the absence of a valid backup. All you have to do is opt for a reliable SD card recovery software.

When you get error messages after using your SD card repeatedly, your first instinct may be to throw it away and get a new one. But parting away with the data is not that easy, therefore the possibility of you disposing off the card is very rare. You can rather check following common issues the SD card have and the easy ways to fix them

Adapter

These days most of the computers come equipped with an SD card slot, however, many old machines may require you to use an adapter. If you are using an adapter, make sure it is well connected with the USB drive and the SD card is placed data side down inside it.

Write-protection switch

SD cards generally have a switch on the left side which controls write operations. The switch when in active position disables a user to modify any file on the SD card. In order to regain access of the files on the SD card, simply toggle the switch in inactive position.

Security software

In order to secure the content of the card from unauthorized users, an SD card with special software locks down the files. If you have forgotten the administrator credentials, you may have to wipe the content of the SD card to regain access. Since security features prevent you from even re-formatting the card, you may have to use the formatting software.

Card formatting

Although SD cards support a range of host devices, some of them may format the card so that it will work only with a particular device. Sample this: you have an SD card which is being used by your MP3 player’s expansion port, and you want to backup a few files from your computer on the SD card, it might not work. The best workaround is formatting the SD card in your computer. Since you cannot afford to loss the valuable songs (the MP3 player data), you can use a SD card recovery software.

These third-party SD card recovery utilities perform intensive scan and extract lost data in a few minutes time, thus saving a user from the trauma of losing the content saved on an SD card.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is an exceptional tool which recovers images, videos, audios and other multimedia files from a variety of memory cards including SD, SDHC, XD, CF, MMC and MMC plus etc. The card recovery software is available in two versions for both Windows and Mac users.

Tips to recover data from Secure Digital cards

admin — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:07:36 +0000

Data loss from an SD (Secure Digital) card is a very common phenomenon. The loss could be a nightmare for a photographer who invested a good deal of time and efforts to create a bank of valuable pictures. Data loss from an SD card can occur owing to various reasons like interruption in read/write process, file system corruption and virus attacks. ‘Delete all’ button in digital cameras could land a photographer in trouble if it gets pressed accidentally. Fortunately, there are ways to perform SD card recovery. Here’s what you can do in a data loss situation:

Don’t use the SD card

It is suggested not to take more pictures or transfer any more files on to the card. If you don’t use the SD card after an event of data loss, you increase the probability of SD card recovery. When files are deleted, their data remains 100 per cent intact on an SD card. The SD card, however, marks the space free to be overwritten by another file. If you don’t use the card, no data can be written onto it, thus keeping the chances of successful recovery bright.

In order to be extra sure of things, you can push down the little switch on the left side of an SD card to ‘write-protect’ the disk. As long as it is locked, nothing can be written on the card.

Take it out and re-insert it

On a few events, a computer cannot recognize the data stored on an SD card. Remove the card, reinsert it and ‘refresh’ the windows.

Check your camera, you can find data there

On rare occasions, when you don’t insert an SD card properly, or the camera setting may have been changed, the data gets stored in the internal memory. If this is the situation, use an SD card and copy all pictures from the internal memory to the card. Make sure that the SD card is not locked before you undertake any writing operation

Recovering data

You have to use an SD card recovery software to retrieve data after observing the above discussed strategies. There are plenty of SD card recovery utilities available on the Internet. These third-party tools scan the storage media and extract data in the original form.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is an efficient tool which recovers lost/deleted/formatted pictures and other multimedia files from a range of memory cards including SD, SDHC, MMC, MMC plus etc. The SD card recovery software is available in two separate versions, one each for both Windows and Mac users.

How To Recover Your Photos from corrupted Kingston SD card

admin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 05:06:22 +0000

Have you lost your memorable photos to a corrupted Kingston SD card? Don’t know how to deal with the tragic photo loss situation? If yes, then no need to despair, SD card recovery software have made it easy to recover lost photos. Photos can be recovered in a small span of time by choosing an apt software. Photos can be recovered from a variety of corrupted storage media like memory card, memory sticks, Zip disks, digital cameras, camcorders, USBs and other recoverable media. These software prove real help in case there is no updated backup available.

In case of Kingston SD card corruption, you cannot access stored photos using a digital camera or a computer. Since the file system gets damaged, a Kingston SD card can throw following errors:

Memory card error
Memory card full
Memory card not recognized
Read/Write error
Memory card needs formatting

The above errors can erupt anytime and anywhere. Therefore, to keep them at bay, one must understand what causes corruption in a Kingston SD card. Let’s have a look at the prime causes:

Turning off the camera before a photo is completely written to the memory card
Removing the memory card while a photo is still being written on it
Removing the memory card from the card reader while its content are open on a computer
Clicking photos with low batteries
Formatting the memory card in a computer instead of the camera
Clicking photos when the memory card gets full

In such cases, when the card becomes unusable, there is still a way to recover lost photos. Though the card gets corrupted, the photos remain on the card. They can be recovered using a reliable SD card recovery software after formatting the Kingston SD card.

These third-party applications employ improved scanning algorithms and safely recover lost photos. Since they are non-destructive, they do not modify the original content. Moreover, they come equipped with simple graphical user interface which makes the recovery a simple and easy task.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is a well-known sd card recovery software which recovers all multimedia files like audios, photos, videos etc irrespective of the photo loss scenario. The comprehensive photo recovery tool, which is available for both Windows and Mac users, recovers data from a range of memory cards including SD, SDHC, MMC, MMC plus, XD, CF etc.

Pulling out the SD card improperly could lead to corruption

admin — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:06:21 +0000

SD cards are high capacity storage devices which can be as small as a postage stamps. These cards are widely used to store pictures, videos, audios and other multimedia files. While they are easy and convenient to use, they are prone to errors if certain precautions are not taken while using them. For instance, there is a high possibility of an SD card getting corrupted if you have pulled it while its content are still open on a computer. The situation can be disastrous in cases if there is no backup available. Thanks to the advanced technology, a SD card recovery software is readily available these days.

Imagine a scenario, when transferring files from an SD card to computer, you pull out the card immediately after seeing the content on the screen. Later on when you check, you find out that all the files were not transferred. Giving a second shot, you again connect the card to computer and this time you find the files inaccessible.

Cause:

The SD card follows read/write principle to transfer data. In the above case, the data was being read from the memory card and written on to the computer. When you pulled out the card immediately after seeing the content, you corrupted the card. The card got corrupted due to an interruption with the read/write process. An SD card can also get corrupted owing to below listed human and logical errors:

Switching off the computer while the transfer process is on
Switching off the camera before an image in completely written
Removing the card from a card reader while the files are getting transferred to the computer
Using a memory card in two different cameras
Virus attacks
File system damage

Resolution:

If a card has got corrupted, it can only be fixed by formatting. Formatting will erase the previously stored data from the SD card, but will make the card reusable again. If you haven’t maintain a backup of the data, a SD card recovery can save you a lot of time and efforts. However, one should never pick up any SD card recovery software before gauging its recovering capabilities. Make sure the software you choose has simple user interface to guide you through the process of successful recovery.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is a comprehensive solution which recovers all your lost/deleted multimedia files (pictures, videos, audios etc) from damaged and corrupted memory cards like SD, SDHC, CF, XD, MMC etc. The SD card recovery tool is available for both Windows and Mac users.

SD Card Data Inaccessible in Fujifilm FinePix F70 EXR

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:22:51 +0000

A Fujifilm FinePix camera is a 10 mega pixel that incorporates features like, continuous shooting, exposure control, self-timer, 10x optical zoom, CCD sensor, an inbuilt memory (47 MB), and a memory card slot (SD and SDHC). These memory cards support various file formats, including still images, AVI, JPEG, WAVE, and Monaural. The data saved in any of these file formats can become inaccessible if the SD memory card becomes corrupted or damaged. Corruption in a SD memory card most likely occurs due to improper camera shutdown, interrupted red or write operation, and malicious software like virus. An easy way to overcome the hazards created after SD memory card corruption is by restoring the data from an updated backup. But, if the photographer has not maintained any backup, then s/he needs to use an advanced SD card recovery software to recover the data.

Below is the error message that pops up when the photographer attempts to view the files saved in the SD memory card:

“CARD ERROR”

The same error message appears on the camera, irrespective of the file (picture, audio, video, document) the photographer attempt to open. The error message appears due to below four reasons, mentioned below:

SD memory card is not formatted to be used in the Fujifilm FinePix F70 EXR camera.
SD memory card is corrupted or damaged.
Fujifilm FinePix F70 EXR camera malfunction.
SD memory card is incompatible with Fujifilm FinePix F70 EXR camera.

To resolve the above error message, the photographer will need to use the below parameters:

Use a SD memory card that is compatible with Fujifilm FinePix F70 EXR camera.
In case of Fujifilm FinePix F70 EXR camera malfunction, contact the nearest dealer.
For SD card damage, format the memory card. While formatting deletes the previously saved data from the memory card, it can be still be recovered by using an advanced SD Card Recovery Software.

Such SD Card Recovery tools recover formatted data from SD memory cards, irrespective of their size. The data recovered can be saved at your desired location.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is an effective SD Card Recovery tool that not only recovers formatted data from formatted SD cards but from any other memory card, like MMC, CF, etc. Supported by both Windows and Mac OS X, the recovery utility recovers all kinds of file formats from the formatted memory card.

How to Recover Data from Corrupted microSD card?

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:40:19 +0000

MicroSD is the thinner version of standard SD (Secure Digital) cards, designed especially for mobile phones. These cards are often used in digital cameras, portable media players, mobile phones, digital audio players, and other similar devices. Like any other flash memory card, microSD cards can store varying types of photo(s), video(s), and audio(s) and also, lose data due to common reasons. A corrupted microSD card is generally unreadable and inaccessible to the user. Thus to restore the data, the user needs to restore from an updated backup or use an SD card recovery utility.

Consider, trying to read a microSD card with a card reader and accidentally pulling it out while its file(s) were still open in your Windows computer. The next time, when you connect the same microSD card to the associated device, it refuses to read the card. Additionally, an error pops up that reads as below:

“A Media Card has been inserted that contains errors. To correct the errors please use a disk error-checking utility on a computer.”

This error doesn’t allow you to access data from your microSD card further.

Cause

The file system structure of microSD card is corrupted.

Solution

You can solve the existing issue by running chkdsk on the card in Windows computer. For this, you need to follow the given steps:

Connect microSD card to your Windows computer

Open ‘My Computer’ and right-click the icon of removable disk

Choose ‘Properties’ and then click the ‘Tools’ tab

Click ‘Check Now’ and then select the ‘Automatically fix file system errors’ option

Click ‘Start’

If the problem continues, you need to reformat the card and restore deleted files from backup. In case, backup seems inappropriate, you are advised to use an SD card recovery software.

Equipped with interactive user interface and advanced features, these SD Card Recovery solutions analyze the corrupted SD cards (having any version and form) with safe scanning algorithms. These utilities provide complete data retrieval and are secure to install on computers.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is an advanced utility that recovers lost/deleted audio(s), video(s), and image(s) from all types of SD cards, microSD cards, miniSD cards, SDHC cards, MMC cards, and a range of other digital storage media. The SD Card Recovery Software is available for both Windows and Mac operating systems.

Tips to Solve ‘Cannot copy [file]’ Error in SD Cards

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:44:41 +0000

FAT16 and FAT32 are the two most commonly used file systems of digital memory cards such as SD (Secure Digital) cards. But it is often recommended to use FAT32 over FAT16 for three top reasons:

Support to larger number of directory entries
Allowance to keep longer file names, and
Capacity to store comparatively larger number of files

Users of FAT16 SD memory card often complain about difficulties in storing more files even when the storage space appears to be quite empty. In such situations, the user may come across unavoidable situation of reformatting the SD card and restoring from backup, later. But if the backup fails to restore, a SD Card Recovery solution can help.

The following illustration will help you to comprehend such problems in more detail. Consider you use a 32 GB SD memory card. You connect the SD card to your computer and try to copy and add more photos to it. But you observe that the card denies to copy the file and reports an error that reads as below:

“Cannot copy [file]: The directory or file cannot be created.”

where, [file] is the name of the file you are trying to copy. The SD card is formatted to FAT16 file system.

Cause

FAT16 can hold a maximum of 512 entries in its root directory, which is much lower than that of FAT32 capacity of 65,534 entries. Also, in FAT16, long file names utilize two or more directory entries and hence lower down the overall capacity of the file system. The maximum number of files that you can store on a FAT16 device is 65,517, while on FAT32 device, it is 268,435,437.

The above error can occur if the SD card already contains maximum number of files that FAT16 can hold or the root directory is full.

Solution

Following are a few tips that can help you recover from such problems:

Create a subdirectory and copy all your files to it
Avoid assigning long file names
To permanently avoid this issue, reformat the SD card to FAT32 file system and restore from backup

In case you find backup unavailable, incomplete or prompting errors, use a SD Card Recovery Software to recover data from formatted SD card. The SD Card Recovery utilities are easy to use and prove competent in restoring lost photos, audios, and videos from SD cards.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is a reliable SD Card Recovery Software that recovers all types of digital data from formatted or corrupted SD card. The tool is available for both Mac OS X and Windows operating system. The software supports SD, miniSD, microSD, and SDHC memory cards.