Thursday, July 29, 2010

How to Resolve 'No memory space' error in Sony DSC TX-9 Camera

The Sony DSC TX-9 is the world's smallest 3D cameras which captures 3D images with a single lens system using a sweeping motion. The typical T-series camera incorporates 12.2 megapixels, 3.5 inches 921 K resolution touchscreen LCD, background Defocus mode, 4x zoom lens among other advanced features.

The internal memory (32 MB) of this camera can be expanded by using Memory Stick Duo/Pro Duo/ Pro HG Duo. Although, this flash memory based storage media are very much safe to use, they can render images inaccessible in many instances. In such situations, you would be required to recover lost images from a clean and updated backup. However, if you do not have a valid backup or if it is corrupt, you must consider switching to third-party image recovery software.

Consider a scenario, wherein, you insert the memory stick in your Sony DSC TX-9 camera to click some images, and instead receive the following error:

"No memory space"

You are sure about the availability of the storage space which raises suspicion about the memory stick issues. In order to clear the air, you try and view some previously saved images, and receive yet another disturbing error:

"No images"

Cause:

The above error messages can surface in the following conditions:
  • If your camera is set to store images on internal memory, which is almost full
  • If your Sony camera is unable to read the memory stick due to corruption. And, it is due to corruption only that you are unable to click or view images

Resolution

In order to resolve the issues with Sony DSC TX-9 camera, you must observe the following steps:
  • Change the camera's settings in order to allow images to get saved on the memory stick instead of internal memory
  • In case of corruption, reformat the memory stick in your Sony camera, followed by image recovery

After formatting the memory stick, you must recover the lost images by using a professional image recovery software.

Such tools employ improved and sophisticated scanning algorithms to recover lost images from a formatted memory stick. Moreover, being read-only they do not modify the original content.