Wednesday, March 16, 2011

How to recover corrupted images after “memory card” error

Images are the very personal possession of any individual which has lot of memories inscribed in it. With digital cameras, photography has become even easier. You can snap a photo any where, in any time and by any one. The photos in a digital camera is saved on the memory cards. Nikon Coolpix P90 is a digital camera that has got high picture quality with latest and user friendly features that makes the camera popular among both home as well as professional users. The camera allows use of different storage media that include SD/SDHC, MMC, MMC Plus and HC MMC Plus card. However, the corruption in these card can affect the functionality of the camera and make the photos inaccessible. The corruption in the card results in the prompting of the following error messages:

memory card error”

and

card locked”

The corruption in the memory card may be due to several reasons, including interrupted read/write operation and stretch metallic part over the memory card.

Causes:

The prominent reasons that can result in the above error messages are as follows:
  • Improper read/write operation
  • Scratch on the metallic part of the memory card
  • Abnormal insertion/removal of the card
  • Abrupt switching off of camera
  • Virus attack
Resolution:

As corruption in the storage media is normal, it is recommended that you must take regular backup of your memory card. An corruption in the memory card is dealt by formatting the memory card. This would bring back your memory card to the working condition but the data previously saved in the memory card become inaccessible. The inaccessible data can however be recovered from an updated backup. But in case you do not have a proper backup, you need third party digital photo recovery software to recover the inaccessible data.

Actually when the card is formatted, the images are not instantly wiped out. Instead, the a new file system is created in the place of the old file system. This results in inaccessibility of the images which are still intact in the card. Unless new images are written in to the memory card, the digital photo recovery software can scan and recover the images from the formatted card.