Recover Photo from corrupt memory stick
Don’t panic and please do not lose your hope in such situation. Your memories are not lost, but they are still there and are recoverable.
Memory Stick (MS) is another memory card type for digital camera to store digital pictures. There are several types of memory stick including Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, HG, Duo and Memory Stick Micro (M2). Capacities of memory stick are from 32 MB t 8 GB. Memory Stick can also be used in other digital devices e.g. Camcorder, PSP (Play Station Portable), Phone.
Sometimes due to lack of knowledge or improper usage we tend to lose data stored in the memory stick. But remember that memory Stick is just like any other kind of storage medium, which has an INDEX to tell your PC or camera where to find the image information on the card.
The recovery of data from a Memory Stick is very much similar to a normal data recovery job. In this article let me explain you how to recover data from a corrupted memory stick.
Reasons for Corruption
Memory sticks and cards can become corrupted in different ways.
They might also suffer physical damage when the sticks circuitry or vital component is damaged. It is when such file corruption or physical damage happens that the flash drive or memory stick becomes unrecognized.
If the problem is physical damage, it is still possible to repair it and recover the pictures but should be done by a data recovery company who have the tools and facilities needed.
Mostly memory stick problems arise from software problems or user errors. Examples of user errors include:
- Formatting the memory stick before all pictures have been transferred to the computer
- Accidental deletion of pictures before they are transferred
- Ejecting the card whilst it is still being written to
- Taking pictures or transferring files when your camera, phone, ipod or laptop battery is low in power
Pictures stored on the card / stick can usually be recovered in these kinds of eventualities.
The software controlling the memory stick can become corrupted when you use the same memory stick in more than one camera, or if you do any read/write operations when the stick is in a card reader.
Recovering photos from corrupted memory stick
Remo Recover Photo (Windows) will effectively recover lost digital photos from your corrupted memory stick. It works with any type of card reader attached to the system. Software will easily recover your lost photos, audio and video files from your removable drive as well as any fixed hard drive. Software is most reliable and has easy to use interface that allows any non technical persons to easily recover his/her lost/deleted digital files easily.
The software also allows you to preview recovered files before it could be restored and gives CD / DVD burning feature that allows you to burn recovered files directly to CD / DVD.
The software provides user friendly interface that helps you to recover data in very simple steps. Please follow the steps below to recover lost /deleted digital files from your memory stick:
Step 1: Install Remo Recover Photo [Windows] Software and run the application either from the desktop or from Programs menu. Program main Window of Remo Recover Photo is displayed as shown in Figure a.
Figure a: Program Main Window
Step 2: Select the drive from which you need to recover the lost photos and click Next. As soon as you click Next, you’ll see the interface as shown in Figure b.
Figure b: Select the required file type
You can see all the file formats that the software supports, choose required file type you wish to recover.
Step 3: Click “Next”, the program will begin scanning the selected formats from your device. A few minutes later, it will list all of the found files and classify them with file formats as shown in Figure c.
Figure c: Found files displayed in tree format
Step 4: Once the scanning progress is complete, you can choose to save data you wish to recover or click Root folder to select all the data. As you click Save button, a window to select destination location is displayed as shown in Figure d.
Figure d: Select Destination Location
Save Scan Information feature helps to re-load recovered data tree from previous scan, this features comes in handy when you are evaluating the trial version. The save scan information can be used with full version to recover data without rescanning the drive again.
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