Recover pictures from corrupt memory card
Generally, all portable electronic devices have a slot for keeping memory cards to store large amount of data. Memory cards replaced floppy disks because of their size and storage capacity, which cannot be used in smaller handheld devices. Memory cards are widely used in digital cameras, video camcorders, mobile phones, MP3 players, etc. The information stored on the memory card can be accessed using card reader. Memory card uses flash technology to store data. At present, most of the professional digital SLR’s uses memory cards to store large number of photos. Hence memory cards are much popular in the field of digital photography.
You can store photos in your system or in any other storage device. Usually people store them in their personal computer with Mac operating system as it provides a crystal clear view of pictures and it offers a built-in tool called iPhoto to manipulate the image files. As memory card use NAND flash technology, they are not susceptible to physical damages. But, sometimes they may encounter some logical problems resulting in loss of digital data.
There are many reasons which may lead to corruption of pictures or data loss in memory cards. Some common scenarios are like;
- Accidental deletion of photos by pressing command + delete key combination or formatting of memory card and improper shutting down of the computer leads to data loss.
- Data loss can also occur if you transfer or copy photos from one storage medium to another.
- Virus infection is the most risky thing.
- Catalog files corruption.
- When the memory card is pulled out abruptly from card reader/camera during write process.
- Capturing photo when camera is on low battery may lead to loss of that captured photo.
- Usage of same memory card in different digital devices can also be the cause of data loss.
Whatever may be the reason for the corruption of pictures in memory card, Mac photo recovery software will always help you to restore all deleted, lost or corrupted files. Remo Recover (Mac) – Media Edition is an effective recovery software, which helps you to recover lost or deleted photos from different types of memory cards like SD, CF, MMC and XD memory cards. This software support all major brands of digital cameras like Canon, Olympus, Fujifilm, Sony, Casio, Nikon etc.
Steps to recover deleted pictures from corrupted memory card:
Step 1: Download and install the demo version of Remo Recover (Mac) – Media Edition. Run the software. The main window will be displayed as shown in Fig (1).
Step 2: Select the volume or storage device from which the data needs to be recovered as shown in Fig (2).
Step 3: Select the file types and click on “Recover” button shown in Fig (3). The software starts scanning volumes.
Step 4: Once the photo recovery software finishes scanning, the recovered files will be displayed shown in Fig (4).
Step 5: Click on ‘View’ option to preview the recovered files as shown in Fig (5).
