How to Fix Memory Card Error and Recover Lost Data

It is very possible nowadays you are possibly meet memory card on your digital device such as camera, camcorder etc. Memory card error may vary, depending upon the cause and type of logical damage. Some of the common memory card error messages are as follows.

‘Card not initialized’
‘Card error’
‘Read error’/'Write error’
‘No memory card’
‘The card cannot be used’

Cause of Memory card error

The memory card error may occur due to various reasons, ranging from virus infection to memory card data structure corruption. The followings are the most frequent reasons of memory card error.

The memory card is not formatted properly.
The file system is damaged or the property of the file system is RAW
Faulty card reader
Virus or malware infection
Disk structure corruption of the memory card
Power surges
Pulling out the memory card without switching the camera off
Switching off the camera during write process

You will encounter the same memory card error if you make repeated attempts to access the data. Additionally, you won’t be able to store new data onto the card until you fix the memory card error.

Resolution to overcome memory card error

You can take the following steps to overcome memory card error.
*Connect your camera to a computer in order to access the data.
*Use a card reader for accessing the data on a computer or use another card reader.
*If using card reader doesn’t work, you need to check the card for errors. It is possible to check media errors using Disk Repair utilities, such as chkdsk in Microsoft Windows and Disk Utility in Mac OS X operating system.
*If the above steps fail to overcome memory card error, you have no option but to go for formatting, and start memory card recovery immediately, because formatting will erase the data previously stored on the memory card.

In order to recover lost data after formatting, you can observe the following steps: Recover your lost data from backup copy. If valid backup copy is unavailable, opt for the third party- memory card recovery software. Memory card recovery software can scan logical damaged memory card and recover the data. For different operating systems and different files, there are different versions.

If you are a Mac user, you can use Mac data recovery software. Wondershare Data Recovery for Mac can recover deleted, formatted, lost and inaccessible files including documents, archives, images, videos and songs from Mac, memory card and other storage media. Of course, if there are only photos, videos on your memory card, to decrease your cost, you can use Wondershare Photo Recovery for Mac.

If you are a Win user, you can use Wondershare Data Recovery (for Win), or Wondershare Photo Recovery (for Win).

All the above memory card recovery solutions are safe and easy to use. Because they are read-only and wizard user interface. Note: No matter you choose which method to overcome memory card error, the first thing you should do is to stop saving any new data on it to avoid data overwriting.

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