Then, download and install CardRecovery on your computer. There are many card readers available on the market (e.g. Otherwise, you need to prepare an USB card reader. You may try to connect your digital camera to your computer, if a new drive letter appears in 'My Computer', this is normal.
Data recovery software like ' CardRecovery' is able to recover the lost pictures in most cases.įirst, you need to confirm your memory card can appear as a drive letter in 'My Computer', which will allow recovery software to access and recover the lost photos. taking new pictures, or deleting or formatting the memory card). Once you have damaged your memory card, it is highly recommended to stop further operations on the memory card (e.g. In some cases, your camera or Windows may prompt you to re-format the memory card and refuse to take new pictures or view old pictures. Usually, you will see error messages like ' memory card error', ' card locked', ' card error', or an error code on your camera screen and the valuable pictures on the memory card could disappear and be lost.
For some reason, memory cards may get damaged during a power shortage, or removal of the memory card on picture shooting or viewing, or other various and unknown reasons.
Popular memory cards include the SD card, CF card, xD-Picture card and Memory Stick. A Memory Card is used by digital camera to store the photos it takes.