Are you facing problems accessing memory card data on a PC? Or your memory card throwing various bizarre errors? Memory cards exhibit such abrupt behavior due to various reasons including virus attacks, file system damage or boot sector corruption and more. The errors could lead to grave data loss situations and make you entirely dependent on a valid backup copy. In worst scenarios, where you feel helpless in absence of backup to restore data, you can blindly opt for card recovery software.

Let’s consider a practical case, wherein, you connect your memory card to a computer to export some important photo and video files, and instead receive the following error message:

“A media card has been inserted that contains errors. To correct the errors please use a disk error-checking utility on a computer.”

Cause

The error indicates that the memory card has become corrupt. Corruption could have sneaked into it on account of the following reasons:

  • If the memory card is being used in more than one devices
  • If the memory card is not properly formatted
  • If the memory card was pulled out from the camera while it was still on

Resolution

In the event of above error, you may or may not see the contents. Therefore, it becomes essential for you to observe following card recovery steps in order to retrieve important audios and videos from the card:

  • After connecting your digital camera to a computer if you are able to see the data, copy all the files to your computer’s hard drive. Now, format the memory card in your digital camera. This way you will install a new file system into the card.
  • If you are not able to access the data, don’t think you have lost your valuable pictures and videos forever. Try using a card reader to access the data stored in your memory card. If it doesn’t work, check the memory card for errors using disk repair utility chkdsk.
  • If you are still not able to ward off memory card errors, format the memory card in your camera. The next step involves downloading a card recovery software and recovering the data.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is a safe and user-friendly utility which recovers lost or deleted data including photos, audios, videos etc from all types of memory cards including SD, MMC, XD, CF etc. The card recovery utility recovers all file formats and is available for both Windows and Mac.