Handling Errors that make Videos Inaccessible

Powerful mechanical products, such as digital cameras, video cameras, and camcorders allow you to capture, manipulate, and store videos in a digital format. The storage medium used by most of these mechanical devices is a memory card. There are various types and forms of memory cards available in the market, such as, SD, SDHC, MMC, and CF. Corruption or damage in these storage media can occur at any point of time, resulting into inaccessibility of videos and other multimedia files. These are the situations when an updated backup allows you to restore the data. But, with backup file unavailability or falling short to restore the desired videos, the only option left is to use a third-party Video Recovery Software.

Corruption of a memory card always results into an error message, few of the most common are mentioned below:

  • Memory card could not be read
  • Memory card could not be recognized
  • Memory card could not be used
  • Card is not formatted

Outcome for all the above error messages is the same – inaccessibility of videos. In addition, these error message do not allow the user to save any new video in the memory card.

Cause:

The root cause for all the above error message is corruption of memory card, primarily due to interrupted read/write operation, virus infection, human errors, and improper use of the camera.

Resolution:

All the above listed error messages can be resolved by formatting the memory card with the camera. It deletes all the previous videos and other media files and allows you to capture and store new videos.

However, if in case you need the formatted multimedia files, you can use a Video Recovery application.

These Video Recovery tool use effective scanning methods to recover all formatted multimedia files (including videos). Such recovery tools can be easily purchased from the Internet. The recovery process of such utilities is completely non-destructive, as the original data remains untouched. These tools ensure complete recovery in three simple steps-downloading the software, scanning the formatted media, and saving the recovered videos.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is a wonderful Video Recovery Software that recovers all kinds of multimedia files. The recovery utility comes with a well-constructed help manual, that enables any user to perform recovery. Designed for both Windows and Mac OS X, the read-only tool supports almost all file formats, like ASF, WMV, AVI, MOV etc.

Videos inaccessible after Memory card error messages

Digital cameras or camcorders allow you to electronically capture or record your beautiful memories in the form of videos or pictures. These digital devices use different kinds of memory cards (SD, MMC, SDHC, etc.) to store these multimedia files. While the data stored in these digital storage media is secure, corruption can occur due to various factors like, interrupted read-write process, virus hits, or file system damage. A major hazard that a photographer encounters after memory card corruption is inaccessibility of data. To nullify such issues, a photographer should always maintain an updated backup. But, not all the photographers create a regular backup. For them, an advanced third-party Video Recovery Software acts as a boon.

Below are few common error messages that pop up when the memory card gets corrupted:

Card error

A Media Card has been inserted that contains errors

Card has wrong format

Display of any of the above error message on the screen of your digital camera or camcorder means that your card has been corrupted. Additionally, the files stored in the memory card become inaccessible, as the digital camera fails to read the data after any of the above error message.

Resolution:

Corruption in memory can either happen due to logical or physical reasons. For recovery of data from a physically damaged memory cards, you will need to send the physically damaged card to a reputed Data Recovery organization that has good experience in recovering data from a physically damaged memory card.

For logically corrupted memory card, you will need to format the memory card using the camera. Formatting a card primarily results in deleting the data stored on your memory card. To recover the lost data after formatting, you will need to search for a powerful third-party Video Recovery utility. Such tools are specifically designed to salvage data by using high-end scanning algorithms. These Video Recovery utilities can be used by any user, as they do not require any technical knowledge.

Stellar Data Recovery Inc. is one of the biggest brands in providing effective data recovery services. The experts at Stellar use latest tools to recover maximum data from a corrupt memory card. The company has also developed a powerful application for recovering data after logical crash scenarios.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery recovers data from a formatted memory card in just three simple steps. The Video Recovery Software comes highly graphical user documentation that guides the photographer to perform the repair process. Compatible with Windows and Mac OS, the read only software supports recovery all file formats including AVI, MOV, ASF, WMV, etc.