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.

Video recovery from the Canon HV20

The Canon HV20 was meant to be a follow-up to the HV10, which was the company’s first compact camcorder in High Definition (HD). The camcorder stores data in MiniDV or HDV format on MiniDV cassette and SD Cards. The data stored on these storage media is highly volatile and can get lost due to a number of reasons. Storage media getting corrupted, files being deleted accidentally, formatting of storage media, etc., are some of the primary reasons behind the loss of data. Whatever be the reason behind the misfortune, if a back-up is unavailable, and the videos get lost, you can always use a Video Recovery Software to recover the videos.

For example, while taking a video, your camcorder suddenly turns off due to empty battery. The next time when you switch on the camcorder and attempt to view the videos stored on your SD card, they do not open.

Cause:

The prime cause behind the problem is the fact that the camcorder performs a read-write process while writing files (videos taken) to the memory card or any other storage media. If this process is interrupted mid-way, the card gets corrupted. After corruption of a memory card, the data on it becomes inaccessible. In this particular case, the process was interrupted when the camcorder suddenly switched off due to empty battery.

Resolution:

The only way to resolve the problem is to format the card and then restore it’s original data back. The memory card uses a file system to store the data . When the card is formatted, the old file system and all it’s content is deleted and a new file system is set-up. The data from the old file system is still saved on the hard disk, however, it can be read neither by the computer nor the camcorder.

Since formatting the card erases data from it, Video Recovery needs to be performed. One can use a reliable Video Recovery Software for this purpose. These are specially designed tools that can recover lost multimedia files from almost any storage device, even after it has been formatted.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is a  Video Recovery Software that can recover almost all lost, deleted or formatted multimedia data. Irrespective of the reason behind the loss, this read-only software safely recoups the data to a location selected by you. It supports AVI, MOV, ASF, WMV, etc and is compatible with both, Windows and Mac OS.

Lost Videos on Cell phone Memory Card

Cell phones come in all shapes and sizes. Since their introduction in the 1990s, they have evolved immensely. From being just a portable phone, to being a portable laptop, camera, camcorder, audio camera and a whole lot of other things all rolled in one. Though the quality is not always as good as that of a digicam or camcorder, the obvious advantage is that cell phones are smalled. The compact size makes it easy for one to take videos where-ever you may be.

Cell phones have an internal phone memory as well as an expandable memory. This expandable memory is what is used when saving images, videos etc on the phone. This memory card can then be connected to a computer or any other device to view, transfer or edit the data. This data is subject to loss quite often. You can always use a video recovery tool to get back your data.

Cause:

The most common case of video deletion is when you use a cell phone to record videos, then when you connect the memory card to the computer, you get a message saying that the “card is blank!” . You are left wondering what went wrong and how you can fix it!! This occurs accidentally formatted the card after taking the videos.

Solution:

There is still a solution of recovering videos stored in your memory card, as the videos are still there on your cell phone.

Even if the problem was because you formatted the card, you still have nothing to worry about. Where there is a will there is a way!! You can recover your videos and photos using a video recovery software. There are various utility software that perform video file recovery. After a video has been deleted, it is still present on you file system. This is where the software retrieves the video from. You should however be careful and use genuine software for the purpose, lest the file gets completely damaged!

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is an easy-to-use video recovery tool. The software supports all video formats like MOV, AVI, ASF, MP4, etc. You don’t have to be a computer-whiz to be able to operate the software. It has simple steps which you can use to perform the recovery.