Tips to recover deleted data from memory card

Memory cards are small storage devices, which are used in portable devices like mobile phone and digital camera to extend storage capacity of those devices. Memory cards are used in digital camera, to store photos and videos. While previewing photos or videos in digital camera if you press delete button accidentally, then you will lose those photos from the memory card. If you select format memory card option accidentally in digital camera then you will lose all photos, videos that are stored in the memory card. In the same way, while previewing photos in mobile phone if you press delete button or if you press format memory card option accidentally then you will lose those photos from your mobile phone. Whenever any data is deleted from memory card then there is no need to worry because you can recover deleted data from memory card by using good third party data recovery tool.

There are many possibilities due to which you may lose data from your memory card. Some of the scenarios in which you may lose data from memory card are-

  1. Accidental formatting of memory card- When memory card is connected to computer using card reader or using cable then if you wish to format any drive and accidentally if you select memory card to format, then you will lose all data present in the memory card.
  2. Attack of viruses to memory card files- When memory card is connected to virus-infected system then files present in memory card may get infected by viruses. Due to these viruses, files present in memory card may get corrupted.
  3. Memory card corruption – When memory card is removed from digital camera or from mobile phone abruptly then your memory card may get corrupted. When memory card corrupts then you may lose data present in the memory card.
  4. Data loss due to power failure- While transferring photos from memory card to computer if power failure problem occurs or if system is turned off then you may lose some of the photos from the memory card.

To avoid data loss scenarios you should take some precautions. Some of them are listed here-

  1. Keep back up of all-important data in CD, DVD or external hard drive. If you lose any data from your memory card then you can restore lost data from back up.
  2. While transferring photos or videos from memory card to computer be careful. You should not turn off computer or your camera.
  3. Do not connect your memory card to virus-infected system. If you connect memory card to virus infected system then files present in memory card may get affected by viruses and you may lose those files.

If you have lost data from memory card then you can use Remo Recover (Windows) – Basic Edition software. The software can recover deleted or lost data from memory card, hard drive, external hard drive, flash drive, and USB drive. Trial version of the software is freely available in the internet, which you can download and install in your PC to evaluate chances of recovery.