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Preventive measures and data recovery tips from corrupted SD card

My son graduated from a top business school this year. Being proud parents, both me and my wife decided to attend his convocation ceremony.

Author: Shaun Pattrik

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But, due to a business trip, my wife had to drop the plan. Eventually, I alone went to attend this memorable moment of my son's life. I clicked several pictures of the event in order to send it to my wife via e-mail. And, unfortunately the SD card this time ditched me big time by rendering all valuable photos inaccessible. When I loaded the SD card in my camera, it displayed an annoying error repeatedly. I thought of accessing the pictures on a computer, but it did not reap any benefit. A frustrated me looked for a magical solution on the Internet. To my surprise, I found many SD card recovery software which vouched to recover lost or deleted pictures. I heaved a sigh of relief after realizing that I can recover lost pictures on my own.

During my research for an efficient tool, I came across various preventive measures which should be taken into consideration in order to avoid SD card corruption:

Do not switch off the camera while the SD card is still inside
Do not use the same SD card in many more devices
Do not click photos when your camera displays 'low battery'
Do not remove the SD card abruptly when you are transferring data to a PC
Do not format the memory card in a computer and more

If you encounter a data loss situation even after following the above-mentioned precautions, do not get cranky. You can still recover lost data with the help of an SD card data recovery utility. Therefore, stay calm and select an appropriate utility carefully.

While making a decision regarding a tool, make sure you consider the following attributes:

It should be read-only and easy-to-employ
It should incorporate an interactive GUI
It should recover data from all SD card brands and other memory cards

Apart from checking the various features, you should make a final decision regarding an SD card recovery utility after getting the glimpse of recoverable data through its demo version.

In my case, I relied on Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery and it delivered me best recovery results. The tool recovers lost or deleted pictures and other multimedia files from various types of memory cards including SD, MMC, XD, CF etc. The SD card recovery software is available in two versions for both Windows and Mac users.

About Author

Shaun Pattrik has 6 Years of Experience in the Software Technology field doing research in Stellar Info System Ltd which offers SD Card Recovery, Memory Card Recovery, Memory Card Recovery Software. For more information please visit: http://www.sd-card-recovery.net/

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Preventive measures and data recovery tips from corrupted SD card