To avoid data loss in such situations, following measures must be observed:

• The camera, card, pen-drive, or computer should not be used further, to prevent overwriting of the lost file. In case the file does get overwritten, then there is no way to recover deleted photos.
• As much as possible, take and update backups of the photos. Always ensure that you carry out the backup job as soon as possible. This ensures that in case you lose your photos, you can always undelete photos
• Try to keep the storage media away from magnets and electromagnetic range. In case, the storage media stays in such a range, the storage are tends to get polarized differently, thereby causing irrevocable photo loss.
• Another thing that one should observe is that the media should not be exposed to extreme heat or cold. Even these can interfere with the circuitry and lead to irreversible damage.
• Make sure that you charge the battery of the camera, when you go anywhere. If batteries die in the middle of photo write operation, chances are that your memory card will get corrupt.
• Likewise, make sure that while a photo write operation is being carried out, you do not shut it down, or remove the batteries. Even these can damage the memory card.
• Always transfer your photos to the computer, and make sure you format the memory card after every use. This reduces the chances of the same getting damaged.

If you have already lost, deleted or formatted your media, the you will need to recover lost photos using a digital photo recovery software.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is a reliable software for carrying out such recovery operations. Capable of recovering photos from any digital storage media, the application performs recovery in 3-simple steps i.e. Start-> Scan->Recover.

Suppose the Canon PowerShot SD780 IS camera is connected to a computer and you are copying some pictures on its external memory (SD card). Then you suddenly remove the camera from computer without considering that a read/write process is running. The next time, when you try to view the images on the same SD card of Canon PowerShot SD780 IS, it cannot be accessed and instead gives an error:

“Memory card error.”

Apart from the instance, depicted above, ‘Memory card error’ can also occur due to numerous of other reasons.

Since the memory card is unusable, the only solution to get it to a working state is to reformat the memory card. Reformatting the memory card is not a safe option (since it leads to loss of all the graphic and video files) unless you have a backup of all your precious files. Thus, in cases when you do not have a valid data backup, you need a third-party utility to Recover Lost Photos.

The Photo Recovery Software are designed to scan a digital storage media using efficient scanning algorithms, and are competent in restoring data without making any changes to the original data. Because of their interactive design, these tools are quite easy to use.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is a comprehensive utility that restores lost and deleted digital files, including audios, videos, and photos from a variety of storage media, including SD/SDHC cards, MMC cards, xD cards, CF cards, CDs, DVDs, hard disks, iPods, digital cameras, and more. With separate versions available for Windows and Mac, this software can Recover Lost Photos using advanced, yet safe procedures.

These memory cards, although reliable digital storage media, can get corrupted after logical crashes. Once corrupted, the data (audio, video, or pictures) saved in these memory cards becomes inaccessible.

An error message pops up when the user attempts to access the data saved in a corrupted memory card. In such cases, if the user wants to access the data saved in the memory card, then s/he needs to restore the data from an updated backup or use commercial Photo Recovery solutions.

To explain the above issue, consider a practical scenario where you try to access the data saved in the SDHC memory card of your Fujifilm FinePix J38 camera, and receive the below error message:

“Card Error”

The error message appears when the camera is not able to access the data saved on the SDHC memory card. Furthermore, the same error message appears every time you try to access the memory card data.

Cause:

The root cause for the occurrence of the above error message is corruption of SDHC memory card. Few main causes of SDHC memory card corruption are interrupted read/write operation, improper camera shutdown, or virus hit.

Resolution:

To resolve the above error message and to store new digital files in the SDHC card, you will need to format the card in the camera. While corruption problems get resolved after formatting, the data saved in the memory card also gets deleted.

To access the deleted data post formatting, you can restore the data from an updated backup. However, if no backup is available, then you will need to search for a good Photo Recovery utility.

A third-party Photo Recovery Software employs advanced recovery procedure to ensure recovery of every single file post formatting.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery recovers all image files from almost all kinds of formatted, corrupted, or damaged memory cards, including SDHC cards. Compatible with almost all versions of Mac OS X (mac photo recovery) and Windows, the photo Recovery Software also provides recovery from other storage media like, USB drives, hard drives, and more.

As a practical instance of these issues, suppose you follow the below sequence of steps:

• Your use Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) on your computer
• You upgrade the computer to Snow Leopard using the installation media
• After the system reboots, you find that all of your iPhoto files are missing. Either the whole iPhoto Library or all photos from this iPhoto Library no longer exist.

This problem is frequent after installation of Snow Leopard and has several evidences. One of the possible reasons is incompatibility issues of Snow Leopard and iPhoto application, but the actual problem is still needed to be addressed.

The deleted photos might be of important concern. They can worth memories of your life, your last spent holidays or your family photographs. To restore them, you should check your last available Time Machine backup. But if it is unavailable or exist in unrecoverable state, one of the most suitable option is to use a Photo Recovery Software.

The special purposed Digital Photo Recovery Software is available with unique capabilities of restoring the deleted digital pictures, audios, and videos. The software provide a simple, intuitive interface and allow you to recover deleted, missing or lost digital data after any logical crash.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery (Mac) is a reliable utility that recovers lost or deleted photos and other digital files from hard drives, digital cameras, memory cards, and other storage media. The MAC Photo Recovery Software is compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), 10.5 (Leopard), 10.4 (Tiger), and 10.3.9 (Panther).

As an instance of such problems, suppose you use Windows Photo Gallery in your Windows Vista based computer system. Later, you find some of your important photos missing from the gallery. You cannot find the lost photos anywhere.

Cause

Some of the possible reasons that can cause photos missing in Windows Photo Gallery are:

• You have moved the photos to some other location on drive.
• The lost photo items are hidden and are not visible.
• You have deleted the photos accidentally.

Solution :

You are suggested to try these solutions to recover your lost Windows Photo Gallery items:

• Access the file search option from ‘Start’ menu and type one of the file types, for example *.jpg, that you have lost. Try advanced search if this fails.
• Enable the view of hidden files under folder options and see if your seemingly lost photos are now visible.
• Open the ‘Recycle Bin’ and check if it contains the photos you find lost. Restore the lost photos from ‘Recycle Bin’. If this is not the case, you might have deleted the photos accidentally and permanently. To recover photos in these cases, you need to either apply your last backup or use a third-party tool to Recover Deleted Photos.

The third-party photo recovery software can Recover Lost Photos using powerful scanning algorithms. The software are quite easy to run with self-descriptive interface and also, maintain the original data integrity with read-only data conduct. The tools are safe to use in any logical data loss problem.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery (Windows) is a reliable photo recovery tool that recovers lost and deleted photos, audios, and videos from Windows based computer. The advanced software allows you to Recover Deleted Photos using few simple steps. The tool is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2003, and 2000.