Memory cards have brought a revolution in the field of data storage. Memory cards are used in mobile phones, digital cameras, camcorders, PDA’s etc as data storage devices. The driving force behind the popularity of memory cards is due to the usage of these cards in digital devices. There are different types of memory cards such as xD cards, SD cards, MMC and Smart Cards.
xD stands for eXtreme Digital, which are used as flash memory cards for storing pictures (Photos) in digital cameras. These memory cards are available with data storage capacity of 512 MB to 2 GB. These memory cards are mainly used in older version of digital cameras which were manufactured by Olympus and Fujifilm. While using Olympus / Fujifilm digital camera, if user unexpectedly loses some photos which were saved, in such cases user might be confused as how to recover photos from xD card of digital camera.
Due to some disadvantages of xD cards such as high price, limited usage, low storage capacity compared to SD and physically bigger in size then microSD are the reasons of depleting usage and has lost ground to SD cards. There are several reasons where photos from xD card may get lost / deleted. Some of the most common ones are discussed below
- Human errors: – Photos on xD card can get deleted by accidentally pressing “delete all” option present on digital camera or accidentally pressing delete from computer while xD card connected to computer (When photos deleted on external storage device from computer, they do not end up in recycle bin, they bypass recycle bin).
- Photos lost due to power failure: – Sudden power failure while photos being transferred from xD card to computer may result in loss of photos from xD card.
- Virus attack: – Memory cards are most prone to viruses, memory card once attacked with virus can damage files present on card or corrupt the file system of memory card.
The other reasons for loss of photos are improper ejection of memory card, corruption of memory card, clicking of pictures during low battery, accidentally formatting memory card etc. When you face such loss of photos from xD card, it is advised to stop using the memory card and perform photo recovery. In any case if user uses the memory card (without recovering), there may be chances of photos being overwritten.
Whatever might be the reason for photos being deleted / lost from xD card, they can always be recovered using Remo Recover (Windows) – Media Edition. It uses an advance scanning algorithm which scans the drive in minutes and displays the deleted & lost photos. This data recovery utility is easy to use and efficient to work. Users need not have any technical knowledge to use this software as it has simple functions which can be easily understood. It can be used to recover text files, document files, images, audio files, video files and RAW photo files. It not only recovers these data from memory card, it can also be used to recover data from computer hard drive, external hard drive, USB drive and other storage devices. Remo Software offers a free download of the software; users can try and see if there photos are recoverable.