But like any storage device a memory card can also be corrupted or damaged due to various reasons. The prominent reasons for memory card corruption are the following:
Damage due to power surge
Accidental Format
Physical damage
Defective component or hardware
Damage caused due to a virus or system corruption
If any kind of damage takes place due to these reasons, you will not be able to access your data. The data may still be there but has been corrupted or damaged due to one of the reasons stated above. When you try to access data on your memory card you may get any of these error messages:
Unknown Device
Status: Unreadable, Unknown Device
Device Not Recognized in Windows
If you face any of these error messages the memory card has been corrupted or damaged. You will need the help of digital photo recovery software to recover the corrupted and damaged data from your memory card.
Stellar Phoenix Digital Media Recovery Software recovers corrupted, damaged, lost, deleted as well as formatted digital photos, images, audio and video files from memory cards. It is helpful in cases of accidental deletion, media format and data corruption.
The software offers data recovery in cases where digital files have been lost due to usage on various cameras and computers. It has an innovative scan feature which can help recover data lost due to various kinds of damage. Additionally, it helps recover BMP, PNG, WMA, 3GPP as well as MP3 files. Stellar Phoenix Digital Media Recovery Software is the right solution to all your digital media related data problems.