Comments on: Causes of memory card corruption

By: Gail Bjork

Gail Bjork — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 11:40:16 +0000

Mike, we list free photo software here, including those used for photo recovery. Visit the developers site to see which one will meet your needs.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 09:08:31 +0000

Are there any good free software for photo recovery from a memory card corruption?

By: Gail Bjork

Gail Bjork — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 12:12:45 +0000

Photo-guy, Sandisk, the world's largest supplier of flash memory cards, recommends that a card be formatted in the camera, not computer."

“Using the camera’s menu to ‘format’ removes all files and sets up the memory card for use in the camera....Therefore, it is a good idea to occasionally format a memory card (in the camera and not on a computer).

You can read the full quote in this article Why format a memory card.

By: Photo-guy

Photo-guy — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 11:34:52 +0000

While most of this information is correct, the need to format a memory card in the camera is bogus.

I do it all the time in the computer. You just have to make sure you use Fat32 ( or exFat if the camera supports it), and an allocation block of 32Kb, which provides for the most efficient storage of large files.

However, for most people, it is probably safer to format their cards in the camera.

By: Gail Bjork

Gail Bjork — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 12:20:06 +0000

Kim, I’ve been using Sandisk memory cards for years. I use their high speed Ultra brand. I believe they still come with a lifetime warranty and RecuePro, photo recovery software. In the 10 years I’ve been using memory cards, I only had one problem with the lock on a SDHC card. Sandisk replaced it quickly and without question.

Other reliable cards are made by Lexar and Transcend.

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 01:20:27 +0000

Gail,

Are you aware of any particular brands of camera or memory card that are less prone to corruption than others?

By: PC software

PC software — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:33:07 +0000

Thanks for providing a wonderful article on memory card corruption.and giving guidelines for causes of of memory card corruption.thanks for sharing with us.

By: Eva

Eva — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:41:21 +0000

Well, isn’t there any other way ?
because the pictures are important to me and i dont want to risk losing them.

By: Gail Bjork

Gail Bjork — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:20:58 +0000

Eva, personally, I'd format the card, though you may lose your photos but you can try to recover them with a photo recovery program such as those we've listed here. As always, read the disclaimers and the software developers site.

By: Eva

Eva — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:49:13 +0000

Hi,
the other day i inserted my memory card in my laptop to get pictues from it, the laptop showed me a msg that it is recommended that i scan and fix the memory card and that’s what i did, my AVG Anti-virus detected some viruses on it and it removed all of them.
But when i tried to open the memory card it shows this msg :

The item ‘pywuzx.exe’ that this shortcut refers to has been changed or moved, so this shortcut will no longer work properly.
Do you want to delete this shortcut ?

Please help me fix it.