All photo files, audio files, video files can be referred as digital media. Usually these media files are stored in internal hard drive, external hard drive, flash memory cards, iPods, digital cameras, etc. Most commonly, memory cards are used to store these digital media files. Most popular brands of memory cards are Transcend, SanDisk, Kingston, Sony, and Lexar. There are various types of memory cards, which are used to store digital media files. Most commonly used memory cards are CF card, XD Picture card, SD card, MMC card and Smart Media card. In memory cards, only FAT file system is used even if NTFS file system is secure and less prone to disk related errors, because almost all computers support FAT formatted memory cards. There are lot of circumstances which leads to loss of photo files, video files from memory cards. However, digital media recovery can be done very easily using media file recovery software.
Few scenarios in which photo loss occurs from memory card are listed below:
Improper handling of memory card: If you eject memory card improperly when camera is ON, then photo loss may occur from the memory card. If you insert or remove memory card abruptly, from digital camera then occurrences of photo loss cases is more.
Memory card corruption: When same memory card is used in different devices, then there may be chances of occurrences of memory card corruption. When memory card corrupts then data present in the memory card will become inaccessible and it will lead to data loss case.
Virus attack: When memory card is inserted into virus-infected devices, then files present in memory card may get infected by viruses. For example, when memory card is inserted into virus-infected system, photo files or video files present in memory card may get corrupted due to viruses.
Accidental deletion: While deleting unwanted digital photos or videos if you delete favorite photo or video then it will result in loss photo files or video files.
During file transfer: While transferring photo files from memory card to system, if you turnoff your system then photos may get deleted and such deleted photos will not move to Recycle Bin. Therefore, you cannot restore those deleted photos from Recycle Bin.
If you take some precautions before photo loss occurs, then there will not be threat of occurrences of photo loss. You should handle memory card carefully so that you will not lose any media files that are stored on the memory card. Immediately after taking photos, do not remove memory card from your camera. These are some precautions which you must take in order to not to lose any media files from memory card. If you have lost any important photos, RAW images from memory card then there is no need to worry because Remo Recover (Windows) – Media Edition software helps you to recover deleted or lost photos very easily. You can download and install demo version of the software in your system to evaluate chances of recovery. You can preview recovered media files using preview option. If you are satisfied with the result of demo version then you can buy complete version of the software.