Compact flash card is an electronic storage device, which is used in different portable devices like camera, mobile, video game consoles, etc. As compact flash card is smaller, it can be carried from one place to another place very easily. Usually compact flash cards are used to store photos, audio files, video files, etc. There are many scenarios, which will lead to file loss from the CF card, and due to these scenarios, you may lose some important photo files or video files from your CF card. When photo loss occurs then you should make use of some good photo recovery tool to recover photos from compact flash card.
When any file loss occurs from compact flash card then there is no need to be panic because you can make use of Remo Recover (Windows) – Media Edition software. The software has the capacity to recover photos from different types of memory cards like SD card, XD card, MiniSD card, MicroSD card, MMC card, etc. You can download and install free trial version of the software to recover photos from the memory card. Once you download free trial version of the software install it in a healthy computer and perform the photo recovery process. This software supports different versions of the Windows Operating System like Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008. The software supports different file systems like FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, NTFS5, and ExFAT. If you have formatted compact flash card then it is possible to recover deleted data from compact flash card using this software. Once you start recovery process, first the software will scan the storage device from where data is to be recovered. Once scanning process completes, the software will recover deleted or lost data from that particular storage device. If you are satisfied with the recovery result obtained from the trial version then you can go ahead and purchase full version of the software. In full version of the software, you will find save option, using save option you can save recovered files in desired location. Different photo file types that the software supports are JPEG, JPG, TIFF, TIF, PNG, GIF, etc.
Different scenarios that cause data loss from the compact flash card are-
- Accidental deletion of photo files from the compact flash card- When compact flash card is used in camera to store photos, then you may delete photos accidentally from compact flash card using delete all button.
- Accidental formatting of compact flash card- If you select format memory card option then that particular memory card will get formatted and it will delete all the files from the memory card.
- Pulling out compact flash card improperly- If you pull out CF card accidentally while transferring photo files or video files to system then some of the photo files or video files may get deleted.
- File system corruption- When file system of the memory card gets corrupted then files present in the memory card may become inaccessible and due to this, you may lose photo files or video files from your compact flash card.
These are some scenarios, which lead to file loss from the compact flash card. However, you can recover lost or deleted files from CF card using Remo Recover software.