Restore Images From Transcend Flash Memory Card

Flash memory cards are secondary storage medium that are based on the flash technology for storing digital data. They are compact in size and are portable non-volatile chips that are electrically programmable and erasable. They have an excellent ability to retain data without need of an external power. Flash memory cards have fast accessing speed and different storage capacities. Transcend Inc has set a benchmark in data storage devices. Transcend is well known for memory storage products such as external hard drives, USB drives, flash memory cards, memory modules, etc. Transcend flash memory cards are used for storing data like photos, audio files, and videos. Transcend flash memory cards are usually utilized in digital cameras for storing photos.

Photographs are captured on special occasions for having a remembrance of the past. Photographs acts as an asset since the captured moments are very valuable. Digital cameras generally save images in jpeg format. In case of professional Digital Single-Lens Reflex (DSLR) cameras, the images are saved in CR2, NEF, ARW, CRW, SR2, MRW raw image file formats. There are many chances of losing photos due to human errors or because of some logical failures in flash memory cards. In order to restore images from Transcend flash memory cards you need to utilize appropriate flash drive recovery software with the help of which you can recover lost or deleted photos from the memory card.

Reasons for losing photos from Transcend flash memory card:

• File system corruption: If the file system i.e., FAT32 which is used for organization of data in flash memory cards is infected from some harmful malware or virus then it results in corruption of flash memory card and the photos stored in the card are inaccessible. If you insert and use the same flash memory card in different electronic gadgets then the data structure of the card is damaged, which result in inaccessibility of photos.
• Interruption during transfer of photos: During the process of transferring photos between the camera and computer if you suddenly eject the interface cable, if you abruptly pull out the card from camera or if there is sudden power surge then it results in loss of photos.
• Root Directory Corruption: In flash memory cards, it makes use of a structure i.e., root directory, which enables you to store limited number of files, i.e., approximately 256 files. If you have stored more number of photos exceeding the limit then the root directory of the memory card gets corrupted and points to faulty location, which result in inaccessibility and loss of important photos.
• External threats: Viruses are destructive programs that are specially designed to destroy files by replicating themselves. If some harmful virus infects the flash memory card then it results in severe data loss. If you have used good Anti-virus program to scan your flash memory card and after the scanning process is completed if it finds any threats in the card then it removes the virus along with that, it also deletes the data present in memory card.

Few precautions to avoid losing photos from flash memory card:

• Regularly scan your flash memory card with a good anti-virus program to prevent from virus attacks.
• You should be careful while removing the memory card from the computer after the data transfer. Always, properly eject the memory card drive using Safely Remover Hardware icon.
• You need to keep essential copy of all important photos as backup to restore it back.

If you still manage to lose photos even after taking precautions then the only solution is to opt for a reliable data recovery tool. You can even recover data from corrupted memory cards with the help of this software by following few easy steps. For recovering the flash memory card data efficiently, you should not save any new data into that memory card. Saving of any new data into the memory card may overwrite on lost data, which causes permanent data loss. Memory card recovery software is read-only software, which scans your entire memory card in few minutes to recover lost or deleted data. With help of this software, all your recovered data is sorted out based on the file name, type, size and extension in order to retrieve files easily. This software is also used to undelete files from flash drives. Generally, memory card supports FAT32 file format but, along with FAT32, this software can even recover files from FAT16, NTFS, NTFS5 and ExtFAT file system. With the help of this software you are able to recover lost files from partitions of flash drive.

Steps to recover photos from Transcend flash memory card:

 

Step 1: Download and install the software in healthy computer. Connected the affected flash memory card as a slave to the host computer. Launch the software and then click on Recover Photos option to recover images from memory card as shown in Figure 1

 

Figure 1: Select Recover Photos

 

Step 2: After you select the recover photos option then from the next screen you need to select Recover Lost Photos option to retrieve pictures from Transcend memory card as shown in Figure 2

 

Figure 2: Select Recover Lost Photos

Step 3: After selecting the recover lost photos option then from next screen you need to select the memory card drive from which you need to recover photos and click on Next option as shown in Figure 3. The software starts scanning the Transcend flash memory card for the lost / deleted data

 

Figure 3: Select Memory Card drive

 

Step 4: After the scanning process is completed you are able to view all the recovered files in "Data View" or "File Type View". You can even preview the recovered photos using the Preview option as shown in Figure 4

 

Figure 4: View Recovered photos

 

Note: You can save the recovered data only in purchased version of this software. Demo version is only meant for evaluation of the recovery chances of lost / deleted data.