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Nowadays people widely make use of these memory cards for their cameras, game consoles mobile phones, and camcorders, etc. to store videos, photos and songs. Due to its easy accessibility and portable storage data it is getting more and more popular for storing memorable photos of any event or occasion.

Memory cards are supported in several digital devices such as digital cameras, drones, smartphones, tablets and more. This is the one of the most preferred storage devices that people get to store their precious data on it. But memory cards are prone to corruption or damage due to various reasons.

There are different types of memory card such as SD card, miniSD, microSD, SDHC, miniSDHC, microSDHC, SDXC, TF, CF, SmartMedia, MMC, xD-Picture, Memory Stick, etc.

Without a doubt I can say and you will also agree with me - that storing photos of any events or occasions are the best ways to re-memorize joy on your face by refreshing old memories.

But do let me also tell you the fact that digital photos are more prone to corruption and loss than the traditional pictures.

So, in this post, you will learn various causes for the photos from memory card so that you can take precautions to protect photos and memory card from getting damaged or loss/deletion of your precious images from the SD memory card.

Common Causes For The Loss or Deletion of Photos From Memory Card

Coming back to the causes of the photos loss from memory card, you can look below at the most common causes. You might not even ever think that it could be the causes of photos deletion from memory card. So below at the causes one by one and try to avoid all these situations so that you can prevent data loss from memory card.

Cause #1: Sudden Removal of Memory Card From The Camera - If you remove the memory card or the card reader while accessing the files at the same time or while transferring the files can also lead to chances of memory card corruption and damage.

• Formatting of Memory Card - If the card displays errors like “Memory card not initialized” or “Format error” as you tends to access the camera. These errors messages prompt that the memory card is damaged but formatting leads to deletion of stored data from the memory card.  This condition lets to reduce all the chances of recovery.
• Sudden Power Failure While Copying Process - A sudden power failure at the time of transferring files or at time of synchronization can lead to lead to corruption or deletion of photos. Moreover, this may lead to inaccessibility of data.
• Virus Attack - If the card gets infected with the virus then it definitely leads to corruption of the photos stored in it.
• Improper Ejection - If the memory card is ejected while the contents of it are still in use or open then it leads to corruption of the memory card.
• Accidentally Pressing Delete All option - It can also be the result of accidentally pressing of “Delete all” button while previewing files on the camera.
• Using Same Card on Multiple Gadgets - It can also happen if the same memory card is used for different types of camera that can be accountable to data loss.
• Continuously Clicking Photos Without Break – If you click photos very rapidly and instantly without giving any sufficient time to be written over the memory card, then it may corrupt the card and photos.
• Ignoring Battery Low Warning – While taking photos with camera or phones, if it displays the warning message “Low Battery”, then you should not ignore it. If you ignore then it may corrupt the card and all photos saved on your card.
• Ignoring Memory Full Warning - Similarly, while taking photos with camera or phones, if it displays the warning message “Low Battery”, then you should not ignore it. If you ignore then it may corrupt the card and all photos saved on your card.

So, these are some common causes that are responsible for the loss or deletion of image files from the card.

Next, let us learn what are some common problems that memory card users encounter in daily life that could also result in photo loss?

Common Problems Associated With Photo Loss From The Memory Card

There are many different reasons that affect the inaccessibility of digital photos from the memory card. Whatever the reason would be it results in loss of data:

• Locking of memory card - The card may get locked and thus when the user tries to record the photos and videos frequent error messages will display which defines that the memory card is writing protected or locked.
• Card unable to be used - This message is to say that the memory card is unusable.
• Missing and Unread files- The memory card is working fine it can store photos and videos but some of them appear missing or unreadable.
• The memory card runs slow - While transferring the photos it takes more time than usual.
• Corrupt and Damaged card - The memory card contains more sensitive device than any other so these are more prone to corruption or damage.

These reasons for corruption are results of improper ways of handling the camera and the memory card.

So, now the question arises – how to recover deleted or lost photos from memory card?

Well, find out the answer below by yourself!