subject: Recovering Videos From Sony Memory Stick [print this page] Sony is renowned for its innovative productsSony is renowned for its innovative products. Its memory sticks also fall in the same league. The company has a family of memory sticks encompassing Memory Stick Pro, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick Micro etc. Being reliable and safe flash memory storage media, these sticks are widely used in various devices including digital cameras, PDAs, music players and other portable devices. However if you are using Sony memory stick in your digital camera to click videos and other data, you have to be cautious. There could be many instances which may render your videos inaccessible or in fact, at times you may also end up deleting the videos accidentally. During such unfortunate situations, you may try and get back your lost videos by using a backup. If you find your backup corrupt or missing, don't panic as you still have a good chance of recovering videos with a reliable video recovery software.
As a practical case, you may come across the following error while you try and view videos of your latest family trip, saved on a Sony memory stick :
No memory stick
As a result, all your cherished videos go beyond your reach till the time you get rid of the above error.
Cause
The above abrupt behavior can be observed in the following scenarios:
If the memory stick is not inserted properly
If your camera's batteries are not charged
If your camera malfunctions
If the file system of your camera has got corrupt
Resolution
To fix the issue and retrieve the videos, you can consider the following workarounds:
Re-insert your Sony memory stick
Charge your camera's batteries and re-insert the memory stick
Try and access the videos on a computer
If the file system is corrupted, format the memory stick and opt for a video recovery software
Since formatting deletes the previously saved data, you would be required to employ a video recovery utility. Such utilities are capable of recovering videos from damaged or corrupt storage media such as memory sticks, memory cards, hard drives, digital cameras, camcorders, USBs and other removable media.
Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is a trusted utility which recovers lost, deleted or formatted videos in almost all data loss situations. The video recovery software is available for both Windows and Mac users and recovers all video formats including ASF, MOV, AVI, WMV, MP$ etc.
