subject: How To Restore Lost Files From "corrupted" Memory Card? [print this page] Many people seek for data recovery help when their memory card is "corrupted". But few of them specifically point out what kind of "corrupted" it is and how it happened. In fact, "corrupted" can be of different forms and should be considered accordingly.
Two forms of "corrupted"
Generally the "corrupted" we said can be divided into logical corruption and physical corruption. When the device suffers logical corruption like reformatting or unintentional deletion of files, the lost data is recoverable. But when it suffers physical corruption such as exposure to high temperature, dropping, cracking, or water, the data will be very much likely unrecoverable.
Restore lost files from logical corruption
Under scenarios of logical corruption, data recovery software can help us restore lost files from memory card. After the files were lost, the data itself isn't deleted; just the area where the lost files were stored is now marked as free space for other new files to be written. Data recovery software understands the internals of the system used to store files on a disk (the file system) and uses this knowledge to locate the disk space that was occupied by the lost files.
But once you put other new items in the space, the previous data would be overwritten, and restoring lost files would be difficult. So even though it is the logical corruption that your memory card suffers, you should pay attention to avoid "overwriting", otherwise the originally recoverable data might become unrecoverable, which is really a pity.
Choosing appropriate data recovery software to restore lost files is very important. Here Wondershare data recovery software can be a good choice.
Key Features & Benefits
High Quality and Security
Specify a sub-folder before scanning to save you much time.
Deep Scan and RAW Recovery can restore all lost files that cannot be restored even found by other recovery tools.
Restore all lost files with original directories to help you effectively look up target information.
3 easy steps:
Step 1: Select a folder to restore lost files
Open the data recovery tool, and then select the partition or directory where the lost files were.
Step 2: Found lost files
Select the files that you want to restore
Note: The Raw Recovery of the trial version can let you preview the image files in the thumbnail.
Step 3: Select Path for Recovered Deleted Files
Select or enter a directory to store the recovered files.
Note: Another place, not the one where the lost files were, is highly suggested to store the recovered files. For example, if you want to restore lost files from partition H:, you should specify a folder to save the files in partition E: or other partition, not partition H:.
Tips to restore lost files from physical corruption
As I said above, when the card suffers physical corruption, the data will be very much likely unrecoverable. But if your lost files are really important, you can consider to repair the memory card and seek for professional help from recovery specialists or agencies, which would be a little costly and time-consuming.
