An SD card is a handy piece of hardware most of us have come across at some point. Smartphones, digital cameras and even DSLRs generally don't come with enough built-in memory to store the amount of photos we accumulate over time. Thus, most devices come with an SD card slot in which we can insert a good card to expand our device's storage. Plus, SD cards make transferring photos to a laptop or PC convenient by eliminating the need for connecting wires or a Bluetooth connection.
However, often, SD cards suffer damage owing to various reasons thus putting all our data at a security risk. Imagine losing photos to the tune of GBs to an SD card malfunction! Thankfully, some really efficient SD card photo recovery software are available which can reclaim lost photos from SD cards in no time. This article will be covering SD card photo loss scenarios and a great solution for them on Mac and PC. So if you've faced data loss on your SD / memory card, read on to find out more.
Commonly used Memory Card Types:
- Secure Digital (SDHC, SDXC, SDUC)
- microSD / microSDHC / microSDXC / mini SD
- CompactFlash (CF) Type I & II
- CFexpress (Type A & B)
- XQD Card
- SD Express
- Memory Stick (Pro, Duo, HG, Micro M2)
- MultiMediaCard (MMC / SecureMMC)
- SmartMedia Card (SSFDC)
- MiniCard (Miniature Card)
Recover Photos from SD card
Supported File Formats
Photo Formats: Nikon (.NEF, .NRW), Kodak (.KDC, .DCS, .DRF, .D25), Panasonic (.RAW, .RW2), Sony (.ARW, .SRF, .SR2), Canon (.CRW), & more.
Video File Formats: MP4, 3GP, AVI, MPEG, MKV, AVCHD (MTS), DIVX, MOI, MOV, MQV, M4B, M4V, WMV, VOB, OGM, 3G2, & more.
Audio File Formats: RPS, MP3, AU, WAV, MIDI, OGG, AIFF, RM, WMA, RA, M4P, M4A, ACD, AMR, AT3, CAFF, DSS, IFF, M4R, NRA, & more.
It supports scanning of storage devices having storage capacity over 18TB.
How to recover deleted photos?
SD card photo recovery using Stellar Photo Recovery is a piece of cake. Just follow the below mentioned steps and you're done:
- Download and Install Stellar Photo Recovery on your windows or Mac system.
- Launch the software and choose the file type to scan.
- Select the drive or SD card to scan and recover from. Click Scan.
- Once finished, a "Scanning Completed Successfully!" dialog will appear.
- Select the desired files and choose Recover. In the dialog box, specify the location to save the media files. Click Save to save the file in desired location.
Note:You can customize your recovery by selecting only the specific file type from the list under Add RAW file formats from the left pane.
You can preview images directly within the interface to verify their quality and confirm they are safe before recovery.
It is important to remember that the scanning process involves a lot of calculations and may take time, often a little longer than expected. Moreover, turnaround time to complete the scanning procedure also depends on the capacity of the memory card.
SD cards supported
Stellar Photo Recovery supports memory cards from all major vendors including Nikon (NEF, NRW), Canon (CR2, CRW), Olympus (ORF), Sony (SR2, ARW, SRF), Kodak (K25, KDC, DCR), Fuji (RAF), Minolta (MRW), Pentax (PEF), Sigma (X3f), Epson (ERF), DNG, Panasonic (RAW), Mamiya (MEF, MOS).
Summing it up
Losing photos from an SD card can be stressful, especially after a trip or an important shoot. With Stellar Photo Recovery, getting them back is surprisingly simple. Whether the files were deleted by mistake, the card was formatted, or it suddenly stopped working, the software scans the SD card and shows you what can be recovered.
