How to Recover Lost Images from Canon IXUS 850

Canon IXUS 850 is a 7.1 megapixels camera produced by Canon. Its features include 3.8x optical zoom, 4x digital zoom, USB, Secure Digital, supports SD/ SDHC/ Multimedia Card, 2.5 inch LCD, DIGIC III Image Processor, Face Detection AF/AE etc.

SDHC memory card and Multimedia memory card is used in Canon IXUS 850 which is a right choice of storing images securely. Though, these cards are safe and secured medium to store digital images, they cannot be fully trusted. There may be so many instances which may make these memory cards corrupt and render data inaccessible. In such situations, you can recover lost digital images by using a backup copy. However, if no clean backup is available, you must switch to a image recovery software.

Consider a Scenario: You used a card reader to transfer Photos to PC. After transfering, when inserted in Canon IXUS 850, It showed following error:
"Memory Card Error"

In order to overcome the above error, You took out and inserted it again and again. But error did not disappear.
Cause

The above error is a indication that there is something wrong with the memory card. It might have got corrupted. Corruption can take place due to virus attack, several interruptions in read/write process like clicking images rapidly or clicking images on low batteries etc.
Resolution

You must perform the following steps in order to resolve the error and access the images:

1. Try to access the memory card data with other mediums (such as: insert memory card in a card reader, attach to pc and access the files)
2. Update memory card with clean and updated backup.
2. If the above steps do not work then there is last and only hope to look for a robust Image Recovery Software (As formatting can loss your photos) .
Image Recovery Software can recover lost images from a formatted memory card in an efficient manner. You can download a image recovery tool from the Internet and recover images on your own. Make sure, you select a read-only utility.

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