How To Recover Lost/deleted Pictures From Kodak M580 After 'memory Card Full' Error

Pictures do not hold relevance unless they are shared with family, friends and colleagues. The actual fun lies in sharing them the moment one is through with the shooting. Understanding and realizing the need of picture sharing, Kodak has come up with its range of Easyshare cameras. And Kodak Easyshare M580 is one model of this range which ensures you instant uploading and sharing, thanks to a 'share' button feature. Other features include 14 mega pixels of resolution, 8x optical zoom, and 3.0 inch LCD. The camera boasts of decent 64 MB inbuilt storage memory which comes with SD/SDHC card expansion slot. Though the digital camera promises many benefits to the consumers through the ability to shoot countless images. The flip side is that the SD/SDHC cards, just like any other storage media, have the tendency to get corrupt easily which results in inaccessibility of data. In such a scenario, a user has to rely on an updated backup to access the images. And in case the backup is missing or corrupted, one can use a card recovery software to extract the data.

As a practical case, the data stored on your Kodak Easyshare M580 can be rendered inaccessible after the occurrence of the following error:

"Memory card full"

As a result, you won't be able to access and share pictures taken from your Kodak M580. Your efforts would go in waste if you won't be able to share them with your friends and family members. Not only this, the above error will not even let you click more pictures.

Cause:

The above error may have erupted and rendered your saved data inaccessible because of the following reasons:

• Memory card cannot accommodate more pictures; root directories are almost full

• Memory card has got corrupted

The corruption could have stemmed from an interruption in read/write process, a virus attack or file system damage.

Resolution:

• Don't lose heart, try and access the images by connecting your camera to a computer

• If it doesn't work, use a card reader and try to access the files

• If you access the files, delete the unwanted pictures and create space for new images

• If nothing of the above reaps any benefit, better format the card.

Formatting the card will definitely set it right by installing a new file system. But in order to retrieve the old data from the card, a card recovery tool can be used. Ensure you use a read-only utility which doesn't alter the original content on the card while it performs the card recovery.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is a reliable application which is capable of recovering lost/deleted/formatted multimedia files in almost all data loss situations. The card recovery software recovers data from a variety of memory cards like MMC, SD, SDHC, XD, MMC plus etc.

About the Author

Andrew Watson has 6 Years of Experience in the Software Technology field doing research in Stellar Info System Ltd which offers memory card recovery software, card recovery software and SD card recovery software.