Camera Says Card Cannot Be Accessed – Problem Solved Already
- Face The Problem – Camera Says Card Cannot Be Accessed
- Find The Solution – Complete Memory Card Recovery Easily
- Repair The Card – 5 Practical Methods for Your Information
- Draw A Conclusion – Camera Card Recovery Is Not Difficult
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Although today seems to be the world of cell phone camera, many people are still more inclined to use a digital camera since their pursuit of photo quality is getting higher and higher. Among the wide variety of digital camera brands, Canon always has a place; it is no exaggeration to say that Canon has gradually become the industry benchmark.
While you indulge in the happiness brought by Canon cameras, one day, it may break your heart. Have you ever thought of this? As you can easily discover by searching in Google, the card cannot be accessed error appears on Canon camera from time to time. Lots and lots of Canon camera users have reported the problem – camera says card cannot be accessed. Due to a lack of relevant experience, these people have chosen to resort to others by writing help-seeking post in all major forums.
Face The Problem – Camera Says Card Cannot Be Accessed
Don't be shocked when you suddenly find your card cannot be accessed in Canon camera. After all, the memory card is a type of storage device that is more fragile than common hard drive. In other words, digital camera card can be damaged more easily.
This is exactly what I know & want to share with you. Please firstly get the free copy of MiniTool Power Data Recovery and MiniTool Partition Wizard to prepare for camera card recovery.
Memory Card Is Not Accessible - A True Example
"Really this is The Worst Message any Photographer could have! First, I own Canon T4i/650D, I was photographing a concert and suddenly this message appears on the screen and memory card cannot be read! I tried to insert my SDHC memory in the laptop to check the all day images I photographed, but I shocked that all my files are gone as it asks me to format the memory on the laptop too! Imaging how all your daily photos can be deleted without any warnings! I have this memory card: Dane-Elec Pro 8GB 200x Class 10 SDHC Memory Card It's Working well in most of the times, but this message appear suddenly after long period of photographing ... I really need your help, is it memory problem, or the card slot pins in my canon T4i. Share your experience :) Sorry for my bad English... Thanks in Advance, Amro."
Amro Ashraf said in the post that he saw "The Worst Message any Photographer could have" – card cannot be accessed. All his files are gone and the camera asks him to format the memory card. At this critical moment, he should stop operating the camera and say no to the formatting request unless the files on that memory card are not useful. In the meantime, he ought to find a powerful tool help him with SD card recovery.
Find The Solution – Complete Memory Card Recovery Easily
Fortunately, I discover a good choice for both ordinary users and senior users: MiniTool Power Data Recovery. And I'd like to walk you through all the steps to recover photos from SD card without formatting.
Camera SD Card Recovery – A Detailed Tutorial
1. In order to complete the damaged SD card recovery smoothly, you need to estimate the total size of the data you need to restore in the first place. Then, decide which edition of software suits the most for your case.
a). If you only have a few files (no more than 1GB) to recover from the camera memory card, you could just use the free edition.
b). If the total size of files waiting to be recovered is more than 1GB, you'd better choose the personal edition (under the condition that you need to use the software in a business environment, you need a business license).
c). If you're not sure about the size of need files, you can use the free edition to scan your card firstly; then, decide to get a license to upgrade the software or not, by analyzing the found items in the scan result.
Note: in the following content, I'll just take the free edition as an example to show you how to recover data from digital camera memory card.
2. Please install the data recovery software on your computer immediately. When this operation is completed, you should take out the card properly from the camera and connect it to the current computer (you'll need a card reader unless your computer has a special interface for memory card/SD card). Now, launch the software to recover data from inaccessible memory card.
3. Choose "Damaged Partition Recovery" from the main interface in order to recover data from corrupted SD card. Then, check whether your card appears in the list on the picture below.
- This module will also take effect when you plan to recover data from a formatted SD card after you have clicked to format it mistakenly or recover photos from damaged memory card.
- Well, you should choose "Undelete Recovery" once you need to recover deleted video from camera card.
a). If your card does appear, you should select it. Then, click on the "Settings" button for setting the software to scan only specified file systems or file types (this operation can be skipped). After that, click on the "Full Scan" button to let software search for items on the card.
b). If you fail to see it, please try to click on the "Refresh" button to refresh the list and see whether your memory card shows up or not.
c). If the refresh doesn't work, please read this article to find out the possible reasons for explaining why a USB flash drive can't be recognized by the computer and take the corresponding measure to work this out.
4. Wait for the completion of the full can, which will last for a period of time depending on the usage of your card. When it finally finishes, all the possible partitions (including all kinds of files and folders) will be listed in the software in order.
5. Please click on the "OK" button if you see the following prompt window (which shows that the software has found many partitions for you, but only lists some of them). At this point, you must expand the partitions one by one and have a careful view of the items included in them, so as to find out what you need to recover.
a). If you have found out all the photos or other files you need in the partitions displayed currently in software, you only need to add a check mark in front of them and click on "Save" button to recover memory card data.
b). If you have found only some of the photos you need, you'd better save them firstly. And then, click on the "Back" button to show other partitions and expand them to see whether the rest photos/other files are included.
This is the end of the camera card photo recovery tutorial.
In case that you may be interested in dead SD card recovery or the data recovery from the inaccessible hard drive, I prepare two other articles for you:
- Recover Data From Dead SD Card With This Easy And Safe Way.
- "Hard Drive Is Not Accessible. Access Is Denied" Error – How To Fix.
Repair The Card – 5 Practical Methods for Your Information
After you have finished the work to recover lost photos from camera card, you are expected to format the card, in order to solve the problem completely and make the card usable again. But how to format a camera card properly? Here, I'll offer you several options.
Format The Card in Camera
1. Make sure the SD card is inserted properly into your camera. In general, you can find the SD port in the battery compartment (but its location is not fixed in all cameras). Please gently push the card into the slot you see; then, you'll hear and feel it clicks in the right place.
2. Turn your camera on, and then press the "Menu" or "Preferences" button. Remember, the name of the button changes with the camera.
3. Press the Multi-controller in order to navigate to the "Camera Settings" menu. And then, look for the "Format" or "Format card" option.
4. Select the format option and click on the "OK" button to confirm the action. Please note that all the data on the SD card will be lost during the formatting process, as the prompt message says.
5. Wait for the formatting, which may take a few minutes, depending on how many files need to be erased from the card. Once this process is completed, you'll get a blank card ready to store new photos.
Format The Card in Computer – 4 Choices
Also, you can take out the memory card from the camera, and then connect it to your computer for formatting. Under such circumstances, you can format the card through 3 ways.
Method 1: Format in Windows File Explorer
1. Connect the SD card to computer via a card reader (or connect it directly if your computer has an SD card slot) and then open Windows File Explorer.
How to check whether your computer has SD slot or not.
2. Click on "This PC" option from the left pane and then find your card from the right pane, by looking at the drive letter and label.
3. Right-click on the SD card and choose "Format…" from the pop-up menu.
4. After that, you'll enter the format window, in which you should click on "Start" button to confirm your selection. (Please note that you should get to know the file system types that are compatible with your camera; if the default file system is not suitable, you have to choose another one in this window)
Method 2: Format in Windows Disk Management
1. The first thing you should do is also connect the card properly to the computer. Then, you need to open Windows Disk Management by a few clicks (the detailed steps are not the same in different Windows operating systems).
2. Find your card from the volume list and then right-click on it to see the context menu shown in the picture below.
3. Choose "Format…" here and then follow the prompt messages to finish formatting easily.
Method 3: Format in Command Prompt
1. Connect the card to computer and make sure it appears in Windows Disk Management.
2. Open Command Prompt on your computer and run it as administrator.
3. Type "diskpart" and press "Enter".
4. Type "list disk" and press "Enter".
5. Type "select disk *" ("*" stands for the number of the card you see in current command prompt window). Please make sure that you have selected the correct disk and then press "Enter".
6. Type "clean" and press "Enter".
7. Type "create partition primary" and press "Enter".
8. Type "format fs=*" ("*" is the file system that you want the card to be formatted with; as I said before, you must make sure that the file system you type here is compatible with the camera). Then, press "Enter" and wait for a while.
9. Type "assign letter=*" ("*" represents the drive letter you want to assign to the card; don't use the letters that have already been taken by local disks) and press "Enter".
10. Close the command prompt window by clicking "X" in the upper right corner or by typing "exit" & pressing "Enter".
Method 4: Format with MiniTool Partition Wizard
MiniTool Partition Wizard is a tiny but powerful tool that helps you to manage your disks and solve disk problems easily. In addition to this software, you can also choose another third-party program that you trust for memory card formatting.
1. Install the software correctly on your computer and then connect the memory card to the same computer.
2. Run the software and click on "Launch Application" to go to its main interface and find out your camera card from the right panel.
3. Do the following things to format it quickly.
Please note that you can also right-click on the card and choose "Format" from the context menu.
Then, the formatting will be finished very soon.
Draw A Conclusion – Camera Card Recovery Is Not Difficult
The error – camera says card cannot be accessed – is not as terrible as some of you thought it would be. When you really encounter this error, please stay calm and keep this in mind: you can fix the error totally by your own.
After that, you should read the tutorials given above carefully to know how to recover data from camera card and how to fix the error when the memory card is not accessible. Please be careful when operating and I believe you will eventually succeed.