Series60 Data Recovery Utilities

Memory cards, USB flash drives, external hard disk drives, memory sticks are the external, removable storage devices that are used to store great deal of data. Among these removable devices, memory cards can be utilized by portable electronic devices like video cameras, PDA’s, MP3 players, mobiles etc. Whereas, USB flash drives are generally employed to transfer the info from one device to other device. Both memory card and flash drive uses flash memory i.e. non-volatile memory to store data. The flash memory does not need power to retain its data. There are various kinds of memory cards available including SD cards, XD cards, MMC, SM cards, CF cards etc. Flash drives can also be known as pen drives, thumb drives, USB drive etc. Transcend, SanDisk etc are the different brands of USB flash drives. Kingston is also among the common model of USB drive used to store great deal of data. Both storage device and Usb stick does not have any moving parts like hard disk drives thus they are less vulnerable to mechanical failures. Despite the fact that, data loss may occur as a result of logical failures. As a way to retrieve memory card data, relevant memory card recovery tool is required. It’s also possible to restore Kingston flash drive data using recovery software.

Usually, memory cards need card reader or USB cable to transfer data to computer. Whereas, USB flash drive can be directly connected to any USB port or hub i.e. this doesn’t require separate card reader to transfer data to computer. Generally, older versions of Windows based pc need a driver to connect Usb memory card. Now, almost all of the USB flash drives can be read directly by the latest versions of Windows based pc like Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 etc. When you connect memory card or thumb drive to computer, they are assigned a drive letter. Sometimes, you might accidentally remove Usb stick from computer while transferring data from USB drive to computer leading to loss of data. Because, once you connect either memory card or thumb drive to computer, file system of these devices is accessed from the Operating-system. When you abruptly remove usb drive or memory then the file system may get corrupted, which makes files inaccessible resulting in loss of files. Virus attack, accidental deletion, accidentally formatting memory card or flash drive, sudden power failures, improper system shutdown are the other common scenarios that might leads to loss of data.

In order to avoid data loss, the best way is usually to take backup of essential data. Use “Safely Remove Hardware” icon to disconnect memory card and flash drive. When you have lost the data then make utilization of relevant data recovery tool to recover lost data from memory card and flash drives.

Remo Recover (Windows) Media Edition can recover lost data from both memory cards and USB flash drives. This software can also recover lost data from hard disks, external hard drives, memory sticks etc. SD cards, XD cards, MMC, CF cards etc are the various kinds of memory cards supported by this software. This software is capable of recognizing and recovering different types of files from accidentally formatted memory cards and flash drives. Kingston, SanDisk, Transcend etc are the different brands of memory cards and flash drives supported by this software. Download free demo version of the software to evaluate recovery results.