Memory stick is a flash card format of removable type, from Sony. They are storage media for portable devices. These are easily removable and accessible by the PCs. The memory sticks are devices for storing and transferring data across multiple devices.

The lost/deleted pictures from the memory stick of digital camera due to accidental deletion or accidentally formatting of the memory sticks can be restored by the professional memory stick recovery Software. The recovery of the files is possible but the precondition remains that the moment the files get deleted from the camera, the user must stop using the camera, so that the chances of recovery of the lost pictures are enhanced.

Therefore, most important factor to remember while using the memory stick recovery software is that the data should not be overwritten as that causes permanent data loss. No changes must be done on the memory stick, as this will have a damaging impact on the files.

Updates on Memory Sticks

Memory stick drives are also called as USB drives, flash drives or thumb drives. These are useful for the storage of data as well as file transfer from one computer to another.
Leading Brands for Memory Sticks

Sandisk

Corsair

Kingston

Lexar

Transcend

Fuji

Duracell

However, if out-dated drivers are used for the memory stick drives, then the files cannot be viewed or used. So, regularly updating the drivers is must for the users of memory sticks.

Reasons for Picture Loss or deletion in Memory Sticks

The memory sticks often display messages like“card not found”, “card not formatted”, “no images found”errors, due to corruption. The reasons for corruption of the memory sticks and the subsequent photo loss situation are:

• Taking the memory stick out of the camera, without switching it off

• No time given to write the data on the memory stick, because the user is clicking rapidly

• Memory stick is unreadable by device using it and this is ignored by the user, with errors like “card not formatted”, “card not found” or other similar errors

• The memory stick needs to be formatted, before being used in several cameras. This will cause severe corruption to the card

• The contents of the memory stick is open and improper ejection of the memory stick happens from the computer, as this causes severe corruption of the card

• The battery is dying down and photos are clicked, causing corruption to the memory stick

Steps to Recover Pictures from Memory Stick

1. The camera is connected with a computer and it must be shown as a drive letter. An alternative is to take out the memory card and then get it connected to a computer, which has a card reader.

2. The recovery software is run and the selection of the camera drive letter is made. The scanning is started as the next operation.

3. The recoverable items will be displayed on the screen and then the selection is made for the required items only. The next process is the recovery option.

4. There is option for viewing the recovered files. The recovered files are saved on another disk, in order to avoid any type of data overwriting.  Click to Know more

Memory Stick Recovery in Mac

The memory stick recovery software can recover all the important photos and videos, from the memory stick on the Mac OS X. The recovery of the accidentally deleted or lost files from the various devices, using memory stick like digital cameras, mobile phones, MS Surface and PSP are made possible through this software.