Data Recovery from Canon CF Card

The digital market has experienced a great revolution with the help of digital cameras and camcorders. Canon is one of famous manufacture of digital devices according to the requirement of users. Professional photographers with the best photographic skills can look for Canon EOS 700D Kit III which boasts itself of DLSR camera with 18 megapixel resolution and a frame rate of 30fps. Canon also produces basic models of digital cameras, camcorders, flash memory cards, etc that meets the necessities of low end users.

One more important thing that comes in mind while looking for cameras is the storage capacity. Canon digital camera comes with compact flash card storage, which can easily store large volume of photos and other media files without any trouble. Accessing and sharing photos from Canon CF card becomes much easier. At times, there are certain situations which result in loss of digital information from Canon CF memory card. So, it’s better if you get to know some of the major reasons responsible for loss of files as explained below.

  • CF Card Corruption: Using Canon CF card on different systems for transferring media files can lead to CF card corruption, as a result of which data present in it becomes inaccessible to the user. Hence proper care should be taken while using Canon CF card
  • Accidental Formatting: You may accidentally format the Canon CF card when it is connected to computer for sharing of files or format CF card on Canon camera while performing some task
  • File System Corruption: File system corruption of Canon CF card happens when there is a sudden loss of power while previewing its files. CF card file system may also get corrupted as a result of virus infection which in-turn leads to loss of valuable media files from the Canon CF card

Loss of files from Canon CF card can occur at any point of time due to the above mentioned causes. If you lose data from Canon Compact Flash card, then all that you need to do is to use the best flash card recovery tool to get back data saved in the Canon CF card.

Canon CF Card Recovery Tool:

Yodot Photo Recovery tool helps you to restore data that is lost or deleted from Canon CF card. With the help of simple graphical user interface and effective data recovery algorithms, you can easily get back media files in minimum amount of time. Using the simple set of options provided in this card recovery tool, you can effortlessly retrieve RAW images and videos from Canon compact flash card. Other than Canon, it is possible to retrieve photos, videos, music files and other data from various types of memory cards, iPods, hard drives, USB drives, external hard disks, etc by using this card recovery software. It works well on computers and laptops that have Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and 2008 operating systems. Mac users can regain media files from Canon CF card on Macintosh system using Yodot Mac Photo Recovery software.

Follow the simple steps to perform Canon CF card data recovery on Windows OS:

  • Download and install Yodot Photo Recovery tool in the system by logging in as local system administrator
  • On completion of installation process, you can start the card recovery program with help of shortcut icon present on desktop
  • From the main screen of application click on Deleted Photo Recovery or Lost Photo Recovery, whichever scenario that has led to loss of data from Canon CF card
  • Once, the option is selected, you can get to next window where list of drives present in computer are shown to you
  • Select the Canon CF card and then proceed to next screen from where you can select the file types that have to be recovered
  • You can also press Skip option, which by default scans the entire drive and lists rescued file types
  • You are provided with option to preview the recovered image files prior to saving them
  • After previewing, save them to a known destination location on your system

Helpful Suggestions:

  • Keep backup of important data on CF card to a separate external drive to overcome data loss
  • Avoid using your Canon compact flash card on different systems
  • Keep an updated antivirus protection to prevent virus infections on your system as well as external storage media

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