Suddenly I am asked to format my memory card
@allknowing (153544)
India
April 20, 2023 10:34pm CST
I had clicked a few photos yesterday strolling in the garden and I was eagerly getting them uploaded in my computer and then I get a message I need for format my memory card and that meant cleaning the memory card in toto. I did it and I lost quite a few of the photos I had clicked.
I miss the one I had clicked of Peppie sleeping under the Peltophorum tree looking cool and when he looked at me with a gentle meow I clicked him. I have written a post on that but could not post a photo there . I went there this morning to see if the guy was there but looks like he has picked another cool spot.
What photos have you lost due to technical reasons?
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8 responses
@allknowing (153544)
• India
21 Apr 23
Taking copies is safe. But in my case there was nothing I could do
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@Laurakemunto (13787)
• Kenya
21 Apr 23
Yes that's the best way I do that way too
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@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
22 Apr 23
@allknowing No, I have tried it many times. Even if the data was formatted, it was no problem to recover it.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
22 Apr 23
@youless Which software did you use. I have already used it after formatting. Will that hamper?
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
21 Apr 23
No patience for that
Once they say that the card be formatted there is nothing one can do about it.
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@LadyDuck (502177)
• Italy
21 Apr 23
When you get the formatting message for an SD card on the camera, it means that there is a malfunction. Sometimes taking out the card and re-inserting is enough to fix the problem. I never lost photos, as I do not reformat, I insert the card in the computer card reader and I copy the photos before reformatting.
@allknowing (153544)
• India
21 Apr 23
Not on the camera - message is seen after it is inserted in the reader for downloading the photos in the computer. Glad to know you have never formatted your memory card. Lucky you I have formatted it several times
Many here have done formatting
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@LadyDuck (502177)
• Italy
21 Apr 23
@allknowing - I always wait before formatting, sometimes the reader does not read it correctly I remove and insert again. After I recover all the photos I format, but using the camera, not the computer.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
21 Apr 23
Most of us are going through it and there is nothing we can do but obedieently format (lol)
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@Laurakemunto (13787)
• Kenya
21 Apr 23
Many I had them stored in my phone's memory and when I lost my phone they were lost
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@jstory07 (148720)
• Roseburg, Oregon
21 Apr 23
I have lost alot of photos when a computer quit working right. But that ok I usually just take more pictures.
@allknowing (153544)
• India
21 Apr 23
As long as you have scope to retake photos all is fine
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
21 Apr 23
I have a camera and I use it for capturing photos.
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