Olympus µ7040 is a powerful and stylish camera from the company which enjoys a good reputation in the field of digital photography. This camera is packed with powerful features including 14.0 megapixel sensor, 7X wide angle optical zoom and 3 inch LCD display.

The camera also boasts of 2GB internal memory which comes with SD/SDHC expansion slot. You can preserve memories of everyday by banking upon the high storage capacity of these cards.

However, few errors may bother you while you perform any function related to these cards. These errors often pop up when the SD/SDHC card becomes corrupted due to various reasons including file system damage, interruption in read/write process and a virus attack. These errors can be rectified easily by formatting the card but in order to compensate for the data loss, one has to seek help from an appropriate backup. And, in case the backup is corrupt or missing, a digital image recovery software can do the needful by extracting the inaccessible photos.

Sample this: Your camera turns off unexpectedly while you are trying to transfer few photos from the µ7040 to a computer. And anxiously you recharge the batteries as soon as possible to restart the transfer process. But to your shock and dismay, you get the following error message when you upload the card again in the camera:

“The card is not formatted. Format the card.”

The disappointing error will not let you access the photos stored on the camera, forget transferring them. Moreover, it will cause further annoyance as you will not be able to click new photos with your Olympus µ7040.

Cause:

The interruption in the read/write process is the major reason behind this error. It is because of this interruption that the card has got corrupted, rendering your card useless.

Resolution:

  • You can try your luck by accessing the data on a computer if you use a card reader
  • If it doesn’t reap any benefit, format the memory card in the camera

As soon as you format the memory card, you will be allowed to click and save new photos from your Olympus camera. You must restore lost photos immediately after formatting using an apt backup. Don’t think yourself as an unfortunate person if you haven’t maintained any backup, as there is still a good amount of hope with a digital image recovery software. These photo recovery utilities are a boon when it comes to battling data recovery woes.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is a reliable and proficient software which supports recovery from all major camera brands (Olympus, Nikon, Canon, Sigma etc) in almost all data loss situations. The photo recovery software is available for both Windows and Mac users.