Nikon Coolpix 800 is a compact digital camera with a 2.11 megapixel 1/2 inch CCD, an optical and LCD viewfinder, Standard ISO setting of 100, newly designed 2x zoom f/3.5-4.8 Nikkor lens, digital zoom function for magnifications of 1.25, 1.6, 2.0 and 2.5x, and matrix, spot or average light metering technologies. The storage medium used in this camera is CF card.

Logically so pliable, CF cards very easily lose photos in them from virus infection, device formatting, accidental or purposeful data deletion, or any sort of mishandling. Running a data backup process can recover the lost or deleted photos. However, if the facility is unavailable on your camera, or if it cannot help, you need some specific photo recovery software.

Suppose, you have some photos in your CF card. Now, when you try to view them on your camera or transfer them to your PC, the following error message pops up on your camera or computer monitor:

"Card not formatted"

Now after this message, it turns out clear that your photos are nowhere to be found. Even removing and reloading the card cannot help; but the same error message keeps popping up.

Causes:

If you are sure that the card was all right when taking the photos, one of the following errors could most probably have prompted the above message:

• card removal card reader or camera during previous data transfer or read/write process,
• switching the camera off during previous data transfer or read/write process,
• plugging off USB during previous data transfer or read/write process.

These mishandling actions could have caused logical damage to the card resulting in loss of the photos stored in it.

Solution:

To recover your photos, follow the following steps:

• Reformat your card to make it usable again, (it will delete all your data already in it),
• Run an updated data backup process.

If you lost your photos due to accidental or purposeful deletion, you don't need to reformat the card. Just run your data backup process. If this facility is unavailable, or if it cannot help, use a powerful photo recovery software. Programs to ensure digital photo recovery employ highly advanced methods and algorithms to cater to complex digital photo recovery needs of the time

Thus, Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery v3.2 comprehensively recover lost photo, audio, and video files of various formats from almost all storage media. Compatible with Windows and Apple Mac operating systems, this photo recovery program saves the recovered data in a user-specified location without modifying or overwriting the original files.

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