What is XD card?

XD card, short for XD-Picture Card. XD-Picture Card is a type of flash memory card, used mainly in digital cameras. XD originally stood for extreme Digital. The cards were developed by Olympus and Fujifilm, and introduced into the market in July 2002. Compared with other memory card types (SD Card, CF Card), it has a more compact size. It is smaller in size than a postal stamp (20.0mm x 25.0mm x 1.7mm) and weighs barely 2 grams. XD card is available in capacity of 16 MB up to 2 GB.

There are three types of XD-Picture Cards: Type S (original or standard); Type M (Multi Level Cell - MLC); and Type H (High Speed).

Some common reasons for data loss on XD card:

• 1. The card is pulled out while the camera is on.
• 2. The camera is turned off during a write process.
• 3. Formatting of the digital storage media.
• 4. Accidental deletion of the photo.

Free XD card data recovery software:

When you encounter problems above or other data loss circumstances, you need use xd card data recovery software. Now, Data Recovery Wizard Free Edition can help you, It is a free and easy recovery software for XD card. It can recover 1 GB data free of charge.

Data Recovery Wizard Free Edition provide a safe, quick data recovery solution for you to restore deleted files on XD card and much more. It can recover photo images, movies and sound files such as BMP, JPG, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIFF, MP3, WAV, MPEG, MPG, AVI and MOV from floppy, Memory Sticks, Flash Cards, Sony Memory Stick, IBM Micro Drive, SD Cards, MMC Cards, XD Cards, Secure Digital Card, Hard Disks, Zip Disks, Mini Disks.

Firstly, you can download the XD card data recovery freeware.

Then, Launch Data Recovery Wizard Free Edition, you will see the interface below:

Now, you see three recovery modules: Deleted File Recovery, Complete Recovery, and Partition Recovery.

• Deleted File Recovery can recover deleted files after you have emptied the recycle bin.
• Complete Recovery can recover lost files after format XD card, system crash, etc. Unformat your XD card in minutes.
• Partition Recovery can recover files due to partition loss or damage.

You can according to your case to choose proper recovery module.

Note: If your XD card has been corrupted physically and the data on the XD card has been overwritten, Data Recovery Wizard Free Edition can't guarantee that recover all your lost files completely. So, Please don't overwrite the data after you lost data on XD card.

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