Fix "reinsert memory stick” error of Sony Cybershot DSC-S950

Sony Cybershot DSC-S950 is a best camera model. It has 10 megapixel sensor and 4x optical zoom lens. It is a simple digital camera with 22x zoom facility. Apart from this it has 2.7 inch LCD screen. The main feature of this camera is that it is portable you can carry it anywhere without problem. It is smartly designed and every button is smartly placed on the camera. But, many times it happens that some error message pops up on the screen and after error message image files becomes inaccessible.

Consider a scenario you have captured so many images by your Sony Cybershot DSC-S950 and after sometime you have pulled out the memory card to use it in computer. Next morning when you insert memory stick on Sony Cybershot DSC-S950 then it pops up error message which is similar to below written error message:

• "File error, reinsert the memory stick"

After this error message, all image and video files which is stored in that memory card becomes inaccessible. In this case most of the camera users get shocked because they think that now they can not recover their images again.

Causes of "reinsert memory stick” error of Sony Cybershot DSC-S950:

• Generally this error message takes place when memory stick system file corrupted. There are several reasons due to which memory stick system file get corrupt. Due to pulling out the memory stick while camera is writing images file into it, virus infection etc. But don't panic you can fix this error.

Resolution:

• Switch off the Sony camera and after sometime on and then try to access the memory card.


• Scan memory stick with powerful antivirus software and delete the virus or Trojan.


• Check memory card on Mac computer via USB or card reader. If memory stick shows the same error message then format the memory card on Sony Cybershot DSC-S950.

If the Sony camera is unable to format the memory stick then format that memory stick on Mac computer. If you think that format will delete all images from the memory stick then you are right but if you think that the formatted data can not be recovered then you are wrong. You can recover images from formatted Sony Cybershot DSC-S950 memory stick on Mac computer by the help of third party photo recovery Mac software. But the condition is that does not write or save any type of file on that memory stick after formatting it. Just use this third party software it is able to recover images from formatted memory stick.