The Panasonic SDR-S26 is an extremely portable camcorder which uses SDHC card to store videos. Besides being easy-to-handle, the camcorder is all packed with advanced features including 70x optical zoom. Steady shots can be produced, thanks to the optical image stabilization system.

The use of SDHC card makes file transferring a convenient job. But you have to prepare yourself to face corruption issues. An SD card becomes corrupt in many scenarios, and the problem aggravates when data loss occurs. To tackle such frustrating yet unavoidable situations, you must maintain regular backups of the videos stored on your camcorder's SD card. However, if a backup cannot be used, you can completely rely on third-party software to do the video recovery job.

Consider a scenario, wherein, you go to a vacation and record a number of videos. After returning, you connect your Panasonic SDR-S26 camcorder to your computer via a card reader to download videos. But, unfortunately, the videos become unreadable. You reinsert the SDHC card in Panasonic camcorder, and receive the following error message:

"Check card"


From the above behavior and scenario, it is clear that the issue is related to the memory card. Let's discuss the possible causes and resolution in details.

Cause :

You can receive the above error message in your Panasonic camcorder in the following conditions:

• If you have an incompatible or faulty card reader
• If the SDHC card of your camcorder is corrupt. (An SD card gets corrupt due to interruptions in read/write process. If you click videos on low batteries or remove the SDHC card without switching off your Panasonic camera, you might end up damaging the file system of the memory card)

Resolution :

The following steps must be considered to perform video recovery:

• Replace the card reader and try to access videos on a computer.
• If you still cannot access videos, then your SDHC card is surely corrupt. To restore lost videos, you must also download a reliable video recovery software, compatible with your Panasonic camcorder.

Videos can be recovered safely using easy-to-use applications like Video Recovery Software.

Designed to recover videos, photos and other multimedia files, this application supports recovery of all video formats like MOV, AVI, WMV, MPEG, MP4, M4V, 3GP, ASF, DV, 3G2, M4B irrespective of the camcorder brand. The video recovery software is available in two versions for both Windows and Mac platforms.