Encountering 'File error, reinsert the memory stick' error in Sony CyberShot DSC-W190?

The Sony CyberShot DSC-W190 promises to give an outstanding photography experience. The stylish camera incorporates 12.1 megapixels, 3x optical zoom and 2.7 inch LCD display and smile shutter. The impressive camera comes with latest version of Sony's Picture Motion Browser software which enables you to manage, share, and upload your photos from your computer conveniently.

Compatible with memory sticks, this camera allows you to save a good amount of photos. But you are advised not to completely rely on them to store and retain your valuable photos. They are highly subject to becoming inaccessible in various instances due to various memory stick problems. To deal such cases, you would be required to recover lost photos from an updated backup. 

However, if there is no backup available or it is corrupt, you can still recover the lost photos by using a good picture recovery software, available on the Internet.

As a practical case, consider you are on a trip to a beautiful island with your friends. You click and store numerous shots of the splendid beauty of the place in your Sony CyberShot DSC-190 camera. Next morning, when you load the memory stick in your Sony camera, again, to view the saved photos, you receive the following error:

“File error, reinsert the memory stick”

As a result, you could not access the previously stored photos. A disappointed you took out the memory stick and reinserted it again. It did not reap any benefit either.

Cause

The above error indicates that the file system of the memory stick has become corrupt.

Resolution

You must try the following steps which would help you perform picture recovery from Sony CyberShot DSC-W190 camera:

• Connect DSC-W190 to a computer and access the lost photos
• Access the photos on a computer by using a card reader
• Also try to read and access the photos on different computers, it might help you
• If everything else fails, format the memory stick in DSC-W190 camera

Not surprisingly, formatting will ensure that the new photos can be stored on the memory stick. But, you have to take care of another issue i.e. recovering lost photos, which you can do on your own by downloading an easy-to-use and risk-free photo recovery utility.