Photos lost on SD card: A days worth of photos disappeared from my SD card. I am hoping that they are still actually there and can be retrieved. Can anyone suggest where the card can...

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Oct 3, 2022 16:06:55 #

MShell50 Loc: Bakersfield, California

A days worth of photos disappeared from my SD card. I am hoping that they are still actually there and can be retrieved. Can anyone suggest where the card can be taken or sent to try to save them?

Oct 3, 2022 16:29:42 #

therwol Loc: USA

Did the camera record the photos to begin with? I'm assuming yes. Do NOT continue to use the card and do not reformat it. Check out this link to see if any of these products can help. Others who have faced this (I have not except with a phone around 10 years ago.) may have specific suggestions.

https://www.cleverfiles.com/howto/best-sd-recovery-software.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwkOqZBhDNARIsAACsbfJzMXiOuDuBavB9CRUsHzLtKt-V5-jyS79YVfTlvziXsPkwYAE19cIaAqZMEALw_wcB

Oct 3, 2022 16:34:04 #

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

Most of the card makers have their own recovery software that can be downloaded. I would try that first.

Oct 3, 2022 16:45:54 #

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

MShell50 wrote:

A days worth of photos disappeared from my SD card. I am hoping that they are still actually there and can be retrieved. Can anyone suggest where the card can be taken or sent to try to save them?

Did you put the card back in the camera to see if the camera recognizes them? Sometimes a computer will not see photos that the camera does. Also, if you have two cards, check the second card.

Oct 3, 2022 16:50:13 #

Pepsiman Loc: New York City

MShell50 wrote:

A days worth of photos disappeared from my SD card. I am hoping that they are still actually there and can be retrieved. Can anyone suggest where the card can be taken or sent to try to save them?

Remove the card and play internal ( camera ) memory .

Oct 3, 2022 17:39:22 #

davidrb Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel

MShell50 wrote:

A days worth of photos disappeared from my SD card. I am hoping that they are still actually there and can be retrieved. Can anyone suggest where the card can be taken or sent to try to save them?

Put the card back in the camera and see if your photos are visible. If so, connect your camera to whatever you download to. Download to that destination.

Oct 3, 2022 17:47:44 #

MShell50 Loc: Bakersfield, California

therwol wrote:

Yes, the camera did record the photos but then later they disappeared. I removed the card and have not done anything to it. I will give the programs a try. Thanks.

Oct 3, 2022 17:48:14 #

MShell50 Loc: Bakersfield, California

Thank you.

Oct 3, 2022 17:48:53 #

MShell50 Loc: Bakersfield, California

Thank you all for your help.

Oct 4, 2022 02:46:27 #

Laramie Loc: Tempe

Get Recuva.

Oct 4, 2022 06:29:16 #

Jack 13088 Loc: Central NY

Pepsiman wrote:

Remove the card and play internal ( camera ) memory .

Uh, there isn’t any “internal camera memory”. If you can see the image on the little screen of the back of the camera then it is stored on the card. Actually what you are looking at there is jpeg imbedded preview usually matched to the size of that screen. It is part of each file recorded by the camera be it a .jpg, .tiff, or the cameras raw file type. It is highly unlikely that it would be there and the full image corrupted.

Oct 4, 2022 06:51:40 #

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

If you use a card reader also check to see if the problem is with the reader and/or the USB cable connecting the reader to the computer.

Oct 4, 2022 11:34:21 #

47greyfox Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range

Laramie wrote:

Get Recuva.

My first move, as well. 👍👍👍

Oct 4, 2022 11:44:51 #

therwol Loc: USA

Jack 13088 wrote:

Uh, there isn’t any “internal camera memory”.

There is internal memory in phones with the option to add an external card (which is going away with increased memory in new phones.) There is internal memory in at least some camcorders with an option to record to an external card. I'm not aware of this setup anywhere else in the camera world.

Oct 4, 2022 12:09:05 #

Nicholas J DeSciose

JohnSwanda wrote:

Most of the card makers have their own recovery software that can be downloaded. I would try that first.

This is the best advice. Don’t try anything else. It leads to complications. Good luck

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