Help! Photos lost from protected SD card

RuralWarrior · 10 Jul 2016 at 00:05

Hi
Please can anyone help?

So I was uploading my photos from my SD card which I always slide the protector on. Only half the photos copied onto the laptop.

So I put the card back in the camera and found that half of the photos had been lost from the card after I'd put it in the laptop. :mad:

How can this happen if the card was protected? I never selected for the card to be wiped. I can only assume the laptop has corrupted the card even with the card protector on.

What has happened to the rest of my images, is there anyway I can get them back?
Any advice appreciated as I really want my images back.

Thanks

Caged · 10 Jul 2016 at 00:23

Try http://www.easeus.com/data-recovery/card-recovery-software/sd-card-recovery-freeware.htm

Also, the little write-protect switch on the card doesn't really do anything to the card - it relies on the card reader being able to pick up on the position of the tab. Not all readers do this.

The-Hoff · 10 Jul 2016 at 10:22

This has saved me many a times with lost images -

https://www.piriform.com/recuva

Bonjour · 10 Jul 2016 at 10:45

Testdisk is another good, low-level utility.

Reality Bites · 10 Jul 2016 at 16:17

Caged said:
Try http://www.easeus.com/data-recovery/card-recovery-software/sd-card-recovery-freeware.htm

Also, the little write-protect switch on the card doesn't really do anything to the card - it relies on the card reader being able to pick up on the position of the tab. Not all readers do this.

I've used this one for a usb stick which Windows wouldn't even recognise. Great bit of software

The Mad Rapper · 10 Jul 2016 at 16:23

Recuva.

Simps · 10 Jul 2016 at 22:13

Bonjour said:
Testdisk is another good, low-level utility.

+1
Testdisk has never let me down. And it is free

ToniW · 25 Nov 2016 at 09:33

The Mad Rapper said:
Recuva.

+1 Recuva or Disk Drill - best choice for sd card recovery. This software can recover files from almost all devices including SD card http://www.cleverfiles.com/memory-card-data-recovery.html

Armageus · 25 Nov 2016 at 09:42

Caged said:
Try http://www.easeus.com/data-recovery/card-recovery-software/sd-card-recovery-freeware.htm

Also, the little write-protect switch on the card doesn't really do anything to the card - it relies on the card reader being able to pick up on the position of the tab. Not all readers do this.

+1 - This

Whilst Recuva may be worth a try, and indeed it works on things like deleted files or accidentally formatted drives, in my experience if the file system is actually damaged, then it won't recover much. Easeus on the other hand will recover pretty much anything by deep scanning.