Picture cannot be found on pc, but can be viewed from camera?

Question

I captured photo with my Nikon CoolPix 3700, and a DNA micro SD card with adapter (become a SD card). But, i cannot transfer / copy the picture from the card / camera to my pc. Several methods tried, i.e. use camera usb cable, use external card reader, put micro sd card into my mobile phone and use phone usb to transfer. The folder is empty, however, when i place the card back to the camera, i can view the pictures from there. Can someone please help?

When i read the card with card reader into DVD player that has USB port, there are folder of DCIM, and inside there, has two folders, 100NIKON and 101NIKON, that is where my pictures are. However, when i put into pc, it only has the DCIM folder, but not 100NIKON and 101NIKON folder in it. Where has the pictures gone?

Do my camera NIKON Coolpix 3700 has internal memory? If yes, how do i move the pictures out from there? As i do not think there is in

Answer 1

You have to drill down.  The 100Nikon and 101Nikon are sub folders within the DCIM file folder.  If they are not there, then you may have to look on the cameras internal memory ... then after you have copied them to your hard drive set your camera up to save all your images to your external memory card.

Answer 2

The CoolPix 3700 does not have internal memory, according to it's specs. It's possible you are only seeing the image previews on the camera, and not the actual image data. (camera previews might be in a hidden folder).

I would recommend that you do not use the card anymore, until you recover the missing images. You might be writing over the images on the card, if the camera thinks they aren't there.

Go to www.datarescue.com, and download the demo of PhotoRescue.

Run the demo to see if it can find your missing images. If it does, then you can purchase the software for $30, and then recover the data.