URGENT! important pictures aren't showing up on memory card!?

Question

I just came back from a trip and took TONS of wonderful pictures! buuut for some terrible reason they are not showing up on either the camera or my computer. I know I didn't delete them and according to the space remaining on the card, they should still be there! The few pictures I took before this trip are still on the memory card, though, if that helps. Please help if you can!! Thanks!

Answer 1

If you're using SanDisk cards, check thier website or the internet as SanDisk has recovery software for recovering images from thier cards.

Here are some other options:

1) In Windows Explorer, goto Tools -> Folder options and enable/disable settings so that you are able to view system & hidden files, maybe for some weird reason the files were stored or changed to hidden or system files?

2) Try hooking up the camera with the card in it, to your PC and see if you can see the files

3) Try taking out the card and putting it in a card reader and hooking that up to your PC

4) Panic at this stage if none of the other options worked, maybe workout if you can afford to go back again...

5) With the card in a card reader, try burning a CD/DVD and add the Card as a 'whole folder' to the CD/DVD before doing the copy.

6) With the card in the card reader, try dragging the entire drive the card is in to a blank cd/dvd in the cd/dvd drive and begin copying

7) Wipe the sweat off your forehead and keep calm

8) Download some disk utilities, or maybe even do a defrag on the card when the card is in a card reader. (this doesnt delete photos).

Best of luck!