why photos disappeared

Phillip Corcoran

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• Apr 13, 2016

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The card has become unreliable and needs replacing.

You also need to get into the habit of reformatting cards regularly instead of just using the delete option. Cards stay healthier for longer that way.

 

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majeda7

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thanks for your help, but the card was checked at a data retrieval service and they said it was fine. i never delete and always format. i sent it to lexar for review, but it will take 5 weeks. i also had the camera checked and it's fine also. a real mystery!

 

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bjornl

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There are data recovery tools for memory cards so your images should be recoverable. But without looking at the card myself I can't say for sure the card is bad; It could be as simple as the file count for the previous folder reach your pre-set max and it created a new folder. But as you have sent the card off to Lexar you should have a definitive answer from them (they are pretty good about that).

 

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majeda7

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bjornl :

There are data recovery tools for memory cards so your images should be recoverable. But without looking at the card myself I can't say for sure the card is bad; It could be as simple as the file count for the previous folder reach your pre-set max and it created a new folder. But as you have sent the card off to Lexar you should have a definitive answer from them (they are pretty good about that).

 

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majeda7

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thanks for your help. i looked for another folder, but since the card had relatively few photos there wasn't one. i'm keeping my fingers crossed that lexar solves the problem.

 

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bjornl

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majeda7 :

thanks for your help. i looked for another folder, but since the card had relatively few photos there wasn't one. i'm keeping my fingers crossed that lexar solves the problem.

On Nikon Cameras the new folder is not created due to the number of files but based on the file name.
So if your highest file number was \100ND5100\DSC_998.jpg and your folder setting was capped for 1000 then your next photo would be the last stored in that folder (as DSC_999.jpg) and a new folder would be created named something like \101ND5100\
One thing to try is search the SD card for for *.jpg and look at the pathing to the images. Might be that a folder somehow got hidden (attrib -h in CMD to fix)

 

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majeda7

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bjornl :

majeda7 :

thanks for your help. i looked for another folder, but since the card had relatively few photos there wasn't one. i'm keeping my fingers crossed that lexar solves the problem.

On Nikon Cameras the new folder is not created due to the number of files but based on the file name.
So if your highest file number was \100ND5100\DSC_998.jpg and your folder setting was capped for 1000 then your next photo would be the last stored in that folder (as DSC_999.jpg) and a new folder would be created named something like \101ND5100\
One thing to try is search the SD card for for *.jpg and look at the pathing to the images. Might be that a folder somehow got hidden (attrib -h in CMD to fix)

 

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majeda7

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this is helpful information and i will keep this in mind. however, i did have a data retrieval service look at it and said they found nothing. i sent the card to Lexar so perhaps they'll do better. i will check my folder settings on the camera. thanks again!

 

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smith15

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• Apr 22, 2016

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Data recovery will help you to solve this problem.

 

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majeda7

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• Apr 22, 2016

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smith15 :

Data recovery will help you to solve this problem.

thanks, but i tried that with links from lexar and with a top notch service. no images found. i sent the card to lexar, but i'm not having false hopes.

 

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smith15

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"majeda7"
You just try third party data recovery software. I think that will help you a lot...

 

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majeda7

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• Apr 22, 2016

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smith15 :

"majeda7"
You just try third party data recovery software. I think that will help you a lot...

thank you but i tried a few and nothing worked. i sent the card to lecture, but i'm not counting on it.

 

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smith15

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• Apr 23, 2016

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Ok.. I think they can solve the problem and recover your data soon...

 

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majeda7

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Phillip Corcoran :

The card has become unreliable and needs replacing.

You also need to get into the habit of reformatting cards regularly instead of just using the delete option. Cards stay healthier for longer that way.

 

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majeda7

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Phillip Corcoran :

The card has become unreliable and needs replacing.

You also need to get into the habit of reformatting cards regularly instead of just using the delete option. Cards stay healthier for longer that way.

i never delete from the card. the card was new and formatted in the camera before use.

 

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