Photos suddenly disappear from my SD card.

All my photos have suddenly disappeared from my SD card even though I didn’t delete anything. What could have caused this, and is there a way to recover the missing images without formatting the card?

Tagged: Photos

SD card

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Orin Thorne

Participant

October 13, 2025 at 10:05 am

I lost my photos due to my mistake. IS it possible to get them back with this tool?

Kai Vortex

Participant

September 30, 2025 at 5:44 am

That would be perfect to recover the lost photos. But first one need to try the manual fixes.

Deno

Participant

August 19, 2025 at 9:14 am

Bro, get Stellar Photo Recovery software for deleted photos. Don’t think of anything else.

Kai Vortex

Participant

June 24, 2025 at 6:37 am

Using a good card reader is always an investment. Many times, these issues happen only because of a faulty card reader. Also, you need to see how you connect your SD card to computer. Connect via a reliable card reader, not the camera.

Nick

Participant

June 9, 2025 at 7:13 am

Last year I also faced such issue. My SD card was behaving poor and I was so irritated. I formatted the card and it fixed all my issues.
I was advised by my professor to always eject the SD card properly.

Arin Vale

Keymaster

June 9, 2025 at 7:11 am

Hi Simon,
Photos disappearing from an SD card can result from file system corruption, virus attacks, hidden files, or accidental deletion. In many cases, the data is still present, but the file directory becomes unreadable. Do not format the card or add new files, as this can overwrite recoverable data.
Instead, connect the card to a computer and enable “Show hidden files” to check if the images are still there. If not, use trusted recovery software to scan the card. These tools can often retrieve lost photos without formatting.

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