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I use a pair of GoPro’s for action, wet work, and putting a camera where I would not put a larger or more expensive digital. I also use a larger digital. This means I use both microSD cards for the GP’s and full size SD cards for the large digital camera. I have grown to hate the microSD cards, they are so small they are a pain to remove from the cameras especially with cold, stiff fingers. Their size means they are easily dropped, hell they are so small they hide in the carpet. They do not handle heat as well as full size SD cards. They are easy to lose, and they are just more of a PITA to use. The full size SD cards are a perfect size, not too large that they are clumsy, and not too small that they get lost or are are a pain in the ass. The full size SD cards handle heat better, do not corrupt as easily, their slightly larger size is just easier to use. It would be great to see GoPro, Insta, and DJI switch over to full size SD cards for their action cameras and drones.
Your USB is failing, See if it appears in Disk Management / Disk Utility.
That’s honestly pretty concerning. People trust cloud services like Google Photos to be reliable long-term, especially when they’re paying for it.
Looks like you are in luck. Here’s a video that looks like your sd card
Got it. I’ll stop using the laptop and give it a try. Thanks for all the suggestions—feeling a bit more hopeful now!
Thanks everyone! I’ll try Stellar Data Recovery and avoid using that drive for now. Really appreciate all the help
I had a similar issue last month. Free tools didn’t help much in my case.
I ended up using Stellar Data Recovery, and it actually recovered most of my deleted files, including some PDFs and images. It was pretty straightforward to use, and I liked that it shows a preview before recovery.
I’ve dealt with this a lot. Free tools sometimes work, but for important files, I’d suggest going with something more reliable.
You might want to try Stellar Data Recovery. It’s pretty user-friendly and works well for recovering deleted files, even after the Recycle Bin is emptied. It supports documents, photos, videos, etc.
Just install it on a different drive and scan the affected one.
Hi guys,
I’m looking to get a synology nas as a small file server and backup target in a SOHO environment. I’ve been looking at Hyper back up and using backblaze as a cloud storage provider.
Is hyperback up enough to do a full bare metal recovery from total drive(s) failure?
For example, if you were to have a pool of 1TB HDD with a volume of 1TB and it died, all your synology apps/configs/user accounts and data are now gone. You now have a new 1TB hdd and need to restore everything like it never happened.
I’m aware that the above example is not best practice but I’m using it as a worst case scenario. I’m asking this because its quite well documented how to do this on other environments like a windows machine. You can use acronis or veeam boot media and it will provision a new hdd and replace all the data at a volume level.
How is this process done on a synology nas? Has anyone experienced it before?
I’ve seen plenty of documentation on how to restore individual files using Hyper back up but not on how to restore it from a bare metal situation.
Thanks,
Stop using your laptop for now, especially that drive. The more you use it, the higher the chance your deleted files get overwritten.
There are free recovery tools out there, but results can be hit or miss depending on the situation
I was combining some audio files that were stored on my network drive late last night and when I finished I thought I deleted all the source files and left the finished product but when I came back to the computer today I discovered that I had left the wrong one. I tried recovering from the Properties window but it says “no previous versions”. I installed & tried Recuva and a couple of other similar programs but they can’t see the network drive so they don’t find anything.
Any suggestions?
Adding to this, avoid installing anything on the same drive where the file was deleted. That could overwrite your data.
You can try tools like Stellar or others, but success depends on how recently the file was deleted.
It might still be recoverable.
When you delete files, Windows doesn’t erase them immediately—it just marks the space as available.
First things to try:
- Check if you have OneDrive or any cloud backup
- Right-click the parent folder → Restore previous versions
- If you had File History, you might be able to restore from there
If none of that works, then you’ll need recovery software.
Yeah, don’t panic yet. First thing: stop using that drive as much as possible. When you delete a file, it’s not immediately gone—it just gets marked as free space.
You can try:
- Checking Previous Versions (right-click folder → Restore previous versions)
- Using File History or backups (if you had it enabled)
If those don’t work, you’ll need data recovery software.
If I use MicroSD cards, I put them in that device and transfer via USB rather than popping them in and out all the time. I treat it as BYO-itegrated storage.
Whereas on SD/CF I’ll pop the card out into a dedicated reader.