Scan and Fix recommended (using Windows 7) deleted my New Years Eve pictures from my micro sd card

[DUUGG]

Hello all,

I went out for New Year Eve, had a wonderful time and took many pictures. Upon reviewing my pictures, I noticed that about half of them were a blank icon with a lightning bolt in the top center. I was very upset about this, but said to myself "well, at least I have half of my pictures".

Then, yesterday, I took the SD card out of my phone and put it into a card reader and plugged it into my Windows 7 computer.
Upon doing so, I got the message ".......Scan and Fix (recommended) with the option to continue or cancel. I chose continue and all my pictures were deleted from New Years Eve.

I downloaded and tried 4 different data recovery software and it only found files that I had already copied; no files from New Years Eve 🙁.

I read somewhere that there might be a place where the pictures may be in a hidden file system area under a different file extension and that all I had to do was change the file extension and I would get my pictures back.

Well, after a thorough search, I came up with no files.

If anyone knows of a way to restore my beautiful, priceless pictures from New Years Eve, I would be extremely grateful.

Thanks so much to anyone that can help a very sad person who's new year didn't start off the right way.

 

[William444555]

Im very sorry for your picture loss (had it before too but not this issue) im sorry to say once they are deleted, they are gone. To prevent this from happening again when you put the micro sd card into your computer do not scan and fix just leave it how it is and if they dont show up put the sd card back into your phone and use a cable to transfer next time but if you have to put the sd card in then dont scan and fix.

 

[DUUGG]

Thanks, but the pictures were not really "deleted" persay; unless that's what "scan and fix" did. If that's the case, this is a HUGE issue and something should be done about it and in my opinion, it should be called "Scan and delete".

Might they be somewhere in some hidden volume or hidden deleted volume? How is it that the recovery software I downloaded found files I actually DID delete 6 months ago, but can't find files I took 2 days ago? I don't understand 🙁

 

[William444555]

If you have an android device then google plus should automatically backup the photos so go om your pc and log int google plus and then go to photos

 

[DUUGG]

If you have an android device then google plus should automatically backup the photos so go om your pc and log int google plus and then go to photos

Thanks but, unfortunately, I had just reset my phone the day before and hadn't yet connected it to Google plus. Of all times for this to happen. Such a short window. I think I would have had a better chance to win the lotto than for this to happen.

 

[DUUGG]

Still trying to access my new years eve pictures. I've read about "dirty bit sets"...maybe clearing this would enable me to get my pictures? Note that I did check my microsd card for a dirty bit using "ftsulit" or something like that and it did say that I have a dirty bit set.

Also...Maybe there's a partition that's hidden?

I can't give up yet 🙁