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Post History: AlexR
@chlorine09 Wait… are you planning to keep using that camera?
If yes, don’t put that SD card back …In: Accidentally formatted my SD card...What’s the safest way to unformat an SD card?
4 weeks ago
Bro this happened to me like twice with cards I use between my phone and PC. Both times it turned ou …In: Dead SD card won't show up in disk management, what are my options?
1 month ago
I think there’s a bit of confusion here. If the videos aren’t in the Recycle Bin, even though you di …In: Videos deleted months ago… still possible to recover?
1 month ago
Quote from CleverFalcon960 on April 22, 2026, 10:52 am
Glad to hear that, honestly! Thanks for givi …In: Accidentally formatted my SD card...What’s the safest way to unformat an SD card?
1 month ago
Quote from CleverFalcon960 on April 22, 2026, 3:43 am
I just came across this thread and now I’m a …In: Accidentally formatted my SD card...What’s the safest way to unformat an SD card?
1 month ago
@jakeontheloose If there are a lot of files and they actually matter to you, better to pay for prope …In: Formatted my USB 10 minutes ago, haven't used it since - can I still recover?
1 month ago
@justin_bob Just want to clear something up, there is no software that can actually fix bad sectors. …In: Is there any hard drive repair software that can fix bad sectors?
1 month ago
Yeah, what @datarecoverexpert said. And just to make it concrete, Disk Drill @datanerd mentioned ear …In: USB device not recognized on my Windows 11
2 months ago
Quote from kimheyon on April 12, 2026, 9:31 pm
I didn’t realize I needed a card reader. I had my Go …In: Lost 6 hours of skydiving footage - how to recover deleted Gopro videos?
2 months ago
Hi. First thing, don’t rush to do anything with the SD card until you get enough info here or elsewh …In: Lost 6 hours of skydiving footage - how to recover deleted Gopro videos?
2 months ago
Okay, here's the actual process. Disk Drill is what I'd use - it handles RAW drives well, …In: Windows says I need to format the partition - should I?
2 months ago
Quote from dori_kim on March 31, 2026, 9:31 pm
okay so I messed up bad and I'm literally shaki …In: Need help! How to recover formatted SSD data on Windows 11
2 months ago
@wehelper644 @em_on_pc Ryan is right, clone first if you have a spare drive big enough. And if you d …In: Help! External hard drive partition disappeared
2 months ago
Do not click initialize. Don't touch 'New Simple Volume' either – both of those write …In: Help! External hard drive partition disappeared
2 months ago
If it still shows 1.3TB used, that’s actually a good sign. When external drive files are missing, bu …In: My Files Disappeared from External Hard Drive on Mac
2 months ago
Worth checking your Trash just in case any old drafts ended up there at some point. Also… stop using …In: I need help with recovering overwritten files (previous versions are not available)
2 months ago
Oh man, welcome to the world of permanently deleted files recovery. At this point it kind of becomes …In: Help! Is it possible to recover deleted files from Recycle Bin after emptying it on Windows?
3 months ago
@shieran Thanks for the suggestion, but that doesn’t really apply to my case. I checked trash and al …In: How Can I Recover Accidentally Deleted Photos from my SD Card?
3 months ago
Wow, thanks everyone for all the suggestions and the links to the guides!! I’m going to do some read …In: How Can I Recover Accidentally Deleted Photos from my SD Card?
3 months ago
Hey guys, I have a little problem. I was going through photos on my camera and somehow deleted a who …In: How Can I Recover Accidentally Deleted Photos from my SD Card?
3 months ago
Quote from zensoul on March 3, 2026, 1:21 pm
Is SD card video recovery basically the same process …In: Can You Help with Recovering Deleted Files from SD Card
3 months ago
Quote from lalisa_nn7 on March 3, 2026, 12:08 pm
Is there anything I can do to make the drive start …In: USB device not recognized on my Windows 11
3 months ago
If the deleted files aren’t in the Recycle Bin and you don’t have backups, then you can recover dele …In: Can You Help with Recovering Deleted Files from SD Card
3 months ago
Ok, then check if your flash drive appears in Disk Management and whether it shows the correct capac …In: USB device not recognized on my Windows 11
3 months ago
I hate errors when a USB device is not recognized in Windows 11/10/etc, since there can be a thousan …In: USB device not recognized on my Windows 11
3 months ago
If you really don’t want to pay for Disk Drill, you can look at PhotoRec. It’s a free option, and ma …In: Looking for photo recovery software and want to hear real experiences
3 months ago
Why hasn’t anyone mentioned how lucky you actually are? You formatted the SD card on a computer, not …In: Accidentally formatted my SD card...What’s the safest way to unformat an SD card?
4 months ago
I’m not even that deep into data recovery stuff, to be honest. I usually stick to free Disk Drill al …In: How reliable and safe is Disk Drill compared to other tools?
4 months ago
I’m clearly on the Disk Drill side.
When I moved from Windows to Mac some time ago, this was the s …In: Any working Recuva alternatives for Mac?
4 months ago
I remember seeing some guide where they showed how to view hidden files using Registry Editor, butt …In: Where do I find hidden files on Windows 10?
4 months ago
In my case, it really looks like the issue was account sync issues and Windows ended up loading a te …In: Lost files after Windows 11 update - How did you recover yours?
4 months ago
One thing no one mentioned here is SSD encryption. If the SSD is encrypted and it died because of fi …In: Has anyone successfully recovered files from a dead SSD?
4 months ago
If anyone else stumbles on this thread later, make a backup once you recover anything. SD cards aren …In: Trying to recover my SD card… any free SD card recovery software suggestions?
4 months ago
@bryan That didn’t work for me so I’m going to try some of the other suggestions people shared here …In: Lost files after Windows 11 update - How did you recover yours?
4 months ago
@datanerd Weird one, honestly. The only thing that comes to mind first is SD card write protection.
…In: How did you recover files from a corrupted SD card?
4 months ago
@bryan
I checked the storage usage and disk usage hasn’t changed at all compared to before the upda …In: Lost files after Windows 11 update - How did you recover yours?
4 months ago
Quote from chris_89 on January 27, 2026, 12:35 pm
I’m still here, btw. I already recovered the phot …In: How did you recover files from a corrupted SD card?
4 months ago
seems like I showed up a bit late and you guys already solved everything. But whatever, I’ll drop th …In: How did you recover files from a corrupted SD card?
4 months ago
@bryan dude… YES, that actually did it!!!!🙏
No idea how, but after I followed your steps exactly: …In: "Boot Device Not Found (Hard Disk 3F0)" on HP Laptop – Any Fixes?
4 months ago
Hey everyone. Attention! Achtung! SOS! Help!
I have an ASUS Vivobook 17 X1704VA-AU665 with a 512 …In: Lost files after Windows 11 update - How did you recover yours?
4 months ago
@em_on_pc thanks for the breakdown. That actually does sound doable, but I’ll need to find another c …In: "Boot Device Not Found (Hard Disk 3F0)" on HP Laptop – Any Fixes?
4 months ago