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Lost 6 hours of skydiving footage - how to recover deleted Gopro videos?
Quote from kimheyon on April 12, 2026, 5:46 pmHey guys, hi. I could really use a bit of your help.
I was recently on vacation and tried skydiving for the first time. When I got back home, I noticed that all my footage ware missing from the camera. There were quite a lot, both my jumps and my wife’s, around 6 hours in total. I suspect that I accidentally deleted files from the SD card of my GoPro. So now I’m trying to figure out how to recover deleted GoPro videos. I really don’t want to lose them. These were unforgettable moments, and I’d like to have them saved in video, not just memory.
Any advice, pls🙏
Hey guys, hi. I could really use a bit of your help.
I was recently on vacation and tried skydiving for the first time. When I got back home, I noticed that all my footage ware missing from the camera. There were quite a lot, both my jumps and my wife’s, around 6 hours in total. I suspect that I accidentally deleted files from the SD card of my GoPro. So now I’m trying to figure out how to recover deleted GoPro videos. I really don’t want to lose them. These were unforgettable moments, and I’d like to have them saved in video, not just memory.
Any advice, pls🙏
Quote from AlexR on April 12, 2026, 7:13 pmHi. First thing, don’t rush to do anything with the SD card until you get enough info here or elsewhere. Don’t record new videos to that same card if you don’t have copies of your deleted GoPro videos. When files are not showing after deletion, they can still be in the file system on the SD card and will stay there until you erase or overwrite them.
As for GoPro footage recovery, if you don’t have backups, then your only option is a data recovery program. There are quite a lot of them, so I’d recommend looking at ready-made comparison lists like this before choosing one.
Hi. First thing, don’t rush to do anything with the SD card until you get enough info here or elsewhere. Don’t record new videos to that same card if you don’t have copies of your deleted GoPro videos. When files are not showing after deletion, they can still be in the file system on the SD card and will stay there until you erase or overwrite them.
As for GoPro footage recovery, if you don’t have backups, then your only option is a data recovery program. There are quite a lot of them, so I’d recommend looking at ready-made comparison lists like this before choosing one.
Quote from kimheyon on April 12, 2026, 7:27 pmThanks. I picked a program from the list, but now I ran into another issue - I cannot select the SD card to start the scan. It just doesn’t show up as available in the software. What could be the problem? Am I doing something wrong or did I choose the wrong tool for SD card data recovery? I thought this would be a bit easier, so starting to panic a little.
Thanks. I picked a program from the list, but now I ran into another issue - I cannot select the SD card to start the scan. It just doesn’t show up as available in the software. What could be the problem? Am I doing something wrong or did I choose the wrong tool for SD card data recovery? I thought this would be a bit easier, so starting to panic a little.
Quote from JustMike on April 12, 2026, 9:04 pmQuote from kimheyon on April 12, 2026, 7:27 pmThanks. I picked a program from the list, but now I ran into another issue - I cannot select the SD card to start the scan. It just doesn’t show up as available in the software. What could be the problem? Am I doing something wrong or did I choose the wrong tool for SD card data recovery? I thought this would be a bit easier, so starting to panic a little.
Hmm, hard to say something without more details. Which program did you pick? It might be the tool itself, for example, Recuva doesn’t really handle a corrupted SD card well. Also check how the card shows up in Disk Management / Disk Utility. Is it even there? What size does it show? Could also be something simple like the card reader you’re using. There can be a bunch of different reasons for this, honestly.
Quote from kimheyon on April 12, 2026, 7:27 pmThanks. I picked a program from the list, but now I ran into another issue - I cannot select the SD card to start the scan. It just doesn’t show up as available in the software. What could be the problem? Am I doing something wrong or did I choose the wrong tool for SD card data recovery? I thought this would be a bit easier, so starting to panic a little.
Hmm, hard to say something without more details. Which program did you pick? It might be the tool itself, for example, Recuva doesn’t really handle a corrupted SD card well. Also check how the card shows up in Disk Management / Disk Utility. Is it even there? What size does it show? Could also be something simple like the card reader you’re using. There can be a bunch of different reasons for this, honestly.