EOS Rebel T7i photos disappeared - not deleted not formatted

[leifsok]

Hello,

Canon EOS Rebel T7i

Lexar SD Card

I had over 100 photos existing on the SD Card. Camera was turned off. Turned on again. Two photos taken and when I reviewed the photos, all others were gone and only the two most recent photos were present on the SD Card. I have tried a number of different software packages to try to recover photos, but when they scan the SD Card, none have found deleted or corrupted files.

I'm not sure where all the photos went. The card wasn't formatted and the files were not manually deleted - so where did they go?

Appreciate the help of the community.

Kirk  

[ebiggs1]

"I then put the SD card in a reader and could only see the two photos on the computer."

I fear they are truly gone and unrecoverable.  Either they were never saved to the SD card or they got deleted by hook or crook somehow.

[leifsok]

I think so too. So strange. I wonder if some partition / data table was overwritten but I can't see any recoverable partitions when I try a partition recovery tool.

Thanks for the responses.

[Waddizzle]

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@leifsok wrote:

I think so too. So strange. I wonder if some partition / data table was overwritten but I can't see any recoverable partitions when I try a partition recovery tool.

Thanks for the responses.

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Did you format the memory card in the camera prior to first use?  

[leifsok]

I format the memory card every so often in the camera after downloading photos. This issue came about just by turning off the camera and then turning it back on 20-30 minutes later.

[Waddizzle]

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@leifsok wrote:
I format the memory card every so often in the camera after downloading photos. This issue came about just by turning off the camera and then turning it back on 20-30 minutes later.

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I would stop using that memory card.  Make sure that you select "low level format" for SD memory cards.  I use Sandisk cards, thumb drives, and memory sticks, and have never had a problem with any of them in more than 15 years.  I guess I must be lucky, because I have had experienced several failures with other brands.

[Tinamarie425]

Wait. I just bought the t7 used it for the first time Friday. All pictures were visible in camera after shooting. All images were there for transfer to computer. Yesterday. They transferred fine. I didn’t delete from the camera and it was turned off. But I did delete the files off my computer. Went to look at something today and poof! 300 pictures and 7 videos gone! Did I do something wrong? Are the files NOT recoverable? I did try 2 other devices and a card reader and nothing! Is all lost. Because if it Is I am kind screwed as I was on Assignment

[Peter]

Write protect the card, you know the thingy on the card, download Recuva for Windows and start recover the files.

[Tinamarie425]

Is there an official site I can download that from everywhere I have seeen looks sketchy.

[Waddizzle]

How are you transferring the files?  Are the files still visible in the camera when you press the [>], play, button?

If you used the EOS Utility to download images from the camera, it will only display “new” files that have never been previously downloaded.  You would to use the option to manually select the images in order to download them a second time using the EOS Utility. 

Many users remove the card from the camera and use a card reader on their computer to download files.  

[Tinamarie425]

Plugging the caner into of with usb cord. 
nope not visible on camera at all or in any other device. I tried 3 other and a card reader. They are just gone. I didn’t use any kind of software just straight download to pc. It was a workstation pc not my personal one. But when I deleted the files from the pc. Camera wasn’t even on or plugged in