Photos dot show on computer! Help

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Maria89

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Photos don't show on computer but they do on camera. Help

Hi, I am currently travelling around south America and am keep to upload some photos for friends and family. I was able to do this with no problems in brazil but now everytime I plug in the camera via USB or plug the sd card straight into the computer, the file shows up but the images are not visible in the folder! Someone said to reformat the card but there is no way I can lose my photos! Please help, thank you
 
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Yes I can. This is what is confusing me. I can take photos and view them on the camera but when I plug it into the computer the device is shown as empty. When I checked the properties on the device it shows that memory is used so it knows they're there somewhere!
 
thats interesting. SD card not working in the computer. From the camera you can view them. Have you tried installing the software for camera then using that to copy to the computer. Leave the SD card in the camera. just a thought.
Yes. i would hate loosing my pictures also.

something else. the software your using to copy pictures with SD card in the computer now. Did ya try just going to explorer and finding drive and copy and paste?

If your using software that worked in the past it might be or should look anyway for update.

Never used the software for camera in the past with mine. plug the SD in from explorer and highlight then copy then paste in the picture directory i created.
 
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I have never had to install software to retrieve photos from my camera before, they normally just appear. I cannot do any copy and pasting as there is nothing there for me to select. I think my card may be corrupted in some way so it will need formatting but I would obviously like to get the photos off the card before doing this as they would be deleted!
 
Sorry to answer your question I have tried going to the drive to copy the pics but there is nothing shown on the drive.
 
best to wait for someone with info on a recovery for this.
Sorry, not sure.

another thought, someone might want to know the size of SD card.
Im figuring it was formatted with fat 32 and maybe a 4 gig?
 
Well lets try a few things and check some more stuff before trying something like reformatting to try and do a recovery. That's pretty risky.

If you can Maria89 let us know what model/brand camera, memory card and computer you're using. Also, have you had any other problems with your computer or camera?
 
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