There are other recovery programs than Recuva. Some are free, some are paid. Be sure not to pay before you know
from a free trial that it works.
But it looks rather hopeless.
Anyway, as we say here: You only lose what you didn't backup. So you only lost the pics you made after you last copied them from that card to you PC (and, preferably, from there to another device, like an external hard disk or Dropbox). That's no more than one or two weeks of pictures, I hope?
Kees
I have a microsd card I have been using in my phones for years without issue until now. I tried to download the files from it onto my computer, and the file folders and files are gone. In their place is an unnamed file in file format with about 4 gigs supposedly from 1983, and several other oddly named files which are unopenable or empty and are from 1980-2028. The card still shows that I have 6gb used when I check the preferences, but I cannot get to the files. I have tried taking putting the card back into the phone, and the pictures and other media do not appear. I have taken more pictures and put the card back into the computer and the new files disappear as well. I downloaded Recuva to try and get the files, but it only downloads 100 files and the files it gets are pretty much useless. I tried doing Restoration, but the application crashes after it gets to 121 files every time. Please help me recover the pictures of my children and infant!
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