“I have a problem with my SD card camera. Recently, I went to San Francisco with my DSLR and took a lot of pictures. These photos can be viewed on my camera but not when I attach the SD card to my computer. These files are essential. What can I do to recover my photos? Full storage may be displayed on the SD card. The SD card may show full storage, but photos are not visible on the computer. This is critical because you could lose all your SD card photos. Why aren’t my photos showing up on SD cards? There could be many reasons. For example, your SD card reader or slot isn’t working or the files have been hidden. Or the card may have become infected with a virus or corrupted. A file system error can cause your SD card to show empty when it has data. You might also have formatted your SD card accidentally. Photos won’t show up if they are deleted. If files are not visible on your computer, how can you recover photos from an SD card? First, fix any problems with the SD cards. You can view the photos once you have fixed any SD card problems, such as file system errors or hardware issues. You can access the photos if you cannot access them despite having fixed all possible SD card problems. You can also reformat your SD card later to make it usable again. 1. If your SD card pictures are not appearing on the computer’s screen, you can simply restart it. The log and temp files responsible for the SD card issue can be removed by restarting the computer. The SD card files will then be visible. 2. Check your card reader if the SD cards photos are not visible in your computer, but can be seen with your camera. You can try a new card reader, or a different slot for your SD card on your computer. 2. Your SD Card photos may be hidden if you don’t want to hide them. The removable media files can be hidden by virus infections. You can no longer see any pictures stored on the removable media. To unhide photos from SD cards, follow the steps below: Connect SD card with PC Click File Explorer Options in the Control Panel and then click View Check Show Hidden Files, Folders & Drives. File Explorer window. Select OK > Apply. The SD card should now contain your images. 4. You must remove the SD card’s write protection/read-only status. If your SD card has been locked, or written-protected you can not open, modify, or save it. Make sure the SD card switch is on and that it is turned on. Clear the write protection with the diskpart utility if the card is not read-only. You can also access the photos. To remove SD card write protection, follow the steps below: In the Windows search field, type cmd. Enter. Type diskpart in the Command Prompt window. Hit Enter to launch Diskpart.exe. Next, type list disk in diskpart.exe. Enter. Hit Enter. Now type disk N. (N stands for the number on your SD card’s list) and hit Enter. Diskpart.exe utility windows. Enter attributes disk clear read only. Hit Enter to remove the SD card’s write protection. Check if images are on the SD card. Check Disk to fix SD card errors Check Disk to fix SD card error. If images are not visible on your SD card use the Check Disk utility from Windows. It will scan your SD card and repair any errors. Start Windows Explorer to locate the SD card drive. Click on the SD card drive to open Windows Explorer. Next click on Properties. Click on the Tools tab, then click the “Check Now” button under the Error-checking section. How to verify SD card errors Select Properties. Select Properties. Click the Tools tab. Let the process finish. Check your SD card to see if any image files have been deleted. 6. Use an SD Card Photo Recovery Software. If the SD cards don’t display the images, you can use the SD Card Recovery software to quickly recover them. Stellar Photo Recovery is able to recover deleted or missing photos from any type of SD card, regardless of its capacity. The software is able to recover photos that have been hidden or deleted or are not visible due to corruption or virus infection. The software can be used to restore image RAW files from camera RAW, JPEG and PNG as well as TIFF, GIF, TIFF, TIFF, GIF, or other file types without altering their visual quality. The process is quick and easy. Stellar Photo Rescue is compatible with both Windows and macOS. How to retrieve photos that are not on your SD card. Step 1. Connect the SD Card to the computer. Step 2: Open Stellar Photo Rescue on your computer. Step 3: Click on the SD card you wish to scan and then click OK. Step 3: Select the SD card/drive and click Scan. Step 4: After scanning is complete, preview the photos and then click on Recover. Stellar Photo Recovery will allow you to preview the photos. Step 5: Select a place to save your found photos from SD card. You don’t need to save the images on one SD card. Choose a different place. You can get the software free of charge. This will allow you to test the software’s recovery abilities before purchasing. It doesn’t mean that your images are lost if they don’t show up on the SD card. If the photos don’t show up on your SD card, they can still be recovered and overwritten. The first step is to resolve any SD card issues. You can use Windows’s check disk utility to fix the SD card issues. These methods may not be sufficient. You can also install photo recovery software. You should ensure that the recovery software is compatible with your SD card. After you have recovered the photos, make sure to format the SD card in order for it to be used again.