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Possible to recover an SD card that's been overwritten? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by turngray@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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I photographed an event on a Saturday....On Sunday I had another event and formatted one of my 128gb SD cards beforehand.

It was such a hectic weekend with different events I was photographing Fri-Sun so I forget which SD card I shot with on Saturday, but I can't locate the photos. I'm hoping I misplaced the card...but I'm sick to my stomach thinking I formatted the wrong card and lost Saturday's photos.

If I did, is there ANY way to recover those files?

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[–] ApatheticAbsurdist@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

You format a card blank and realize it: There is a good chance to recover it with recovery software.

You formatted the card and took some shots: There is some chance you can recover some photos but if another photo was written at the same location of where a file was that you want to recover (you really cannot tell where a photo was from most information that is normally presented to you, so the best way to do is try to recover and see what you get but it's a roll of the dice, many cards will try not to write in the same location all the time to even out the use of the card so you may have some luck, but you won't know until you try).

If you formatted the card and then shot until you filled the card with new photos: you're most likely hosed.