How to Recover Files in LOST.DIR?

[zirconium]

Hi all,

I recently bought a new android phone (Samsung Galaxy A71 5G). On my previous phone (LG Phoenix 4) I would store pictures on a microSD card. When I transferred the SD card to my new phone I lost a big portion of my pictures. It seems as a fail safe android phones store these files in the LOST.DIR directory. I was able to recover most of the pictures in LOST.DIR by adding the extension .jpg to files of file type "Image" (e.g. 1241185 to 1241185.jpg). This method did not work for files of file type "Program", "Text" or "Unknown" as shown below and I know my most recent pictures were not recovered. Does anyone know how I can save these remaining files.

 

[Wolfie]

Hi,

try something like Recuva, use the free version and watch when installing as it might try installing other software!.

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[zirconium]

@Wolfie

Thanks for the suggestion. I installed Recuva and used it but it tells me "found 0 file(s)" when it scans the LOST.DIR file.

 

[Wolfie]

Did you try also scanning all the other directories?.

 

[zirconium]

Did you try also scanning all the other directories?.

I just tried this. It was able to recover a lot but still not everything.

 

[Wolfie]

I think there is also a deep scan option in Recuva, try that or try a different app similar to Recuva!.

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