You absolutely saved some precious moments for me! I had just used the GoPro for the first time this weekend and did exactly what you did and I deleted the files of my daughter's volleyball championship game where she scored the winning point to take her team to finals! I was able to recover every single moment of the game!! This mom thanks you so very very much!!!

Worked like a charm even 4 years after you made this! life saver!

Thank you!! I am so happy I got my videos back. I have been searching forever how to get back my lost files, I got them all back within 5 mins of watching your video! Thanks again!

Still working 5 years later! Thank you so much. I almost lost all my footage of my backpacking trip. You're a life saver!

@jbintegratedsolutions592

3 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

I don't know how to demonstrate my happiness. You are the best! This video solved my problem. Thank you so much!

Thank you for this video it helped me recover files that were deleted when I was importing them from my GoPro. Thank you so much!

Thank you so much!!!!!! I almost give up when I thought there is no way on how to recover all my files. Somehow my situation is totally like yours!!!! Thank you so much!!!!!

You are truly a hero (no pun intended) for providing this video. Thank you so much!

Saved! Excellent detailed video takes you step by step. Thank you so much

Thank you so much for making this video!! Saved a ton of footage from a camping trip!

You’re a life saver! It didn’t work on the first laptop I tried but did on the second!

no way. WOW. You actually are awesome m8. it worked cant beliwve this. Iv been tempted to buy the other programs but was giving up. and now this works. Thanks so much m8.

LIFE SAVER!!!! My precious memories with my parents... :D THANK YOU SO MUCH!

2020 this process works, if you are using a mac you might want to take a look at this video as well How to Recover Deleted SD Card Files for FREE | Mac. My only problem though was that for some unknown reason, my Fusion decided to take automatic pics right after my SD cards were accidentally formatted, which override the hidden deleted files. The lesson learned: If you deleted files don't record any new data, first attempt to recover your files.

So I was able to transfer the video over but it will not play . It just gives me an error message and even in the go pro the video is not able to play. Not sure if the file gets corrupted in the transfer.

Thanks mate way better than all the other apps that are flying around. good explanation too.

got all my videos back!!! Thanks a lot!!

i got to the end of the procedure. however when i open the video its just black?

it came back onto my desktop as an sfk file and the mp4 video is blank ?

Physical drive as you said is not showing there, so did'nt work for me, it only showed all my drives once... So did'nt work for me

thank you for this!!! retrieved my files just now. thank you

my friend not the same when I download it to do?

Hey there ! First of all thank you a lot for this tutorial ! It all works perfectly like you showed in the video but the thing is in the TestDisk program the name of the file is for example "_OPR0561" instead of "GOPR0561" and after I saved it i cannot open it with whatever program.... ANy ideas why the files appear like that ?

@jbintegratedsolutions592

5 жыл бұрын

Try and change the name of the file and open with a program like VLC.

thankyou, sadly it didn't work for us; when we opened the DCIM on testdisk, it was empty. bad times - all the data from the Alps!

@italicbahegam3084

5 жыл бұрын

SAME!!! AND I LOST MY FOOTAGE FROM SKIING TOO

Hi, does anyone knows if this method still working. Pls help!

When I enter DCIM i get two options. One being the red entry the other is white, when i enter the red im prompted with "no files found, filesystem may be damaged". when entering the white i get the whole list of my recordings colored all red except for a few white ones but every time i try to copy the red files to my desktop it fails. any thoughts or fixes? ( hope this makes sense)

@jbintegratedsolutions592

5 жыл бұрын

Not sure if you recorded more footage after deleting the files. If you did then it will overwrite the deleted section. It only works if you deleted it and then started the recovery process.

Will this work if I have accidentally deleted the gopro videos by hitting delete all instead of last, and then used the SD card again while they were deleted? I'm screwed aren't I.

@jbintegratedsolutions592

8 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately if you have used the SD card after you deleted your files the lost data will be overwritten.

GREAT VIDEO but one question I deleted a video and then I got it back by using your method and after that I couldn't open the video There was written The video is damaged or something else I forgot what it was also written U might are using the wrong codecs

@jbintegratedsolutions592

7 жыл бұрын

Try and open the file with VLC. If it does not open then there is a chance the file maybe damaged.

Thank you!! you have saved my life!!

Thank you soo very much for this instruction. I recovered my marriage proposal video on my GoPro. I previously used Asoftech to retrieve my files. Asoftech retrieved the files but I didn't know how to use them. Testdisk undeleted my files and I was able to open them in the Gopro edit program as normal. All is well. Much obliged.

Is there any other option available other than Test Disk? I have read about Recuva, Stellar and other such. Any suggestions?

@jbintegratedsolutions592

5 жыл бұрын

There are definitely other recovery services, however this one is free and in most cases it works.

what if you recovered the video file but it's corrupted?

+JB Integrated Solutions So you cant get the footage back after formating the go pro??

@jbintegratedsolutions592

8 жыл бұрын

This method is only good if you accidentally deleted the file. If you formatted your card and you have not recorded over it, then you might be able to recover the file with a data recovery program. The file will not be the same but you might be able to salvage some of the footage. You will also need to convert the file to a playable format as the file will be RAW data after you extract it with a data recovery program. The one I have used for this situation is Stellar Phoenix.

Yoooo! Thank you so much for this! It worked like a charm!

@jbintegratedsolutions592

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

wow, thanks! last time I had to use restore.media service for my GoPro files, worked fine but nice to have alternatives - I'll definitely try this out. Thanks again!

Please reach back to me I deleted all my videos on go pro on accident and tried your method but the folder won't pop up on my screen after I copy

@needhelp6331

5 жыл бұрын

Same problem. Did u find a solution?

I didn't delete all my files like you did, I just deleted a few of them using the go pro app on my phone, I tried doing what you did but no deleted files appeared. Can you please help if you can? Thank you

@jbintegratedsolutions592

8 жыл бұрын

+Merel Koemans - I'm not sure if the GoPro app permanently deletes the files but I know that if you had deleted it from the app and then recorded content again then the files will be over written.

I have a problem.The program doesn`t recognize my gopro

Thank you so much, I was able to recover my photos from today!

I can't figure out how to view my GoPro sd card on the test disk software, the only disk drive that pops up is my 930 gb hard disk drive. Do I need to somehow insert my GoPro sd card into the computer, I'm not very good with technology and I don't understand why it won't show up

@jbintegratedsolutions592

8 жыл бұрын

+Andrew Carlson, Hi Andrew yes you will need to insert the SD card directly into your computer then run the test disk program. You can also see the step by step guide on how to recover your files.

Brilliant! Totally saved my bacon. Was sure I'd imported the files to the wrong place or screwed up somehow. Turns out the Quik app failed during import and proceeded to format the card as if everything went smoothly. Cheers.

@jbintegratedsolutions592

7 жыл бұрын

Yup same thing happened to me. Glad you were able to recover your files.

Thanks for the explanation but i got the file but i didn't got the data which is stored in it.Is there any other solution...

@jbintegratedsolutions592

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry I'm not sure if there is any other solution. This solution did work for me and many other people.

It's not pulling up the folder I had deleted. I haven't used it since I formatted the card from the gopro so I don't think it has been overwritten with any new files. Any suggestions?

@jbintegratedsolutions592

8 жыл бұрын

If you have formatted the card after the files were deleted then the files are lost. This method only works if you want to recover a file that you accidentally deleted but not formatted. If you have formatted the card and you have not recorded new content on the card then you will can still recover the RAW data using a data recovery program but the files will need to be converted into a format that will play again. It is a very painful process.

@onth3hous3

8 жыл бұрын

JB Integrated Solutions Thanks for the quick response! And thanks for the info. Looks like I'll have to be working on this for a while :/

JB - this is an awesome video, but I need more help: When I start up Test Disk, the physical disk does not seem to be my gopro. I have the gopro connected and it shows up on my computer but not in the Test Disk program. What should i do?

@jbintegratedsolutions592

7 жыл бұрын

Please remove the SD card from the GoPro camera and connect it directly to your computer and try again.

@morganl9781

7 жыл бұрын

Got it. I copied the files to a new folder. Photos look good but for some reason the videos will not playback. I tried Windows Media Player (error message) and VLC which showed time go by but nothing was showing up and no sound. Any other tips?

@jbintegratedsolutions592

7 жыл бұрын

Video files might be corrupt. You may need to find a way to repair that video file. Do a search on Google. There are a few programs that should be able to do this.

@morganl9781

7 жыл бұрын

alright I'll try that. thanks very much for your help.

Hi so I downloaded the testdisk7 and try to open "photorec" with terminal and it kept saying this file is damaged. i try downloading it multiple times but said the same thing. Help!

@jbintegratedsolutions592

7 жыл бұрын

Hi I'm not sure what "photorec" is? Testdisk works with mac and with Windows but you can also go to the Testdisk site to get more info and maybe some support.

i recovered the files but was not able to view them... no sound or video... do i have to pay for software to get it to work...or how can i fix the problem

@jbintegratedsolutions592

5 жыл бұрын

The testdisk software is free. There are no paid features available. In most cases it works. If you have deleted a file then started to record again the unfortunately you would not be able to recover the file as the camera is writing over the file.

Hello! It all works perfectly like you showed in the video, but I get problems when I try to open the files. They aren't recognized and therefore I'm unable to visualize them. The name of the file is for example "_OPR0261" instead of "GOPR0261". But it appears already like that in the TestDisk program. The undeleted files have normal names and work perfectly fine when copied out to the folder. Any ideas? I'm quite desperate! Thanks a lot!!!

@jbintegratedsolutions592

8 жыл бұрын

+Frau Freckles. I have not been able to replicate your situation. Have you tried to rename the files to the original GoPro name?

@mirrorfriendly

8 жыл бұрын

Having the exact same problem. Any fix please?

@jbintegratedsolutions592

8 жыл бұрын

I have not been able to replicate this problem. Make sure you try to play the files with a media player like VLC. Also make sure that its the actual file and not just the name (ie. make sure the file is more than 1MB).

@mirrorfriendly

8 жыл бұрын

Hi. Tried both VLC and Quick Time to no avail. File is 460MB. Also, file name is in the format _OPRO3207.MP4 instead of GOPRO3207.MP4.

@jbintegratedsolutions592

8 жыл бұрын

Did you try to rename the file? If that does not work then the file might be corrupted of incomplete.

This is hard!! I can’t do it!!😭😭😭😭

Thank you so much , you saved me alot of time , I would have had to re-film some stuff.

@jbintegratedsolutions592

3 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

I am using MAC, but when I hit ENTER on Create, the window turns from black to white, with messages of "No disk found." What should I do...

@jbintegratedsolutions592

7 жыл бұрын

Is the SD card mounted? Mac needs to see the SD card before testdisk will work.

how long will it take får 58 gb to copy? = 1.34 gb on 2.4 cpu around 5 min

@jbintegratedsolutions592

8 жыл бұрын

Not sure.

i was able to download all the videos to my computer, but everytime i try to view the video i downloaded, it says its corrupt or not compatible what do i do now?

@jbintegratedsolutions592

6 жыл бұрын

Try and open the video the a program called VLC.

FOr some reason when I copy the video to a directory and play the video its just a black screen any help?

@jbintegratedsolutions592

5 жыл бұрын

Try and open the video with VLC player.

hello, i connected my gopro to my laptop and it cant be seen in the testdisk app. do I need to put my microsd on a memory card reader then plug it to my computer for it to be seen in the testdisk app/software? thank you

@jbintegratedsolutions592

8 жыл бұрын

Yes please remove the SD card from the GoPro and plug it in directly to the computer.

@marcelbalabbo4420

8 жыл бұрын

+JB Integrated Solutions thank you for your fast response. will try it as soon as i have a memory card reader. hoping to recover my files.

It worked. Thank you so much!

I didnt delete the dcmi folder i just accidentally deleted my videos and for some reason there not coming up in my storage been please help?

@jbintegratedsolutions592

7 жыл бұрын

If you only deleted the video then it should still be able to see it with Testdisk provided you have not recorded new video after you deleted your files.

the problem is that i only see C: and D: on testdisk, i cannot select GO PRO partition E: !?

@jbintegratedsolutions592

7 жыл бұрын

Make sure you take your SD card out of your GoPro and connect it directly to the computer. Testdisk will not see it in the camera.

wow! it really worked. thank you so much for this video

Thank you!!! you're a life saver! it worked!

what if you accidently format the sdcard how you restore the video files

@jbintegratedsolutions592

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Jerome unfortunately if you have formatted the card you will not be able to recover the data.

Hello I'm having trouble finishing up there is no option to save the file to my desktop please help

@jbintegratedsolutions592

8 жыл бұрын

+diamond pick The file does not save to your desktop. It restores it back onto the card and then you can copy it from your card to the desktop or anywhere else you choose.

I opened DCIM and it says "no file found, filesystem may be damaged" help pls!!

@jbintegratedsolutions592

5 жыл бұрын

There is a possibility that the files were overwritten.

Great cheers Bud, worked a treat 👍👍👍👍👍

It worked... but then corrupted my files and deleted most of them and left one clip which wouldnt even play and just made it over all worse, probably an error on my part

Does not work for me 😢 If the filename displayed is _OPRO instead of GOPRO is it corrupted?

@jbintegratedsolutions592

5 жыл бұрын

Rename the file and try to open with a program like VLC.

When i try to open the video it says 'Windows media player encountered a problem while playing this file

@jbintegratedsolutions592

7 жыл бұрын

File might be corrupt. Try and open it with VLC.

when i click the enter on the red folder, it doesnt open.... nothing happens... any tips?

@jbintegratedsolutions592

8 жыл бұрын

Don't click on the folder with the mouse. Scroll down using the cursor keys and when the folder is highlighted, press the enter key.

You are the fucking greatest!! had the exact same thing happen to me. and now thanks to you my 60gb of holiday material is going to be saved :D

saved my day! all my files are back on mac os sierra!

Hi, i am able to retrieve the files but i can't open it. Unfortunately "we can't open the files" any ideas? :(

@jbintegratedsolutions592

7 жыл бұрын

Try and open the files with VLC player. If that does not work then the files could be corrupted.

Hey, I have followed all of the steps and got to the point of undeleting and saving them to my desktop. Everything went through and was okay, but when i open up the DCIM folder on my desktop, the video that i recovered is in a very strange format and doesn't allow me to open it as a video and watch it. Please get back to me when convenient, thanks

@jbintegratedsolutions592

8 жыл бұрын

Try to open the video with a program called VLC. Also check the extension of the video. Does it end in .mp4 or .mov if not try and change that.

@maddmaxx12345

8 жыл бұрын

I have tried many of the other file opener applications and none of them see to do the trick. I downloaded VLC and when I drag the mp4 file into VLC, it just says that the duration of the video is 00:00 and does not play the video. The files that I try to drag in end in .mp4. are there any other solutions you can think of? If it helps, the .MP4 files don't have a picture on their icon and don't look like video files. Although they are mp4, the icon for them is just the blank piece of paper picture.

@jbintegratedsolutions592

8 жыл бұрын

Is there data in the files? If yes and it does not play then the file might be corrupted.

@maddmaxx12345

8 жыл бұрын

Is there a way to know if it is corrupted for sure, and if so how I can un-corrupt it?

@jbintegratedsolutions592

8 жыл бұрын

By any chance after you deleted the video did you record anything else on the card?

It recovers my files, as it does Recuva, for example, but the videos are corrupt, though I didn't wrote anything on the card after the GoPro Studio deleted my files.

@jbintegratedsolutions592

8 жыл бұрын

Make sure you are copying the correct files. If you did not record over the files then the files should not be corrupt. The only time I was not able to recover the file is when the battery died on my GoPro and it did not complete the recording. I got a corrupted file.

@jbintegratedsolutions592

8 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you were able to recover at least some of the video. Thank you for sharing the video. :)

@OlgaPogozheva

5 жыл бұрын

I'd try running the files (videos) with restore.media service after you restore them with test disk 7 (or recuva)

it keeps opening as zip

Need Help. What if theres already a new video in my sd card? Can I still retrieve the accidentally deleted files?

@jbintegratedsolutions592

7 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately if you have recorded more video after you have deleted your file, you will not be able to recover the files.

@danielmarcos7120

7 жыл бұрын

JB Integrated Solutions thanks. Can you suggest what is the best video recovery app for this case?

@jbintegratedsolutions592

7 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately you will not be able to recover this file as you have recorded over it. You can only recover if you have not recorded over your deleted files.

I don't see an 'undelete' option?

@jbintegratedsolutions592

7 жыл бұрын

Make sure you have the latest Test Disk and follow the instructions step by step. It's a bit tricky at first but you should be ok once you play around with the program.

Why i cnt recover my data.. (photo& video) it say nothing inside.. Pls help me

@jbintegratedsolutions592

5 жыл бұрын

Not sure if you recorded after deleting the file. If yes, then you can't recover the data as it has been written over.

hi deleted 2 days ako my files and i also recorded new one do you have idea how i recover the old one

@jbintegratedsolutions592

7 жыл бұрын

If you recorded over the deleted file you will not be able to recover.

@joeguinta1669

4 жыл бұрын

So if you delete multiple files from an SD card and you record one 5 second video by mistake on that same SD card... you can’t recover any files?

I was able to recover all of my data. WORKS IN 2021 as well !!! Yayayayyyyy

It says "No file found, filesystem may be damaged". What is the next step?

@jbintegratedsolutions592

5 жыл бұрын

Not sure if you have recorded over the deleted file. You won't be able to recover it.

@colinpierre2048

5 жыл бұрын

@@jbintegratedsolutions592 I never did.

@jbintegratedsolutions592

5 жыл бұрын

Have you formatted the card? If you have formatted the card then you can not recover the file. If not then make sure you are choosing physicaldrive1 and not just the drive.

thank u so much!!!!! you are the best man!!!

Thanks! It worked!

its asking me for a password but doesn't let me type so I click enter and it just says no file found.. help please

@jbintegratedsolutions592

6 жыл бұрын

What is asking for a password? If you are using Testdisk there is no password.

thank you so much

I cant find the intel

life saver!!!! thaaaank you!

I am fully certain that I deleted a file a time back but nothing is red

@jbintegratedsolutions592

7 жыл бұрын

If you recorded on the SD card after you deleted the file then it can't be recovered as the file will be overwritten.

@rickhonda1770

7 жыл бұрын

is there a certain time where you can record with out it corrupting

@jbintegratedsolutions592

7 жыл бұрын

No usually once you delete the file from the camera and start to record, it will automatically write over the previous data and therefore you will not be able to recover the deleted file.

Thanks so much!!!

I love you ! I'm not gay but Man, if only i could cry of joiness in your arms... I just drove 48hr in shitty buses, climb Machupicchu mountain took amazing shots, took risks to get the best shots... in the evening the fucking Gopro program turned on and made my card empty in less than a second (seriously i didn't touch anything). Everything was gone... While writting those lines, those precious shots are beeing copied. I tried from a mac and didn't work. from my windows partition (on the mac) it works fine though. So thank you so much !

@jbintegratedsolutions592

7 жыл бұрын

You are welcome. Glad this helped you.

I selected one file that I want to recover and copied, but it says "Copy done! 0 ok, 1 failed"

@jbintegratedsolutions592

4 жыл бұрын

You might need to copy the entire folder. Give that a try.

@gabrieldayo3716

4 жыл бұрын

Same here. Already tried to copy the entire folder. 😑

Thanks!

i cant find the desktop directory

@jbintegratedsolutions592

8 жыл бұрын

Use the cursor keys like shown in the video to move up or down a folder.

my drive e wont show up it shows up as drive f. Also it doesnt say physical drive either

@jbintegratedsolutions592

8 жыл бұрын

It does not have to be drive E. If drive F is your SD card and you can access it then the steps outlined will work. If your SD card has been formatted or you can't read it you will need to your another recovery program and extract the raw data.

@jutterson

8 жыл бұрын

+JB Integrated Solutions when I click on the dcim option it has no data there. Does that mean I need a new program or something else?

@jbintegratedsolutions592

8 жыл бұрын

If the card for formatted then you will not see data. If only the file was deleted by accident then you will be able to recover it by following the steps. The deleted file will show up in red.

@jutterson

8 жыл бұрын

+JB Integrated Solutions I don't think it is, it's right out of the box

@jbintegratedsolutions592

8 жыл бұрын

Right out of the box or right out of the camera?

Didn't work for me 😭

legend thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!!

Is there a way to do this for MAC?

@jbintegratedsolutions592

8 жыл бұрын

Yes you can download Test Disk for Mac and follow the same process.

@yotubealixmartinez

8 жыл бұрын

+JB Integrated Solutions OK thank you :)

Thank you !!!!

@georginaclark28

7 жыл бұрын

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You're a god :')

I selected the deleted files and hit enter and it won't open anything

@jbintegratedsolutions592

8 жыл бұрын

You need to copy the deleted file to another folder before you can open it. Please take a look at the end of the video again to see how this is done.

@masongibbs7499

8 жыл бұрын

+JB Integrated Solutions now it says no file found file system may be damaged

@jbintegratedsolutions592

8 жыл бұрын

That means the files might be corrupted and not recoverable. If you used your camera after you deleted the file then it will write over the file and will no longer be recoverable.

@masongibbs7499

8 жыл бұрын

+JB Integrated Solutions I'll just tell you what happened, I was trying to turn off the wifi on my GoPro when I accidentally deleted it, the. I got this software and went through all of the steps. When I went on dcim it wasn't red but I didn't have the videos on my sd card

@jbintegratedsolutions592

8 жыл бұрын

Hi Mason unfortunately I have not experienced what happened to you so not sure if your files got corrupted in the process. If you find a solution for this please share. Thank you.

its woooooorkkk, thx a lot, u save me

u are great!!!