Lost photographs

[lloyd1e]

A tale of woe. I inserted the memory card from my Sony camera into my computer, viewed the pictures, created folders for the pictures then created 2 shortcuts on the desktop. I removed the memory disk from the computer, when told it was safe to do so, reinserted the card into the camera- result - no photos on the card. No worries I thought - they're on the computer. No they're not. The shortcuts don't work - the message says that the relevant drive isn't connected etc. I imagine the pics are lost for ever - which is very upsetting as they were of Xmas day and all the family was for once together. Does any genoius out there have any ideas?

[lloyd1e]

I haven't created a new word! It's meant to say 'genius' - hate typos!

[snags]

Did you 'copy' the pics from the memory card or 'move' them over?

Does the memory card still show as empty when put back in to the camera?

[lloyd1e]

I didn't copy them over. The memory card shows as empty in the camera.

[lloyd1e]

I did as ZebUK suggested and have found my photos by using Recuva - a free download. I have found my photos and have now copied them into three places!! A tale of woe with a happy ending.

[magicmerlin]

The reason behind the shortcut not working was because it would be trying to look at the memory card which you had taken out and put back into camera.