[Solved] Pictures on SD Card Showing on Camera but not on PC

Summary: Wondering why your pictures on SD card showing on the camera screen but not on the computer? Know the possible reasons for this strange problem and learn how to fix it to view the camera SD card photos on your PC or laptop.

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 ‘I wanted to copy my holiday photos from my DSLR to a computer drive. However, pictures on the SD card are showing on camera screen but not on PC. How can I solve this problem?’

It is not unusual that photos on SD card don’t show up on PC but are visible on the camera screen. If you, too, ran into this annoying problem and can’t figure out the reason and solution to fix the issue, then this post is there to help you.

Why do you see pictures on the camera but not on computer?

This could be because of many reasons. Maybe your photos are not on SD card but on the camera’s internal memory. In such a case, just connect your camera to the PC and view the photos on it. Sometimes, the SD card may not be connected to PC properly due to which you are unable to view its pictures.

Watch this video to know How to FIX Pictures on SD Card Showing on Camera but not on PC.

Let’s know some other common reasons for camera SD card photos not showing on PC or laptop:

Methods to fix camera photos not showing on PC

1. Check the connections – card reader, SD card slot

Quiet possible the SD card reader or SD card slot is faulty. Test if the SD card works with the same card reader on another computer. If the memory card photos show up on a different computer, the problem could be with the SD card slot. Try a different SD card slot on your computer. This may fix the problem.

If the photos don’t appear on another computer as well, use a new SD card reader.

2. Unhide the files on your camera SD card

Sometimes the pictures are not visible on your camera memory card because the files are hidden. Simply unhide the files on SD card to appear on computer.

In steps: How to unhide image files on an SD card:

3. Disable camera SD card write protection

You cannot access files on a write-protected SD card. Check if the SD card is not write protected, when the photos are not appearing on computer.

Take out the SD card from the card reader. Ensure the slider switch on the side is upwards. It shouldn’t be down towards the lock position. If this method doesn’t remove write protection from the camera memory card, try command prompt to remove write protection. Follow the steps below to remove SD card write-protection:

3. Run the Attrib command to unhide files on camera SD card

Corruption or virus-infected camera memory cards can hide the files saved on it. If the pictures are not showing up on SD card, try running attrib command in CMD to view the files.

Steps to run attrib command to recover hidden files on SD card:

Now open the SD card to see if the image files are visible or not. If not, then try a photo recovery software to recover lost files.

4. Recover lost SD cards photos with software

Unfortunately, if SD card photos don’t appear on the computer but are visible in the camera, try a trusted photo recovery software.

Stellar Photo Recovery can retrieve photos disappeared, deleted, hidden, or missing. It supports recovery from all types of SD cards, SDHC, SDXC, etc., used in Nikon, Canon, Fuji, Olympus, Sony, and other camera brands. The software can scan almost all picture file types, including JPG/JPEG, TIFF, RAW, GIF, DNG, PNG, CR2, CR3, RAF, SR2, NEF, and other formats.

Note that the photo recovery chances stand high until you don’t use the SD card further. Any further attempt to save more photos or reuse it in camera for shoot can overwrite its deleted data, hence diminishing the recovery success.

To recover photos on SD card showing on camera but not on PC, follow the quick steps below:

Besides, you can also restore deleted video and audio recordings with the help of Stellar Photo Recovery software. We suggest testing the software’s effectiveness using the free trial that scans and shows the recoverable pictures from the SD card.

Note: The Free Edition of the recovery tool can recover up to 10 photos at no cost. If you have more files, download the advanced version that can retrieve unlimited photos, videos, and audio files from all drives and memory cards.

Conclusion & FAQ

First, check the device connections when photos on the SD card are showing on camera but not on the computer. Are the SD card reader and the USB slot working? Have you plugged in correctly? Further, make sure the camera SD card is not write protected. If the photos still don’t show up, image files may be hidden on SD camera. Unhide them by using the steps shared in this post.

If nothing works, trust Stellar Photo Recovery software to get the deleted or missing photos on camera SD card and save them on your computer.

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