How to Show and Recover Hidden Files on Memory Card on Windows

I lost my wedding photos! Can you believe that? I took out the SD card from the camera, and connect it to my computer as usual. It's correctly recognized, but I cannot see any files or folders there. How does a memory card has files but not visible? Is there any fix? I really need a way to get back my all photos.

An efficient method that you can try is EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard - reliable disk data recovery software. It's designed to recover lost photos, documents, songs, videos, and over 250 files from various storage media types.

It's also a capable hidden file recovery software that can directly find and recover hidden files on the SD card. Once the software completes scanning, it will display all files, no matter whether they were deleted one time ago or hidden somewhere without a trace.

Learn with the guide, and see how it recovers hidden files from your memory card:

Step 1. Select the virus-infected drive to scan

Run EaseUS virus file recovery software on your Windows PC. Select the disk of the virus attacks to scan for lost or hidden files.

Step 2. Check all scanned results

EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard will immediately start a scan process to find your deleted or hidden files on the virus-infected hard drive.

Step 3. Preview and recover deleted/hidden files

When the process finishes, you can preview the scanned files. Select the files you want and click the "Recover" button.

You can also unhide files on a memory card using the attrib command.

  • Go to the memory card to check if you are able to see your files or folders. If not, run the CMD command prompt to show all the hidden files.
  • In Windows 7 or 10, press Windows and R keys at the same time, in the Run box, input [cmd] and hit Enter.
  • Now type the following command: attrib -s -h /s /d *.* (or) attrib -h -s -r /s /d *.* (Note: there should be space after each letter)

Manual execution of the command line is suitable for computer professionals since incorrect commands can do more harm than good. Therefore, for security and usability, we strongly recommend you try EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard mentioned before to recover your wedding videos.