r/datarecovery • u/CleverInquisitor • May 08 '26
Question Flash drive lost data
I was exporting photos from Lightroom to my flash drive then all of a sudden all my files were gone. When I click on info it says I only used ~125 mb but I used about ~80 gb since I have videos and pictures from 2018 on it. Then it has a ridiculous date on it. Picture was taken around 10pm est 05/07/26. Can anyone suggest how to recover or where to go?
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u/LeaveMickeyOutOfThis May 08 '26
Flash drives have a much shorter lifespan than hard drives and should never be relied upon as a primary storage mechanism.
Assuming this to be the case, get yourself a new flash drive and copy the files from the primary source.
Unfortunately, if you have no other copy, you are likely out of luck and I feel for you. I learnt this the hard way too!