Go Pro 3 Help

[hjumper33 0]

Hey guys,
So during my last trip, I noticed my go pro randomly started recording from file 1 again. When I open the card, it says there are 3 gigs available on the 32 gig card, but I only have 10 gigs of files I can see. What happened to the other 19 gigs and why cant I see them, and more importantly, can I recover them? Anyone have any suggestions?

And now I tried plugging it into a PC to see if the files were hidden somehow, and it says I have 20 gig available, what the fuck just happened.

[DSE 5]

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Hey guys,
So during my last trip, I noticed my go pro randomly started recording from file 1 again. When I open the card, it says there are 3 gigs available on the 32 gig card, but I only have 10 gigs of files I can see. What happened to the other 19 gigs and why cant I see them, and more importantly, can I recover them? Anyone have any suggestions?

What are you opening them with? Have you allowed for hidden files?
Was the card formatted with the camera, computer? Or were old files deleted?
When you reinsert the card, do you get the ERR message, or just new file numbers?

It's possible that the old files are simply hidden.

[hjumper33 0]

Never recorded over, never formatted, no deleting, just disappearing. How do I get them unhidden? No error message, just went back to one, but the first file number of the video is 83 meaning 1-82 are missing.

[DSE 5]

Mac or PC?
Mac, use Disk Warrior/Disk Utilities to repair. See what shows up there.
PC Click on the Start button. This is the small round button with the Windows flag in the lower left corner.
Choose Control Panel menu option.
When control panel opens click on the Appearance and Personalization link.
Under the Folder Options category, choose Show Hidden Files or Folders.
Under the Hidden files and folders section select the radio button labeled Show hidden files, folders, or drives.
Remove the checkmark from the checkbox labeled Hide extensions for known file types.
Remove the checkmark from the checkbox labeled Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).
Press the Apply button and then OK button.

See what shows there.

IMO, get those files off the card, copy to your computer, format the card.
Cards should always be formatted before use, and formatted in-camera for best results.

[hjumper33 0]

So update, I was able to recover the files using a recovery program, but now only about 1/4 of them open and play. The rest come up in quicktime as just a dark soundless file the proper length of the original video. Suggestions?

[DSE 5]

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So update, I was able to recover the files using a recovery program, but now only about 1/4 of them open and play. The rest come up in quicktime as just a dark soundless file the proper length of the original video. Suggestions?

Can you Gdoc a file to me? I'll see what I get out of it. I can also run an analytic software package to see what the file actually contains on a per-GOP basis.