Internal Storage full - transfer to sd - no images

[Android Central Question]

Hi, my phone (Sony Xperia X running Android 7.1.1) recently showed me a message to say that me internal storage was almost full and if I wanted to transfer my photos to my SD card. So I did this, but now I can't see my photos on my phone, or on my SD card.

I checked both on my mac, and can't see any on my SD card. I can see the photos when I connect the phone to the computer though - however they won't open in preview or photoshop and all seem to have been modified on the same date. They all also have "_1" on the end of them.

Has anyone else had this issue or would be able to help me open these files again please?

Thanks!

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! First, Unmount the card (in Settings>Storage), remove it, and insert it into your computer's reader. Then back up all of your photos, just in case there's a problem with the card.

Now use Windows Explorer to explore the card (and make sure the Show Hidden Files/Folders option is turned on). Is there a file called ".nomedia" in the directory where your photos are? Or does the directory name start with a period?