Lost.Dir folder is very much common to our eyes. Anyone who handles an Android Phone must have seen the folder on his/her device. But fewer of us may know the actual importance of that folder.  Whenever you face a photo/video loss issue on your android device, the files go to a temporary folder named Lost.Dir, just like Recycle bin in windows. The folder is seen in any android device and mostly is empty.If you want, you can retrieve your lost files from this temporary bin, but it is not as easy as it sounds. The reason being the files are in an encrypted format and it is not at all readable without the help of any special technique.

So, in order to retrieve your photos/videos from Lost.Dir folder, you need to deploy a third party recovery software.

Suppose you have recently lost your kid’s most cherished photos from your Android’s phone external SD card due to accidental deletion or maybe some kind of card corruption. The first thing to look into is the Lost.Dir folder of your device. It is very much likely that the lost files have gone to your Lost.Dir folder. Lost.dir folder usually contains incompletely downloaded files, lost files and corrupt files.

 However, to know about the steps to retrieve photos/audios/videos from Lost.Dir , let us read further………..

Stellar Photo Recovery Software is one such tool which is capable of restoring missing files from LOST.DIR in Android. Users can get back pictures, APK files, audios, videos, etc from your Android Smartphone or other devices. You can get back missing files from external storage or other devices. The user can restore files from well-known brands and SD cards such as Sony, HTC, Samsung Micromax, etc., provided the missing files are lost from external SD card.

Take the help of a Photo Recovery Software. A recovery software can recover back photos/videos/audios from external memory card.

1. Launch Stellar Photo Recovery Software.
2. On the home screen of the software – ‘Select What to Recover’. Click Next.
3. Next, select the location from where you want to recover. Click Scan to start the scanning process
4. A dialog box of ‘Scanning Completed Successfully!’ displays the scan results – number of files found and size of the data. In the left-pane of main window, all the recovered data is listed. You can preview them in the right pane.
   Note: If you do not see the required videos in the list, opt for Deep Scan option at the bottom.
5. Click Recover. You can also choose to recover only the selective files – select files that you need, right click, and click Recover.
6. In the dialog box, specify the location to save the image files. Click Save. All the files get saved at the specified location.

There is an another very effective way.

• Install and open ES file explorer go to extsdcard
• Open LOST.DIR
• Long press on any file then click select all
• Click on “Rename” option in the bottom of the screen
  Here you will find: Batch Rename
  Input a new name: e.g: Photo, Picture etc
  Start number: write 1 or 01
  Rename extension name: write jpg
  Click ok
  (check the attached image)
  and you’ll recover all your images.

Now before the final word, let us first the see the reasons for missing files.

1. Abrupt pulling out or ejection of SD card from Android phone.
2. Sudden interruptions or power failure while transferring files on Android phone.
3. Android phone operating system suddenly not booting up.
4. Improper shutting down while read-write process is in the mid-way.

Final Word.
As a tip or suggestion, it is suggested to always keep a backup of your SD card on some other external device. Secondly, keep extra caution while handling SD card and install an anti-virus software to keep your android phone safe.