Photos vanishing from my E71-2 (US)

My photos are disappearing from my E71-2. The entire gallery has vanished.
Does anyone think there’s a way to save those photos somehow – that they might be lost in some hidden directory? I’d like to see if I can do that before I give up and reformat the phone.
FWIW, the gallery disappeared after I linked the phone to Ovi Suite and saved all the photos. But I left on vacation right afterwards and I’d like to retrieve the shots I took on vacation if at all possible.
More background:
The entire phone has been glitchy for the last 2 weeks or so – it went through a period of arbitrarily shutting itself off for a while, which seemed to end when I removed the Nokia e-mail program, which appeared to be part of the shutdown loop. (I was not using it.)
Since the initial vanishing, I’ve experimented by taking other photos. If I try and open the newly taken photo by accessing the gallery directly, it does not appear. But if I use the file manager, I can find it. But even then, it will disappear after a couple days.
Also FWIW, the recently re-downloaded Nokia Maps and nav functions appear to be completely f@#*ed up.

The memory card might be corrupted. Remove the card ( powerbutton-> remove card) and check with an external reader. If the card is corrupted, reformat the card in the E71-2. This could also solve your Maps issue.
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