[Full Guidance] Recover Pictures from Hard Drive

Is it possible to recover pictures from hard drive?

Generally, if one person deletes some pictures from a hard drive, they may not need them anymore. But there can be some special cases: some needed pictures are accidentally deleted when the users clean up the hard disk, the hard disk is attacked by the virus, the computer breaks down due to power off, etc.

When people delete pictures by accident, they may want to recover photos from the computer hard drive. In order to restore the deleted pictures, you can refer to the methods shared in the next part.  

How to recover deleted pictures from computer hard drive

It is a heartbreaking mistake for a user to delete the wanted pictures. In this part, you can learn some basic methods to recover them.

✦ Method 1. Restore deleted pictures from Recycle Bin

When if you delete the files using the conventional method, you can try to find the deleted pictures in Recycle Bin, because the deleted files will be moved to the Recycle Bin for about 30 days. You can turn to the next methods if you cannot find the lost pictures.

 ✦ Method 2. Restore the photos with File History

File History can help Windows users to recover lost files, including documents, songs, pictures, and so on. If you have backed up the pictures, this method can easily recover photos from hard drive.

Step 1. Input “File History” in the Windows research bar and press “Enter”.

Step 2. Find and select the target pictures and click the green “Recovery” button.

Step 3. In the new interface, click “Replace the file in the destination”.

 ✦ Method 3. Recover the lost pictures in the Previous Versions

How to recover deleted pictures from hard drive? Another method to recover the lost pictures is turning them into the previous version. Let’s see how to do it.

Step 1. Open File Explorer and find the folder that stored the lost pictures before.

Step 2. Right-click the folder, then click “Properties”, “Previous Versions”, “choose the latest version” and “Restore” in order.

✦ Method 4. Run the Backup and Restore function

If you have backed up the deleted pictures, the Backup and Restore function also can help you to regain the lost pictures.

Step 1. Open the Control Panel, then click “System and Security” and “Backup and Restore (Windows 7)”.

Step 2. In the following interface, click ”Restore my files”.

Step 3. Click “Browse for files”, then choose the target pictures you want to recover, click “Next”.

Step 4. Choose the destination folder to save the recovered pictures, click “Restore”.

A full-featured data recovery expert for Windows11/10/8/7

Losing important pictures may affect your mood at work, and even your life. If the above methods can do less for you, a third-party data recovery software- AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional may recover different types of files, including pictures, documents, music, videos, Email, and so on.

This tool can be used on 11/10/8/7/Vista/XP. Besides, it supports NTFS, eXFAT32, FAT32, and other file systems. Accompanying the clear interface and detailed guidance, you can easily learn all the functions it provides. No matter how the files are lost, the “Data Recovery” feature can recover them from the devices like HDD, SSD, SD cards, USB, etc.  

As a multi-functional tool, it can also recover lost partitions, delete large files, clone the whole disk to another one, wipe the system hard drive, convert between dynamic disk and basic disk, etc.

Step 1. Download and install this functional tool, click “Recover” and “Recover Data”.

Step 2. Choose the drive stored the deleted files before, then click “Start Scan”.

Step 3. When the scan is finished, you can see all deleted files. Select the target pictures and click “Recover”.

Step 4. Choose a folder path to store the newly recovered pictures, then click “Select Folder”. 

Step 5. When you see the small window below, the pictures have been restored, click “OK”.

Tip: If you want to retrieve the deleted files on Windows Server devices, the Server Version can be the best choice.

Final line

When you lose some important pictures, you may want to recover pictures from hard drive. This post can satisfy you with 5 methods. To recover deleted pictures with ease, AOMEI Partition Assistant can be a suitable choice.