How to Retrieve Deleted Pictures from Internal Storage?

Updated on August 19, 2022

“Hi all, I was trying to delete unwanted photos from internal storage of my computer, but unfortunately few important photos got selected. I do not have any other option from where I can restore them. Please help me with a solution to get back deleted photos from internal storage drive. Thanks in advance…”

You may delete data from internal storage of your computer i.e. from internal hard drive in various circumstances. In that case, you start to worry when important pictures got deleted from computer internal storage. You can try restoring data if you have updated backup copy of erased photos. If you have scheduled auto backup on a weekly basis and if you had saved files recently, before a week and they are not backed up; then you will lose them forever after deletion.

What are the Major Scenarios that Lead to Photo Deletion from Internal Storage?

There are lots of scenarios in which photos gets deleted from internal storage as listed below:

  • Empty Recycle Bin: Emptying Recycle Bin deletes erases all files including photos stored in Recycle Bin forever.
  • Formatting: Formatting internal storage i.e. partition on hard drive deleted all data including your precious photo files from formatted drive.
  • Virus Attacks: When virus, malware or spyware attacks photos on internal storage of computer, then infected pictures may get permanently deleted.
  • Shift-Deleting: Sometimes you may erase essential files while shift deleting unwanted data to free space on internal storage.

Irrespective of the scenario which resulted in deletion or loss of photos from internal storage of computer, you can restore them easily using advanced software like Yodot Photo Recovery.

How to Recover Photos Deleted from Internal Storage?

Yodot Photo Recovery software is capable to restore deleted photos from internal storage on your PC. This program is best choice for retrieving photos of different formats like GIF, TIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, etc. You can even restore RAW picture formats like JPG, JPEG, IMG, PNG, PSD, GIF, PSP, BMP, TIFF, TIF, PIC, PCX, WEBP, EXI, DNG, RAF, KDC, RAW, NEF, CR2, NEF, CR2, CRW, 3FR, MRW, PEF etc. generated by various digital cameras and camcorders. It is also possible to get back pictures from formatted hard drive, corrupted, crashed, failed or not booting hard disk. Along with internal storage of computer, this utility helps you to retrieve photos, videos, audio files and other documents from external hard drive, memory card, USB flash drive, iPod, SSD, and other storage drive on your computer. This tool supports photo retrieval from SD card, MicroSD card, SDHC card, xD card, SDxC card, CF card, Memory Stick and other memory card types on your Windows OS based computers.

Steps to Rescue Deleted Photos from Internal Storage:

  • Download the Yodot Photo Recovery software on your computer and install it.
  • Run the tool and select Deleted Photo Recovery from main screen.
  • Then select internal storage drive from which you want to restore deleted photos and click on Next.
  • Select file types from next screen and click on Next.
  • Software starts scanning for selected photo formats and displays result in different view types.
  • Select any desired photo file and click on Preview to view it.
  • Save recovered image files using Save option to any location you prefer other than scanned drive.

Tip to Avoid Losing Photos from Internal Hard Drive:

  • Do not delay in taking backup of your important data and reduce auto backup period if saving files frequently on computer.
  • Save important photos, files and documents in Google Drive or Any Cloud storage to avoid losing them.
  • Use powerful antivirus software to remove all virus or malware threats to avoid infection to other files saved on internal storage.

Other Popular Software

Yodot Photo Recovery (Windows)

Recover and restore deleted photos lost from your digital camera memory card or the images from your Windows PC. The software can recover all popular image types including popular audio and video files.

Yodot Mac File Recovery

The only undelete application for Mac that can recover deleted files from HFS+, HFSX partitions on Mac. The software also has the ability to recover lost files using RAW signature method.