How to Regain My Music Folder on Windows 7?

Hi, while deleting unwanted music files from ‘My Music folder’ on my Windows 7 system, I have selected entire collections of songs and deleted them mistakenly. As I have a habit of emptying Recycle Bin soon after erasing any file, I have emptied Recycle Bin folder now as well. It consisted of lots of my favorite songs which I have collected for past 2 years. I am really in need of those music files from that music folder. Is there any solution to bring back those deleted files back on a Windows 7 computer? Please help me!!!

My music folder is the storage place where users save their songs collections. Generally, listening to song helps people to relax themselves from any tensions. However, sometimes songs from music folder on Windows 7 hard drive gets deleted as result of above mentioned cause. If you have back up of that folder then you can recover them back without any hassle. Situation may become worst when you do not posses backup of important songs resided in My music folder of Windows 7 system.

Few more causes responsible for music folder loss on Windows 7:

  • Formatting entire system drive or particular storage drive unexpectedly that contains music folder will result in deletion of files and folders
  • Missing of My Music folder from computer that takes place after repartitioning, creating new partition or unexpected synchronization error leads to files loss
  • Deleting My music folder using Shift + Delete Keys can cause permanent deletion of files present in it

In Windows 7, if you have restore points created, then 'Previous Versions’ of files and folders might be available. All you need to do is, right click on folder your data was located (or above folder) and select properties. If your music was located in music library, the path to that folder should be c:\users\username\My Music. Then click on 'Previous Versions' tab and find restore date from before the data disappeared and click Open. What you see here is Shadow copies, you can transfer required files and folders from this screen to desired location where you want to restore them. At last, make sure that you close the windows when transferring process is complete, so you won't get confused with current files / folders and Shadow Copies. If this method does not solve this problem, then user can opt for eminent music file recovery software.

Utility to recover My Music Folder on Windows 7:

Yodot Photo Recovery has the ability to recover music files from My Music folder on Windows 7 operating system. It can restore permanently deleted music files or folders from External hard drive, memory card, SSD drives, FireWire drives and many other storage devices. This program can bring back music file format namely MIDI, MP3, M4b, WAV, RA, AMR and many other format. Along with music files, it can regain other media files (picture files and video files), Office files, compressed files, etc. It supports to retrieve all lost or deleted music files from FAT 32, FAT 16, ExFAT, NTFS, NTFS5 and ReFS partition / drive. Addition to Windows 7, this software is compatible on Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 operating systems.

Steps to recover My Music folder from Windows 7:

  • Download Yodot Photo Recovery tool and install it on your Windows 7 computer
  • Launch the software to initiate recovery process and follow instruction on screen
  • On main screen you will get two options namely 'Deleted Photo Recovery' and 'Lost Photo Recovery'
  • Select required option to restore My Music folder on Windows 7 system
  • The tool will scan entire drive and displays all logical drives that are present
  • Select particular logical drive from which you need to recover lost music files and folder and click on 'Next' option
  • Now the utility scans selected drive and shows all recovered files in two views like 'Data View' and 'File Type View'
  • Preview your retrieved music files using 'Preview' option
  • Save them using 'Save' option to the desired location on Windows 7 desktop

Points to follow:

  • Maintain proper backup of important media files on multiple storage device
  • Check twice before deleting files from Windows 7 system

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