How to Recover Deleted Videos from Computer?

Updated on February 14, 2020

Videos once deleted from your computer, they are not gone forever. When you accidentaly delete your important video files, and later realize that you want them back, then first look into Recycle Bin or Trash folder. If the video files are deleted with simple deletion key, then it's not all big deal to recover deleted videos from computer. As you can easily restore tham back through Recycle Bin or Trash folder.

However, the problem arises when you have deleted the video files permanently using "Shift + Delete" keys, or Command Prompt option. When you delete the video files using these two options, then you are in big risk of losing them permanently. Also, if the video files are bigger than the Recycle Bin or Trash folder, and you delete them with simple deletion key also, then they bypasses the Recycle Bin/Trash folder, and gets deleted permanently from the system.

No matter, how you delete the video files from your system, don't think that they are gone permanently. You can still recover deleted videos from computer with Yodot Photo Recovery software. When any file/files deleted from computer, just it's memory space is freed up for storing new files. Untill, the deleted files memory space is not occupied by new files, those deleted files are recoverable easily. So, don't overwrite any new files on the deleted video files memory location. Yodot Photo Recovery tool does this job in a couple of minutes. To know how, just keep reading further..!

Before going to learn deleted video recovery from computer, let's have a look at the scenarios in which videos get deleted from our computers. So that one can be very careful and try to avoid these mistakes in future

• Deleting the video files from Windows/Mac computers, and then emptying the Recycle Bin/Trash folder without can result in permanent deletion of the video files
• Deleting the video files using "Shift + Delete" keys or Command Prompt, it results in permanent deletion of the files
• Formatting the drive containing your video files, without having a backup leads to deletion of the files from the entire drive
• Severe virus and malware infection in the drive containing your video files can also lead to the deletion. When you scan with a anti-virus tool to overcome the viruses and malwares, the affected files could get deleted by the tool without your notification
• Abrupt interruptions like sudden system shutdown, or abrupt ejection of the removable storage device from the computer while transferring the video files can also result in permanent deletion of the video files

Above situations will cause video loss on your computer if no updated backup is available. In such circumstances, you should opt for video recovery solutions to recover deleted videos from the computer. The best thing to follow for a successful video recovery is no new data should be saved to storage drive from where you lost videos; as newly added data would occupy the space of lost videos on computer hard drive. And, it’s important to perform video recovery as soon as possible, once video deletion happens.

How to Restore Deleted Video Files on a Computer- Is It Possible?

Yes, there are ways to get deleted videos back on computer. First, you simply go to your desktop and click on the Recycle Bin icon to see if the video file is there in the Recycle Bin. When you find it, click the Restore item in the left pane. If you can’t find a video file on your computer Recycle Bin, you can restore it from a backup (if you are using Windows backup utility) or you can try to restore it from a previous version.

Previous versions are copies of files and folders that Windows automatically saves as part of a restore point. Previous versions are sometimes referred as shadow copies.

Restoring deleted video files from previous versions:

• Open Computer by clicking the Start button and then clicking Computer
• Navigate to the folder or drive that used to contain the video file, right click it and then click Restore previous versions. For example, C:\ the drive and then click Restore previous versions
• You will see a list of available previous versions of the files or folders. The list will include files saved on backup (if you are using Windows Backup utility to back up your files) as well as restore points if both types are available
• Double-click a previous version of the folder that contains the video file you want to restore. (For example, if a video file was deleted today, choose a version of the folder from yesterday, which should contain the file)
• Drag the file or folder that you want to restore to another location such as your desktop or another folder
• The version of the file or folder is saved to the location that you selected

Yodot Photo Recovery - Free Tool to Restore Deleted Videos from Computer:

Yodot Photo Recovery is proficient video recovery software used by most of the Windows system users to recover deleted videos from the computer. This application has the capability to recover all media files like pictures, audios, videos and other document files stored on the computer. It is also helpful in recovering deleted video from DVR, HDD, portable drive, USB, thumb drives, memory cards, iPods, etc. This software provides "RAW Search" option to find the specific files with the help of unique signature in order to avoid full scanning of the system. This software provides a user-friendly interface for restoring deleted videos from the computer in few simple recovery steps. If you are using Mac OS X platform, then use Mac version photo recovery tool (i.e. Mac Photo Recovery) to retrieve missing or erased media files on Mac computer.

Thus, if you are wondering how to get deleted videos back on the computer then Yodot Photo Recovery is the best solution. So, start using the tool and easily recover your deleted videos.

Steps to Recover Deleted Videos from Computer:

• Download and install Yodot Photo Recovery application on your Windows computer
• Run the program to begin the video recovery process and follow on-screen instructions
• On the main window, choose Delete Photo Recovery option
• This application will scan the entire computer hard drive and displays all logical drives present in your system
• Next, select the logical drive from which you need to recover deleted videos
• Opt Music and Videos as file type to scan
• The software scans the selected drive and displays all the recovered videos from computer in Data View and File Type View
• Preview the restored video files and save them to the desired location (except the drive from which you deleted video files)

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