‘My Pictures’ is the default folder that is present in most of the Windows operating systems where photos are saved. The main purpose of this folder is to store all the images files, irrespective of its file format. To access these photo files, go to Windows Start button and select My Pictures option from the given list.
“We had been on a recent trip to a nearby resort and during this period I took many pictures in my camera. After returning back, I was eager to look at the pictures that were taken. So I connected my camera to my Windows PC and transferred all pictures to ‘My pictures’ folder. As I was viewing those memorable moments, there was sudden power outage to the system and thus it got turned off. On turning on the system, to my surprise some of the photos from my pictures folder were missing. What to do now? Is there any way to get them back?”
Lost or deleted pictures from your "My Pictures" folder? Yodot Photo Recovery is the leading Windows tool to restore photos, videos, and audio files from system drives, external hard drives, SSDs, memory cards, USB drives, and FireWire drives.
Loss or deletion of My pictures folder occur due to:
- Formatting the partition during OS installation process can cause loss of ‘My pictures’ folder.
- You may accidentally delete my pictures folder using Shift Delete keys that permanently remove it.
- Viruses damage file systems and make stored photos inaccessible. This ca. include images saved in the My Pictures folder
Nevertheless, photos lost from system due to any of these reasons can be retrieved with the help of a photo recovery application.
About proficient Picture Recovery tool:
Lost or deleted pictures from your "My Pictures" folder? Yodot Photo Recovery is the leading Windows tool to restore photos, videos, and audio files from system drives, external hard drives, SSDs, memory cards, USB drives, and FireWire drives.
Steps for recovering My Pictures folder from Windows system:
- Download and install Yodot Photo Recovery application on the system by logging in as local system administrator
- As soon as the installation process gets completed, you are provided with the shortcut icon on the desktop
- Launch the program and follow the instructions that are provided on main screen of the tool
- Deleted Photo Recovery and Lost Photo Recovery are the options present. Select the desired one depending on the cause for losing photos my pictures folder from computer.
- Once the option is selected, you are provided with drives present in the computer
- Select the one from where loss of photos has taken place and proceed to next window
- Here, you can either choose particular photo file types or select Next button to start scanning process
- On completion, the recovered image files are listed below. Preview before saving them on desired location.
Safety Tips:
- Avoid abrupt removal of external storage media while copying pictures from my pictures folder
- Keep backup of all the pictures in a separate external hard drive
- Avoid using incompatible third party applications in the system
