Disk Drill for Windows

The Best Way to Recover
Deleted Photos on Windows

Disk Drill Data Recovery Software is your best solution when faced with the problem of trying to recover deleted photos from your computer. Previously known as Pandora Data Recovery, this photo recovery software application for the Windows operating system lets you recover deleted photos from your computer, SD cards, USB drives, digital cameras, smartphones, and tablets.

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How to Recover Deleted Photos with Disk Drill

Download and install Disk Drill for Windows.
If you are attempting to recover photos that were deleted from your computer you should consider installing Disk Drill on a peripheral device or another system. This will minimize the potential that the installation overwrites the files that you want to recover.

Connect any external device that you are going to recover deleted pictures from to your computer so it is available to Disk Drill.

Launch Disk Drill and select the drive or device where you want to recover deleted images.

Click the "Search for lost data" button to initiate Disk Drill’s scanning procedure. The scan should take several minutes based on the size of your hard drive.
If you are searching for files on your computer that may have been deleted some time ago, a basic scan may not be able to locate them. If you need to recover a deleted picture that has been deleted from your Recycle Bin you will need to employ the Deep Scan feature of Disk Drill. This scan runs for a longer period of time, but can identify many more files than will be found by the basic scan.

Preview the files that are recoverable. Disk Drill presents the files that it can recover in the main window.
The files may not have the same name as before the deletion, but can be sorted by file size and type to help you identify potential files. You can access Disk Drill’s built-in file preview function by clicking on the “eye” icon. Use this feature to make sure that the files you are going to recover are complete and not corrupted.

Recover a deleted image by selecting its checkbox and clicking the "Recover" button. Choose a destination folder in which to place the recovered photos.
You should not recover to the original location as this poses a risk of overwriting the data during the recovery process.

Download and install Disk Drill for Windows.
If you are attempting to recover photos that were deleted from your computer you should consider installing Disk Drill on a peripheral device or another system. This will minimize the potential that the installation overwrites the files that you want to recover.

Connect any external device that you are going to recover deleted pictures from to your computer so it is available to Disk Drill.

Launch Disk Drill and select the drive or device where you want to recover deleted images.

Click the "Search for lost data" button to initiate Disk Drill’s scanning procedure. The scan should take several minutes based on the size of your hard drive.
If you are searching for files on your computer that may have been deleted some time ago, a basic scan may not be able to locate them. If you need to recover a deleted picture that has been deleted from your Recycle Bin you will need to employ the Deep Scan feature of Disk Drill. This scan runs for a longer period of time, but can identify many more files than will be found by the basic scan.

Preview the files that are recoverable. Disk Drill presents the files that it can recover in the main window.
The files may not have the same name as before the deletion, but can be sorted by file size and type to help you identify potential files. You can access Disk Drill’s built-in file preview function by clicking on the “eye” icon. Use this feature to make sure that the files you are going to recover are complete and not corrupted.

Recover a deleted image by selecting its checkbox and clicking the "Recover" button. Choose a destination folder in which to place the recovered photos.
You should not recover to the original location as this poses a risk of overwriting the data during the recovery process.

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Disk Drill is Your Best Choice in Free Photo Recovery Software

Disk Drill builds on the foundation of Pandora Data Recovery and improves its performance. You can try the powerful functionality of Disk Drill for free by simply downloading the software and giving it a test drive. You can recover up to 500 MB of data with the free version. If you need to recover more data than that you will have to purchase the fully licensed product.

How Disk Drill Works to Recover Photos

Disk Drill uses powerful and advanced scanning technology to interrogate all of your internal and externally connected drives to find your missing photos. In many cases, you will be able to perform a successful recovery by just using the “Quick Scan". The program is capable of intelligently searching damaged drive sectors to reconstruct hard to find pictures that may have been deleted some time ago.

Disk Drill can recognize the file signatures and types of hundreds of different file formats and can help you recover almost any type of file. The Deep Scan feature can find file fragments that can be recovered even if they have been removed from your system’s Recycle Bin. You can potentially recover pictures that have been deleted years previously.

Why Would I Need to Recover Deleted Photos?

There are a number of reasons that you might need to recover deleted photographs. Let’s take a look at a few of them.

Accidental deletion from your computer, including having them deleted from the Recycle Bin, can lead to a recovery operation.
An incomplete operating system upgrade can leave you with missing files and photos.
Hard drive failure can result in damaged drive sectors and missing files and photos.
Accidental formatting of an internal or external drive can lead to substantial data loss.
Phone or tablet upgrades can cause data loss on your mobile device.
Incomplete data transfer from your mobile device to your computer can result in lost data.

Accidental deletion from your computer, including having them deleted from the Recycle Bin, can lead to a recovery operation.
An incomplete operating system upgrade can leave you with missing files and photos.
Hard drive failure can result in damaged drive sectors and missing files and photos.
Accidental formatting of an internal or external drive can lead to substantial data loss.
Phone or tablet upgrades can cause data loss on your mobile device.
Incomplete data transfer from your mobile device to your computer can result in lost data.

Protecting Your Data with Disk Drill’s
Recovery Vault Feature

It is a widely accepted fact of computer usage that backing up your machine regularly is a critical aspect of protecting your data. There are many ways to go about this data protection, and Disk Drill has an advanced feature known as Recovery Vault that guarantees that you can recover deleted files quickly and easily. By activating the Recovery Vault feature, Disk Drill keeps track of all deleted files, including their metadata. This is an excellent feature that ramps up your data protection and allows you to restore files that have been permanently deleted from your hard drive.

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The addition of the Recovery Vault feature is a compelling reason to have Disk Drill installed on your Windows machine before you ever have an issue with any missing photos. It offers protection that goes beyond that of a traditional backup solution and when used in conjunction with a regular backup policy makes it possible to recover your files in any situation.

Frequently Asked Questions

Updated on Mar 28, 2020 by Disk Drill Team

Can I recover permanently deleted photos from my iPhone?

In order to recover permanently deleted photos from an iPhone you will need to use an iCloud or iTunes backup to restore the images. Deleted photos are retained on the device temporarily, but once the photos have been removed from the Recently Deleted album, this is your only option.

Where do I find my deleted photos?

Deleted photos are moved to the Recently Deleted album before being permanently deleted. To find the photos, open the Photos app and navigate to the Recently Deleted album. At that point, you can select all of the images or specific photos and select Recover to perform the restore.

How can I recover deleted pictures from my computer?

To recover deleted pictures:

Download, install and launch Disk Drill.
Select the disk or partition that contained the deleted images.
Click Recover to scan the disk for recoverable photos.
Select the images to be restored and click Recover a second time.

How do I recover permanently deleted videos?

To recover videos that were permanently deleted:

Download Disk Drill and start the program.
Choose the disk where the deleted videos lived.
Click Recover to allow the app to find deleted videos.
Select the videos you want back and click Recover to perform the restore.

How do I recover deleted files from my hard drive?

To recover files from a hard drive:

Download Disk Drill, install it and launch the app.
Pick the drive that contained the deleted files.
Click Recover to identify data that can be restored.
Select the desired and click Recover to restore them.

Is there any free photo recovery software?

There are a number of photo recovery software applications that offer a free trial period or allow data recovery at no cost. They include:

Disk Drill Data Recovery Software;
PhotoRec;
Recuva;
Wondershare Photo Recovery;
Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery.

Versatile Data Recovery With Disk Drill

You may have been drawn to this page due to the loss of important pictures or images that were inadvertently deleted from your computer or mobile device. You definitely came to the right place, as the powerful data recovery technology built into Disk Drill gives you a great chance of recovering your prized photographs. Disk Drill can be used to recover any type of files that have been deleted from your computer or mobile devices. It is a very versatile application that can be your go to data recovery tool for the Windows operating system. It runs on Windows version from Windows XP through the newest Windows 10.

Try a free download to see how this innovative tool can help you protect your data and recover from accidental file deletions. Use it to recover up to 500 MB of data for free before deciding to purchase the full version.

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