How to Recover Deleted Photos/Videos from SD Card

Normally, if the internal memory of our Android phone is not enough for photos and videos, we would like to expand the storage by using a SD card and save the media files on it. However, we may delete picture and movies by accident. And the SD card can be formatted, corrupted or attacked by virus. If some important photos and videos are lost due to any of these factors, you can try to recover deleted photos from SD card with a recovery tool.

People also read:

Recover Photo, Videos from Android

Recover File from Android SD Card

What should you pay attention to when you find out that the photos or videos on SD card are deleted or lost?

1. DO NOT use the SD card if it is possible. When you lose your photos or videos on SD card, you are not able to recover the accidentally deleted or lost photos/videos once they are overwritten by the new adding data.
2. DO NOT format SD card as well as the memory card.
3. Try to recover the lost files from SD card as soon as possible with the reliable data recovery tool in the market.

Recover Deleted Photos/Videos from SD card

Android Data Recovery is able to scan the SD card and detect photos and videos so that you can selectively restore items you want. Even if the SD card is not built in your Android phone, you can insert it into a card reader and connect the reader to the computer so that Android Data Recovey can access the card and complete data recovery.



Support formats
Pictures: bmp,jpg, png, jpeg, tiff,gif, and more.
Videos: MP4/3GP/AVI/WMV/FLV/RMVB/M4V/MOV
Step 1 Launch Android Data Recovery Program on PC/Mac
Download and install Android Data Recovery program on your computer. Then run the software and select "Android SD Card Data Recovery" mode at the left pane.



Step 2 Connect SD Card to the Computer
Insert the SD card in a card reader and plug the reader into the computer. Then click the "Next" button. When the SD card is detected, check the "Next" button again.



Step 3 Select Scanning Mode
Now select a storage scanning mode. Then press the "Next" button to continue. If the data is not found using one scanning mode, switch to another and try again.



Step 4 Analyze and Scan Android SD Card
Android Data Recovery will san your Android SD card and find out deleted photos/videos. This can take some time. Please wait.



Step 5 Recover Deleted Photos/Videos from SD Card
When scan is completed, you can choose file types at the left pane and preview contents. Next, check items you want and click the "Recover" button to get back your Android data.



Note that you can also recover deleted photos from memory card. Just check the link and see how to perform the recovery.

Though you can recover the deleted photos or videos with the data recovery software, you would be better to back up your phone data regularly as the recovery software is not always work. If your lost data has been overwritten by the new adding files, you would fail to get them back forever. But with the backup copy, you can restore the important data easily.