How to Recover Deleted Photos from Dell Laptop [3 Options]

How can I get deleted photos back on my Dell laptop?

3 options on how to recover deleted photos from Dell laptop

Luckily, it is easy to recover data from a Dell laptop hard disk once you find the right way. Here in this section, we’ll provide you with 3 options on how to recover deleted photos from Dell laptop with ease. 

Option 1. Get back deleted photos from the Recycle Bin

The first option on how to recover deleted files from Dell laptop is to check on the Recycle Bin if you have not emptied the Recycle Bin.

Step 1. Double click Recycle Bin on your desktop to open it.

Step 2. Locate the photos you have just deleted. Right-click these files, then click Restore. Then your photos will come back to the location where they were before being deleted.

Option 2. Restore Dell laptop deleted photos from a Windows backup

If you can’t find your photos on the Recycle Bin or you have deleted the photos using Shift + Delete, this means the photos are permanently deleted. At this moment, the second option on how to recover deleted photos from Dell laptop is to restore them from a Windows backup provided by the Windows built-in utility Backup and Restore.

Step 1. Input Control Panel in the Windows search bar, and start it.

Step 2. Click System and Security and then Backup and Restore (Windows 7).

Step 3. Click Select another backup to restore files from. (Here you can see if you have enabled Backup and Restore or not.)

Step 4. Select the backup and then click Next.

Step 5. Search for your deleted/missing pictures by using the Browse for files or Browse for folders option.

Step 6. Choose a location to save the backup, select your pictures and click Restore to recover them.

Option 3. Recover deleted photos from Dell laptop via photo recovery tool

If you need to recover photos permanently deleted without a backup, you are recommended to use the free & professional photo recovery tool for multiple Windows versions, MyRecover.

Download, install and launch MyRecover on your Dell laptop.  

Step 1. Hover the mouse over the drive and click Scan to scan.

Step 2. Then the scanning process will start automatically. You don’t need to wait for the process to complete if you find the pictures you want to recover.

Step 3. Choose the pictures that you want to recover. Click Recover xx files and choose a destination path to save the restored pictures.

Bonus tip: How to recover photos from a dead Dell laptop

If your Dell laptop has suffered physical damage and won’t turn on, you can try to move the hard drive from the dead Dell laptop and try to recover deleted photos from the hard drive on another workable computer.

Step 1. Unlock your dead laptop case with the screwdriver and take the hard drive out carefully.

Step 2. Connect the hard drive as an external hard drive to another workable computer via a USB 3.0 connection cable.

Step 3. Perform photo recovery using MyRecover and save the recovered photos on the workable computer.

Closing words

This post primarily introduces 3 options on how to recover deleted photos from Dell laptop, or any other laptop like recovering deleted photos from an HP laptop. In other words, whenever you have lost photos on your laptop, you can try the methods mentioned above.

At the end of this post, we would like to give you some necessary tips to avoid photo loss from happening again:

• Before erasing any photos from your Dell laptop, have close look at the selected photo files.
• Avoid using Shift+Delete keys and Command Prompt to permanently delete pictures from your Dell laptop
• Check for the presence of necessary photos in Recycle Bin folder before emptying it
• Make a habit of backing up your important photos using professional data backup tool, for example, AOMEI Backupper.