Accidentally deleted photos from your Sony camera? Don’t worry, here in this post, we’ll guide you through how to easily recover deleted photos from Sony camera.
I own a Sony Cybershot camera. I accidentally deleted a photo that I was very pleased with while reviewing the photos I had just taken. My camera does not have an undo button. Can I recover deleted photos from my Sony Cybershot camera?”
- Question from Reddit
Yes! You can recover deleted photos from Sony camera, or cameras of any brand, like the Nikon camera. This is possible because when you delete a photo from a camera SD card, the photos deleted will not instantly be erased. The files remain on the SD card but are marked as ready to be overwritten. So they won’t be permanently deleted until new photos come and overwrite them.
We'll go over two options on how to recover deleted pictures from Sony camera in this part.
The first option is to recover photos from a Sony camera SD card using the best Sony digital camera recovery software MyRecover. With an intuitive interface and simple operating procedure, you can recover your deleted photos in just three steps and with a high success rate. It is strongly advised for the following reasons:
Download, install and launch MyRecover on your computer and connect your camera SD card to the computer with a card reader.
Step 1. Hover the mouse over the drive, and click Scan to let it be scanned.
Step 2. You will see your deleted photos that are recoverable listed here. You don’t need to wait for the process to complete if you find the photos you want to recover.
Step 3. Check the scanning result and choose a new location to save your recovered photos. Click Recover xx files to save the restored photos.
Another option for you is to recover deleted photos from SD card using CMD. Specifically, Windows File Recovery will be used. Because this method involves command lines, it is a little more technically demanding. Besides, its recovery rate still remains to be proven. Aside from these, please note that this tool only works with Windows 10 versions 2004 and up.
Preparation work before using Windows File Recovery:
To use this tool, check out your File System first. Go to This PC > right-click on the external drive that contains the deleted files > click Properties.
In addition, you need to use recovery mode and switches to get back your files. To decide which mode to use, refer to this table.
| File system | Scenarios | Mode |
| NTFS | Deleted recently | Regular |
| NTFS | Deleted for a while | Extensive |
| NTFS | Formatted disk | Extensive |
| NTFS | Corrupted disk | Extensive |
| FAT and exFAT | Any | Extensive |
Switches are used to filter the scanning range, thus can save the scanning time.
| Switches | Meaning | Supported mode(s) |
| /n | Filter the scan range: scans for a specific file with its file name/path/type, etc. | All |
| /y: | Recover specific extension groups. | Signature |
| /k | Recovers system files. | NTFSSegment |
| /u | Recovers undeleted files, for example, from the Recycle Bin. | NTFSSegment |
Step 1. Download and install Window File Recovery on your computer from Microsoft Store and then open it.
Step 2. Open Powershell or Command Prompt (run as administrator). In the Command Prompt, enter commands in the following command format:
winfr source-drive: destination-drive: [/mode] [/switches]
For example, if you need to recover deleted photos from F: drive (the SD card) to D: drive, then the command will be like:
winfr F: D: /regular /n *.jpg
This post primarily introduces two options on how to recover deleted photos from Sony camera. You can use MyRecover or Windows File Recovery to perform Sony camera recovery. We hope both of them can assist you in recovering your deleted photos.
Before finishing, here are some pointers to help you never lose your photos on your Sony camera again:
