[4 Ways] How to Recover Deleted Videos on Windows 7/8/10/11

Is it possible to recover deleted videos from Windows 7?

Accidental deletion of files is a common data loss situation. Meanwhile, files can also be easily lost due to other various reasons, such as being formatted by virus attacks, hard drive or software failure, and system crashes. If you realize that your data is important after it has been accidentally deleted or lost, you can try effective methods about how to recover deleted videos from laptop Windows 7 in this guide to get back your lost video files.

✎Pro tip:

Please stop using the disk or partition on your computer that contains the lost/deleted files. This is because if you continue to write new data in that location, it may overwrite the original files, thus reducing the possibility of recovery.

Part 1. Recover deleted videos in Windows 7 via software (Recommended)

The easiest way to complete video recovery from Windows 7 is to use a data recovery tool. MyRecover, a tool that can help you recover permanently/recently deleted videos quickly and completely, is exactly what you need.

As professional data recovery software, it can easily recover deleted files without backup files and it can also recover deleted files from Recycle Bin after empty. Also, this utility is an excellent solution for various data recovery, such as formatted data recovery, virus attack recovery, partition loss recovery, system crash recovery, etc.

With a high data recovery rate, this recovery tool supports the recovery of more than 200 file formats including MS office files, videos, photos, emails, webpage files, and zip files. Apart from Windows 7, it also works smoothly on Windows 11/10/8 and all Windows Servers. Now, download it for free and learn how to recover permanently deleted videos in Windows 7 in three steps.

Step 1. Select a partition for scanning

• Run MyRecover. Hover the mouse over the drive saved deleted files before, and click Scan to scan.

Step 2. Scan all deleted and lost files automatically

• It will use Deep Scan and Quick Scan methods to examine all lost and missing files on that drive.

Step 3. Preview and choose deleted files for recovery

• More and more deleted files will be checked out, and you can preview and select the desired items for recovery. After selection, click on the Recover x files button to store the videos at a new secure storage location and begin Windows data recovery.

Part 2. Recover deleted videos in Windows 7 without software (3 Ways)

Here we also provide you with 3 common solutions to recover deleted videos on Windows 7 without using software for your reference.

Method 1. Recover deleted videos from Recycle Bin

When you delete files from Windows, they are not actually wiped completely from your computer immediately but moved to the Recycle Bin. Thus, you can perform Recycle Bin data recovery to get back deleted videos.

However, if the Recycle Bin is emptied or if you are in the following situations, recovering files from Recycle Bin will not work for you.

• Videos are deleted with the Shift + Delete shortcut.
• Recycle Bin is not enabled on Windows.
• Storage space in the Recycle Bin is smaller than that of the deleted files.
• Files are deleted from an external storage device, like a USB flash drive, SD card, and so on.

If you are interested in external hard drive data recovery, you could go to the linked page for details. Now, let’s get down to how to recover deleted videos from Recycle Bin on Windows 7.

Step 1. Double-click on the Recycle Bin icon from the desktop. Or you can search for “recycle bin” in the address bar from File Explorer to open the Recycle Bin folder.

Step 2. Locate the video files that needed to be recovered and right-click on them.

Step 3. Choose the Restore option to restore videos deleted to their original locations.

Method 2. Restore deleted videos from backup

It is simple to recover deleted Windows files from a backup file if you have previously created a copy of the data using the Windows data recovery component - Backup and Restore. The steps about how to recover deleted videos from PC on Windows 7 using a Windows backup are as follows.

Step 1. Open Control Panel, navigate to System and Security, and select Backup and Restore (Windows 7).

Step 2. Tap on Restore my files.

Step 3. Click the Browse for files position to find the video files you wish to restore and hit Next.

Step 4. Determine a location for storing the restored data and click Restore. It is a better practice to save the recovered data to the new location instead of the original location.

Method 3. Retrieve deleted videos from previous versions

Restoring previous versions is also an effective way to recover permanently deleted videos in Windows 7 and it can also be helpful to recover deleted folders not in Recycle Bin. But this option is accessible only if you have completed a backup of your Windows videos using File History or you have created a restore point for your Windows system before the loss.

Retrieve deleted videos from previous versions is guided as follows:

Step 1. Go to the folder that stored your deleted videos before, right-click it, and click Restore previous versions.

Step 2. A list of previous versions of this folder will be displayed in the Previous Versions tab. Pick the wanted folder version and tap on Restore.

To sum it up

Recovering deleted videos on Windows 7 is easy if you apply the right method. If data files are backed up before the loss, you can directly find the backed-up files and follow the steps above to restore them. If there is no backup file, with the help of MyRecover, you can also effectively recover lost data even if the Recycle Bin is emptied.

As you probably know by now, it is very important to backup your precious data to avoid complete data loss. If you don't have a suitable data backup option, we strongly recommend you use AOMEI Backupper. It supports you to create backups for Windows data to various data storage devices such as local disks, external hard disks, cloud storage services, etc. Don't hesitate to make a good habit of backing up your files regularly.