JPG Recovery: How to Recover Deleted or Lost JPG/JPEG Files

JPG or JPEG (short for Joint Photographic Experts Group) is a standard compression format for digital images. It is known for its high resolution, small file size, and adjustable compression levels. JPEG is one of the most popular formats for digital photographs and is widely used in digital cameras, mobile devices, and on the internet. When you take photos with a digital camera or a mobile device, pictures are often saved by default with the .jpg or .jpeg file extension, or you can choose to save them in JPG/JPEG format. Furthermore, due to its prevalence, JPG/JPEG files are compatible with most websites and services.

Overview of JPG Recovery

When it comes to JPG recovery, users are mostly concerned about how to recover JPG or JPEG files. The key to recover JPG files lies in whether the deleted photos have been overwritten. If not, you can retrieve the lost files from the Recycling Bin or use a data recovery tool. If overwriting has occurred, the chance of getting back the lost data is very slim.

What can cause loss of JPG/JPEG files?

Considering the wide usage of JPG/JPEG format, losing such files is almost inevitable. Be it on a digital camera, mobile phone, or stored in storage media like computer hard drive, USB drive, and memory card, these photos can get lost due to the following reasons:

• Accidental deletion
• Formatting of storage device
• Virus attack or malware infection
• Other incidents like power failure or system crash

The good news is that you can use the Data Recovery Wizard tool to perform JPG/JPEG recovery.

How to Recover a JPG or JPEG File

Whether you want to retrieve photos from your camera, computer hard drive, or external storage device, the Data Recovery Wizard tool can help you recover lost JPG/JPEG files. Apart from JPG/PNG, its JPG recovery feature also aids in restoring other photo formats, such as PNG, BMP, GIF, MRW, DCR, WMF, RAW, SWF, SVG, DNG, and more. It even supports repairing damaged photos, automatically fixing corrupted JPG/JPEG files during the recovery process.

Data Recovery Wizard is a powerful tool that can do much more than just JPG recovery. It can:

• Recovers almost all types of files, including photos, videos, audio files, documents, Adobe files, and more. • Restores lost data from computer hard drive, external hard drives, USB flash drives, memory cards, camcorders, digital cameras, video players, and more. • Performs file recovery in tricky situations like accidentally deleted files, formatted drive, emptied Recycle Bin, lost partitions, and damaged hard drive.

Please download the software now to your computer and then follow the detailed instructions below to get started.

Step 1: Choose a location and start scanning

Hover the mouse over the SD card, camera, or hard drive partition from which you deleted or lost your pictures, and click “Scan.”

Select the location and scan for lost photos

Step 2: Select the photos to restore

When the scan is finished, select “Photos” from the left panel. If you're looking for missing photos, click “Lost Photos” at the top of the list. You can then find your photos by device, type, and date.

Step 3: Recover Lost Photos

After the preview, click “Recover” and choose another location to save the photos you want.

You can also watch this video tutorial to learn how to use the tool to recover and repair an image.

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Recover JPG/JPEG from Trash

If you accidentally deleted a JPG file from your computer and didn't empty the Recycle Bin after deletion, you can recover the photo from there. Here's how:

Step 1: Open the Recycle Bin on your computer.

Step 2. Locate the photo you want to recover.

Step 3: Right-click the image and select “Restore.”

Bottom line

When accidental photo loss happens, the first thing to do is to stop using the storage device to prevent data from being overwritten. Then, immediately apply a data recovery tool for JPG/JPEG/PNG recovery to ensure a high success rate. It's worth mentioning that Data Recovery Wizard can also help repair corrupted JPG/JPEG files during the recovery process. It works quietly but significantly. Get the software and recover your photos in minutes.