Sep 23, 2024 • Filed to: Photo/Video/Audio Solutions • Proven solutions
Nowadays, almost every family owns a digital camera or a similar device for taking pictures. It's true that you don't need film anymore to take photos as before and the camera can take JPG or JPEG photos to let you save them anywhere. The big problem is that the camera card can easily save lots of images, but also very easily lose them by improper operations.
If not all the time, but oftentimes we tend to lose crucial JPG images due to accidental deletion, device storage format, or corruption of storage device. No matter what the case may be, your JPG images will certainly vacate your storage space. What supposed to do when it happens without any preparation? There are several ways to recover the lost JPG files.
There's no doubt JPG or JPEG is one of the most used formats to store image files, but accidental loss or deletion of this file is almost inevitable. Whether you're storing them on a digital camera, phone device, hard drive, USB, or memory card, your images are at a high risk of getting lost due to many reasons. See some reasons listed below.
However, as a tycoon in the data recovery industry, I've encountered lots of photographers that face this problem. But, a scenario with a GoPro camera user is one that caught me up. He was in a situation where he had mistakenly lost a client's images that were needed to be delivered the next day due to accidental deletion. No matter what the JPG file was meant for, anyone in the same situation will surely have no hope of thinking he/she can recover their lost JPG file.
But, there are ways to recover these lost files quickly and conveniently. Keep reading to discover solutions on how you can recover lost JPG image files.
Nowadays, we've seen lots of recurring situations of lost JPG or JPEG images, but many seem to not understand the logic of recovering these files. If you're among those in this situation, see solutions to this problem that has been apart of human daily lives for a very long time below.
Generally, there are different reasons causing your JPG/JPEG photos to be lost, such as accidental deletion, card corruption, power failure, virus infection, and more. No matter you lost your photos for any reason above, Recoverit Photo Recovery can help you find them back without any quality loss.
Not only for the image formats referred to above, but this JPG file recovery program also supports the recovery of a variety of formats as TIF, BMP, PNG, GIF, RAF, ERF, PSD, WMF, CR2, DNG, RAW, NEF, ORF and more, as well as the recovery of music and video in any format. Download the Windows or Mac version of your choice, and recover 10 JPG files for free now!
Recoverit makes it possible and easier to do JPG file recovery. Read further and get the complete guide to recovering JPG.
Let's take the photo recovery on a Windows computer as a try and do the JPG recovery step by step. If you are about to recover lost JPEG/JPG images from the digital camera, camcorder, mobile phone, or other portable devices, connect it to your computer first.
To recover deleted or lost JPG files, select the device or the partition where you lost your JPG file and click "Start".
Recoverit JPG Recovery will move on to scan your selected hard drive or external device to search for all deleted or lost JPG/JPEG images. You can pause the scanning process to preview and recover the JPG files you find and need.
When the scan finishes, all recoverable JPG/JPEG files are found and displayed on the list. To get the deleted photos back, you can select them and click "Recover".
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View More >When you lose or delete any files on your device, the first step is typically to check the Recycle Bin, where recently deleted files are temporarily stored before being permanently deleted.
Check out quick steps to recover your JPG from a non-emptied recycle bin.
Yea! When dealing with the Mac OS, you also imply the same steps just like the previous solution but using different commands. Because Mac OS is entirely different from the Windows PC.
Utilize the steps below to restore JPG from a Mac non-emptied trash.
Alternatively, you can utilize the Windows File History feature to retrieve lost JPG files. Here is how you can do it:
If the recovered JPG files are corrupted, there are still available methods to repair them.
CHKDSK is a useful free tool that can help repair and recover JPG files by fixing errors caused by bad sectors. If the JPG files are located on an external hard drive, ensure to connect it to your computer before running CHKDSK.
To utilize CHKDSK for repairing JPG files, follow these steps:
If the aforementioned methods do not yield the desired results, you can turn to Wondershare Repairit to fix corrupted JPG files. Repairit can also repair video files, audio files, documents, and various photo formats like .png, .tif, .tiff, and more.
Here is how you can repair JPG files using Repairit:
Step 1. Download and install Repairit on your computer, then launch the program.
Step 2. Navigate to Photo Repair and click on the +Add option to upload the corrupted JPG files.
Step 3. Click on Repair to begin the photo repair process.
Step 4. Wait for the process to complete, then click Save and choose a location to store the repaired photo.
To ensure a succinct understanding of all we've discussed, it's better not to just leave this site without acquiring the basics of JPG images. From what, to how questions running through your mind, this section covers a brief concept on JPG images and will help give answers to those questions.
JPG/JPEG, an abbreviation of Joint Photographic Expert Group (JPEG), is a widely used lossy compression format employed to compress digital images. Especially those images developed by digital photography. The JPG file consists of two sub-formats, which are;
JPG/JFIF (Used on the internet (World Wide Web) ) and JPG/Exif (Used in digital cameras).
The best way to approach this is by using image editing apps in your PC, Mac, or via online image converter websites.
See steps on how to convert photo to JPG using Windows or Mac below
Convert photo to JPG in Windows
Step 1: Click on the Start menu at the bottom left corner of your PC and launch Paint.
Step 2: You'll be prompted to the paint design page. Click on 'File' at the top left corner, a drop-down list will show up and click Open to select the photo.
Step 3: After opening the image, click on 'File' once again and select 'Save as' in the drop-down list.
Step 4: On clicking the 'Save as' option, another menu will open right in front of it. Then you select 'JPEG'.
Convert Photo To JPG On Mac
There are several ways to convert images to JPG using Mac, but I have outlined the steps of the easiest means of doing this below.
A straightforward answer to this question is, Yes! You can rename JPEG to JPG. All you just have to do is rename the photo file extension. Utilize the step below to execute the process.
Basically, JPG files can't get lost when you view them. But you should always be aware of viruses and corruption. And also avoid accidental delete.
The only way to ensure the safety of your JPG files is by backing them up immediately after saving them to your Windows PC.
There's no other solution than backing up your JPG immediately after saving them to your Mac.
There are many mistakes we make that usually lead to the loss of our JPG images. Whatever the cause may be, this article has covered all the basic steps and solutions to help you recover your lost JPG images free and easily.
Although you can use your Windows and Mac to recover lost images, there is no 100% assurance you will be able to obtain all lost JPG images. Thus it is recommended you utilize professional and effective data recovery software like Recoverit.
Eleanor Reed
staff Editor