Get Pictures Off an Old Hard Drive - Recover Pictures from Computer Hard Drive

On this page, you can learn two ways to find all pictures on the hard drive, including JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, and PDF, on an old hard drive. To recover pictures from an old hard drive, use Command Prompt if the images are hidden or missing, and use data recovery software like Recuva, EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard, or PhotoRec.These programs scan the drive for deleted files and attempt to restore them.

Can't Find Pictures on Old Hard Drive, Why

Old hard drives, USB pen drives, and memory cards that are put aside for too long may have problems as follows when you try to open and use them again.

• ❌Hard drive D is not accessible access is denied.
• 💽The hard drive partition file system displays as RAW.
• 📃You need to format the disk in drive.

These errors are related to various hard disk issues, especially for hard drives that are too old to work well. Whatever the reason is, when you encounter such problems, I'm afraid that you have probably lost data. That's why your hard drive is not showing files though they still exist.

How to Recover Pictures from Computer Hard Drive with Recovery Tool

If you have lost your pictures due to mistaken deletion, formatting, virus attack, RAW partition, or lost partition, don't worry. You can use EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard to easily locate and recover all pictures on your hard drive intact.

This photo recovery software enables you to recover lost pictures from a hard drive with ease. EaseUS photo recovery software can recover not only lost photos but also all other files like documents, emails, audio & video files, and more. Here's a video tutorial you can refer:

 

Now, you can keep reading the written tutorial to learn how to get pictures off an old computer hard drive with EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard:

Step 1. Choose the location and start scanning

Hover on the SD card, camera, or hard drive partition where you deleted/lost pictures, then click "Scan for Lost Data".

Step 2. Select the pictures you want to recover

Once the scanning completes, select "Pictures" in the left panel. If you want to locate the lost photos, click "Lost Files Only" on the top-right side. Then, you can find photos according to the devices, types, and dates.

Step 3. Recover lost photos

After the preview, click "Recover" and choose another location to save the desired pictures. You can save the recovered photos your local drive, external storage device or cloud storage.

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How to Get Pictures Off an Old Computer Hard Drive

As said before, the Command Prompt here can help you find all the existing pictures on the hard drive, including the hidden images. But if your photos have been deleted or formatted, the CMD won't be helpful, and you need to use a professional data recovery tool directly to restore the lost files with Method 1.

Step 1. Press the Windows + R keys to bring up the Run box.

Step 2. Type cmd in the empty box and press Enter.

Step 3. On the Comand Prompt black window, type the command g: dir /s *.jpg |more and press Enter. (assuming that the old hard drive is detected as drive G:)

This will show you all the folders on g: that contain jpg files. If your pictures files are in other file formats, such as png, change the command g: dir /s *.jpg |more to g: dir /s *.png |more.

Step 4. Once you have identified the folder, copy the directory path and paste it into Windows Explorer. That's the path where you can find missing pictures with a specific format.

How to Find Pictures on Old Hard Drive FAQs

Here is more information about how to find pictures on old hard drives:

1. How to get pictures off an old hard drive?

If your computer cannot work and you want to get data off an old hard drive. Removing the old hard drive from your computer and connecting it to a healthy PC is better. Then, you can easily copy files from your old hard drive to a new external hard drive.

2. How to find all pictures on my old hard drive?

You can use photo recovery software to find all the pictures on the old hard drive when you find some pictures are deleted already. Before that, you can check the Recycle Bin and show hidden files in Windows 10. If you don't know how to choose a good data recovery program, we recommend EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard.

3. What is the best photo recovery software?

The following photo recovery software is recommended:

1. 1. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard
2. 2. Stellar Data Recovery
3. 3. Recover My Files
4. 4. Recuva
5. 5. Disk Drill
6. 6. PhotoRec
7. 7. Remo Recover
8. 8. R-Studio
9. 9. Acronis Revive
10. 10. Puran Data Recovery