Windows XP, the successor to Windows 2000 and Windows Me, was the first consumer-oriented operating system produced by Microsoft to be built on the Windows NT kernel. Windows XP was released worldwide for retail sale on October 25, 2001, and over 400 million copies were in use in January 2006. It was succeeded by Windows Vista in January 2007. Microsoft continued to sell Windows XP through their System Builders (smaller OEMs who sell assembled computers) program until January 31, 2009. On April 10, 2012, Microsoft reaffirmed that extended support for Windows XP and Office 2003 would end on April 8, 2014 and suggested that administrators begin preparing to migrate to a newer OS.
Nowadays, even though the Windows 7 is coming up, but there are still so many people use Windows XP because its high reputation and high technology. But have you ever find one day you lost something, for example, the precious photos data from your Windows XP computer? Today, we will find out the main reasons and offer you a good way to do Windows photo recovery with ease.
Losing the photo files is a troublesome thing for us because it means we may lose the precious memories of our family or lover. What make the photo files loss happen?
Here are the main reasons.
1. Accidentally or wrongly delete photo files from your computer hard drive or store devices. (Wrong Operation)
2. Lose photo files when transferring them from computer to your memory card for unknown reason.
3. Formatting or virus infection.
4. Suddenly shut down/power off. It is dangerous to a memory card in a digital camera or a cellphone. What’s more, it can damage your machines too.
The problems seem serious. But if you ask the help of photo recovery software, it is quite easy to recover lost photos. So just follow me, I will help you to get back your photo files in a while.
To recover lost photos, I suggest you to use some third-party photo recovery software. uFlysoft Photo Recovery for Win is recommended one, which can help you to achieve photo recovery with ease. Now follow the 3 steps below.
1. Install the free download uFlysoft Photo Recovery on your computer;
2. Launch the software. Follow the onscreen prompts to choose the place where the lost photo files were stored and click the “Scan” button. (If you want to recover photos on your memory card, just choose your memory card to scan)
3. After scanning finished, click the “Recover” button, and then you will be asked for a "destination folder" where the program will save the repaired file. Select a secured location on your hard drive and follow the rest of the prompts to complete the task. (Attention: Do not save the recovery photo files in the place where the lost photos were stored before or you will lose them forever!)
After all of these steps, you will find the lost photo files all coming back to you again.
1. Only Windows photo recovery software? No, uFlysoft photo recovery can do more for you. Not only the photo files, but also the audio and video files can be recovered as easy as the photo files. What’s more, it also supports Windows 7, Windows Vista, etc.
2. If you are a Mac user and also lost your JPG files, you can try uFlysoft Data Recovery for Mac, which enables you to recover lost data easily.