How Can I Recover Pictures from SD Card or its Image Backup

My SD card kept indicating that it needed to be formatted, which would wipe all the data, but I have many photos and videos on it that can not be wiped. And all the data have been put on the disk image. How can I recover pictures from the image backup or the SD card?

It's possible to recover pictures from SD card or its image backup. You can recover pictures from the formatted SD card using EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard or recover your pictures from its image backup with a Windows backup tool named Backup and Restore.

The first method, you should download EaseUS SD card recovery software first and open it on your PC. It is a powerful data recovery software that can recover deleted or lost data/files from various devices under different conditions, including recovering pictures from corrupted SD card.

Follow the steps:

Step 1. Put the formatted SD card into a card reader and then insert it into your PC.

Step 2. Select the SD card partition in the EaseUS recovery tool window, and click 'Scan' to view the lost pictures.

Step 3. Click 'Recover' and save the pictures to a safe location on your PC's hard drive.

In addition, if your computer runs Windows 7/10/11 system, you can use a built-in backup and restore program to recover your pictures, which can restore disk image files.

Open the Windows Backup program on your Windows PC, and follow the steps below to recover your pictures from its image backup:

Step 1. Choose the 'Backup and Restore' option from 'Control Panel > System and Maintenance' on your Windows PC.

Step 2. Click the 'Restore my files' option and select the image backup by clicking 'Browse for files'.

Step 3. Choose a location to restore the pictures, and wait for the restoring over.

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