How to Recover Deleted Movies from My Home PC

Written By Aruna Attri
Approved By Rohit Arora
Updated on 24 Feb, 2021
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Summary: Have you accidentally deleted your media files from PC? Don't know how to get them back? Here is everything you need to know to get your lost media back with very simple methods.

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Accidental deletion and formatting are among the most common causes of data loss. Useful data often gets unintentionally deleted when you try to remove duplicate and unnecessary files or cleanup a messy desktop in an attempt to free up the storage space.

In case you had simply used the ‘Delete’ key or right-click to remove movie files, you can possibly restore them from the ‘Recycle Bin’ (provided they didn’t directly move out of the Recycle Bin due to large size).

However, in the following cases, you would require a data backup or data recovery software to recover the deleted movies:

Files are not in Recycle Bin
Deleted using ‘Shift + Delete’ key
Emptied the Recycle Bin
Formatted the drive

However, most people do not keep backups or have outdated backups. And that’s where a data recovery software comes handy. A data recovery software such as Stellar Data Recovery- Standard for Windows can help you retrieve accidentally deleted movies and other important files and folders with just a few clicks.

Steps to Recover Deleted Movies

If you have accidentally formatted a drive or deleted movies and any other type of data from internal or external hard disk, connect it to a Windows PC via USB port (no need if it is internal storage). Follow these steps to recover the deleted movies:

Free download, install and launch Stellar Data Recovery- Standard software

Click ‘Videos’ checkbox and then click ‘Next.’
Choose the drive or volume (internal or external) listed under ‘Connected Drives’

Turn on the Deep Scan toggle switch at the bottom left of the software screen
Click ‘Scan’ and then wait for the scan to finish. After the scan, deleted and lost files are listed under left tree view pane.
Click the ‘File View’ tab and then click on the ‘Video’ folder. All the video (movie) formats such as MP4, MKV, MOV, AVI, WMV, etc. are categorized into individual folders displayed in the right panel
Use ‘Search’ bar to locate and recover specific movies quickly

Select the movies or files you wish to recover and then, click the ‘Recover’ button. A new pop up box appears
Click ‘Browse’ and then choose the location where you want to save the recovered movies
Click ‘Start Saving’ and wait till the software saves your recovered movies

The DIY software supports NTFS, exFAT, and FAT32 file systems, and recovers lost data from inaccessible, corrupt, and formatted hard drive or partitions. Use the software when you need to recover deleted movies or the critical files were lost due to accidental deletion or drive corruption.

Conclusion

Losing a movie collection is still bearable but what if you end up deleting wedding video album, video travelogue, rare documentary footage, or other such irreplaceable video assets.

So, it’s crucial to realize that data loss is inevitable, which may happen due to a host of factors besides accidental deletion such as hardware/software failure, sudden power surge, virus or malware infection, etc.

Therefore, always keep an updated data backup including your priceless movies and video collection. Also, use a trusted antivirus and anti-malware tool to prevent data corruption.

However, when precautions fail, you can always rely on Stellar Data Recovery- Standard to recover deleted movies and other critical files that were lost from any storage drive on Windows.

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Aruna Attri

Aruna Attri is a Senior Data Recovery Expert at Stellar®. She is a technology blogger and Windows expert. She has experience in Windows data recovery domain. She loves to troubleshoot Windows issue and write technical tips and tutorials.

8 comments

Lori says:

August 22, 2022 at 6:09 am

I always prefer to keep an updated data backup. Also, I Prefer to use a trusted antivirus and anti-malware tool to prevent data corruption.

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James says:

March 14, 2022 at 6:53 am

It’s very important to keep a backup of an important file and always use trusted antivirus tools to prevent data corruption in the future; I used Stellar Data Recovery- Standard to recover deleted movies and other critical files .Thanks a lot for the user friendly interface.

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Pearl Payne says:

October 12, 2018 at 10:58 am

As compared to other windows recovery tools, restoring data is very inexpensive.

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1. Satyeshu Kumar says:
  
  October 15, 2018 at 3:48 am
  
  Hello Pearl,
  
  Yes, the prices are comparatively less with more advanced features.
  
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Tracey French says:

September 24, 2018 at 10:45 am

Recently I lost some important college lecture videos, which I fully recovery using Stellar Data Recovery version software. Thanks a ton.

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1. Satyeshu Kumar says:
  
  September 25, 2018 at 2:23 am
  
  Thanks Tracey for using Stellar Data Recovery – Home Version.
  
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Jill Lewis says:

August 20, 2018 at 10:29 am

Being an avid movie lover of Game of Thrones series. I usually have all the latest episodes on my PC. At some random day I was shocked to see that all the series of GOT was gone. It was Stellar windows data recovery software which saved me and my episodes.

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1. Satyeshu Kumar says:
  
  August 21, 2018 at 4:34 am
  
  Thanks Jill for using our software.
  
  Reply

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