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Windows Data Recovery- Professional 5 minute read

How to Repair Corrupt Photos in Windows 10?

Updated on May 27th, 2021
Satyeshu Kumar
Written By
Satyeshu Kumar
Rohit Arora
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Summary: Lost your valuable photo collection due to corruption? This is a common issue faced by most people due to reasons like virus or malware infection, bad sectors, improper ejection of the storage drive, etc. In this blog post, we will share an easy, DIY solution to repair your corrupt photos using Stellar Data Recovery software. Download a free trial of the tool to get started.

How to Repair Corrupt Photos in Windows 10?

Photo corruption usually occurs due to malware or virus infection, bad sectors, and improper drive ejection. However, a photo file may also get corrupt due to dying storage media, system crash, sudden system shutdown, corrupt file, and file system errors.

Further, there could be a case where the recovered photos may be corrupt. That happens due to file overwriting as you continue using the storage media or the system after file loss.

Thus, when you open a corrupt photo, it displays either an error that the file can’t be opened or part of photo shows as blank or with random colorful lines and broken pixels (see screenshots below).

Corrupt Photo with distorted pixels
Figure 1: Corrupt Photo with distorted pixels
Error: corrupt Photo can't be opened
Figure 2: Error: corrupt Photo can’t be opened

In this guide, we will show you different ways to repair corrupted photos in Windows 10.

Contents

  • Steps to Repair Corrupt Photos in Windows 10
  • Conclusion

Steps to Repair Corrupt Photos in Windows 10

Step 1: Stop Using the Storage Media

After data loss or file corruption, it’s important to stop using the storage media to avoid further damage. By minimizing the drive or system use, the chances of repairing or recovering corrupt photos increases significantly.

Step 2: Run a CHKDSK Scan

CHKDSK scan helps fix the file system errors and retrieve recoverable information from bad sectors. The scan may fix the corruption but before you run the CHKDSK scan, backup the corrupt photos to a different external drive.

  • Connect the storage media containing corrupt photos.
  • Press Windows+S and type cmd.
  • Right-click on Command Prompt and click ‘Run as administrator’.
Run Command Prompt as administrator
Figure 3: Run Command Prompt as administrator
  • Type chkdsk /r /f X: where X is the connected drive letter.
CHKDSK scan repairing file system errors
Figure 4: CHKDSK scan repairing file system errors
  • Press ‘Enter’ and wait for the scan to finish.
  • Then click the up arrow in the taskbar and double-click on the Safely Remove Hardware and Eject media icon in the Windows System Tray.
Safely ejecting the storage media
Figure 5: Safely ejecting the storage media
  • Now unplug the storage media and connect it again to access the photos.

Step 3: Use the Error-Checking Tool

  • Go to the File Explorer and right-click on the connected media containing the corrupt photos.
  • Click ‘Properties’, go to Tools tab and click the ‘Check’ button.
Running Error Checking tool
Figure 6: Running Error Checking tool
  • Click ‘Scan Now’ and wait for the scan to finish.

If the tool finds any problem or error in the drive, it tries to fix it. Once the process completes, reconnect the drive or restart the system to access the photos.

However, in case the photos are still corrupt, you would need to repair them with the help of a software. The process is explained in the next step.

Step 4: Use a File Recovery & Repair Tool [Recommended]

When the corruption isn’t fixed with the error-checking tool and chkdsk scan, use dedicated software such as the Stellar Data Recovery Premium to recover and repair the corrupt photos.

The software can restore corrupt photos from any storage media even if it’s severely corrupt. Follow these steps to repair the corrupted photos in Windows 10:

1. Connect the affected storage media to your Windows 10 PC.

2. Download, install and run Stellar Data Recovery Premium software -completely free to download and try.

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3. Click ‘Repair Photo’ under the ‘Waffle icon‘.

4. Click ‘Add File’ icon and then browse location to select the corrupt photo files.

5. Select single or multiple files and click ‘Open’ to add the photo(s) in the software for repair.

6. To add more photos from other locations, click the ‘Add’ button and browse to select the corrupt photos.

7. Once you finish adding up required corrupt photo files, click the ‘Repair’ button.

8. After some time, the software will show the prompt ‘Repair process completed.’ Click ‘OK’.

Repaired corrupt photo file in Windows 10

9. If some photo(s) is not repaired, click ‘Advance Repair’ option.

10. Click ‘Next’ and then click ‘Browse.’

11. Choose sample photos taken using the same camera or device. Make sure to choose a healthy and playable video file with the format same as the corrupt file.

12. If the list contains multiple photos with the same extension that need Advance Repair, click ‘Apply to all files of same format’ checkbox.

Figure 13: Advance Repair screen to restore severely corrupt photos

13. Then click ‘Repair.’

14. After photos are repaired, you can click ‘Preview’ to see how repaired photo files look.

Figure 14: See repaired photo preview

15. Then click ‘Save Repaired Files.’ A new pop up dialog box appears.

16. Click ‘Browse’ and to save at custom location or simply click ‘Save.’

Repaired corrupt photo file in Windows 10
Repaired corrupt photo file in Windows 10
Repaired corrupt photo file in Windows 10
Figure 15: Repaired corrupt photo file in Windows 10

Further, you can use the software to recover virtually any photo format and get insights of the health and performance parameters of storage media; this helps to avoid data loss and file corruption in future.

Conclusion

File corruption is a common occurrence with digital storage media, as data is prone to corruption due to several reasons discussed in this post. However, with appropriate steps as explained in this guide, you can recover and repair the corrupt photos in Windows 10 from an internal or external storage media.

The file repair tool that we have used can also repair videos, recover hundreds of file formats and protect against data loss due to impending drive corruption or failure. It’s an all-in-one tool for all your data protection needs.

About The Author

Satyeshu Kumar

Satyeshu is a Windows blogger and data recovery expert. He is having good technical knowledge and experience in Windows data recovery. He writes about latest technical tips, Windows issues and tutorials.

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2 comments

  1. Ronnie says:
    November 2, 2019 at 2:12 am

    When I click on save repaired files… It is asking for activation key

    Reply
    1. Satyeshu Kumar says:
      November 5, 2019 at 4:46 am

      Hello Ronnie,
      The trial version of Stellar Data Recovery Premium for Windows helps you to see preview your data after repairing. But if you want to recover those data you will need the activation key. You simply just click on the activation option it will redirect you to our official website. Where you can buy it. Thanks.

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