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Hi, I had transferred a few thousand pics to my ipad from my PC. Now my PC , Crashed after that. Is there a way toget those old transferred pics back to my new PC. Have tried Dropbox and sync and iTunes etc. nothing works. These are all good only for camera captures pics of ipad. But how to get the others out ? Need help

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Short technical summary: photos copied to an iPad via iTunes “Photo Sync” are treated differently from camera shots. The device exposes only the Camera Roll (the DCIM/camera interface) to import tools and services like Dropbox’s camera upload, so albums that were synced from a PC will not appear in AutoPlay/Image Capture or cloud camera uploads. That explains ’s report that Dropbox/sync/iTunes “did nothing” for those non‑camera images.

Safe first actions (do these before any sync/restore):
A full local backup of the iPad should be created and preserved. Avoid allowing iTunes/Finder to auto‑sync photos with a different library before a backup, because a new sync can replace the synced albums. Check whether iCloud Photos or Photo Stream was ever enabled (Settings → Photos) — if so, originals may be available at iCloud.com or via iCloud for Windows.

Practical recovery routes (ordered by likelihood):

  • Originals on the old PC or its backup: restoring those files and re‑syncing to the iPad is the cleanest fix.
  • Extract from a fresh device backup: make a local iTunes/Finder backup and use a reputable backup‑export or device‑browser utility to pull the Photos library or synced albums out of that backup (these tools either read the iTunes backup or access the device’s media area directly).
  • If the images were deleted from the iPad and not just synced away, low‑level recovery tools or professional services may be needed.

Notes and cautions: several posters (for example and ) suggested third‑party recovery software; those tools often target deleted camera‑roll items and may not handle “synced” albums unless they explicitly advertise backup/device browsing and exported synced albums. If the pictures are irreplaceable, preserve the device state and consult a reputable recovery specialist rather than repeatedly syncing or experimenting with unknown utilities.

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Member Avatar for angelina410319

it is my pleasure to hep you. i recommend you to use the EaseUs Mobisaver,which is an free iphone photo recovery software.this software is free and easy to use, and it can help you to retrive your old pictures from iPad, iPhone,Itouch, and all the IOS devices.

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You have to go for iOS data recovery software that recover data from an iPhone and iPad. I think Wondershare is also a good option for iOS recovery.

Member Avatar for Kindar1

As I know, the deleted photos still store in iPad, if they are not be overwritten, you can restore iPad photos directly, but you need some iPad Photo Recovery programs for help, this way is for the user have no backup, if you backup your data with iTunes before, then recover deleted photos from iPad will be simply.

Click the File menu and select Devices > Restore from Back up.
Or
Open the iOS device's Summary tab. There are two ways to access this:
Click the device button in the upper right corner. (If viewing the iTunes Store, click the Library button in the upper right corner. The device button will then be visible.)
From any view in iTunes, click the View menu and select Show Sidebar. Select your iOS device in iTunes under Devices.
Click the Restore Backup button.

Hope this helps!

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Member Avatar for Willison_1

There are several options available for you to retrieve iPad data. Follow this guide to get back lost iPad data

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Member Avatar for Doloresgreen

iFoneMate may be a good choice for you.

Member Avatar for Blancheo0

GlobalShareware is one of nice choice to recover lost iPhone data.

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