Anyone know of a god one. I recently lost some pictures and would surely like to try and get them back. I have a feeling that they are still on the HD but the path has been removed. Any help appreciated.
Ken
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Depending on what operating system you have, if you have a later Operating System, check the "Recycle Bin" as they may be there.
There is recovery software available that MAY be able to recover it but, if they are not in the recycle bin and the disk has been written to since the files were lost they may no longer be there. The disk operating system just grabs whatever is free on the drive to write data.
There is recovery software available that MAY be able to recover it but, if they are not in the recycle bin and the disk has been written to since the files were lost they may no longer be there. The disk operating system just grabs whatever is free on the drive to write data.
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If you do not empty the recycle bin, and it's not in the recycle bin, the files may still be on the hard drive. Do a search using the Windows seach function and see if you can find them. A partial file name is all that is needed. I never empty the recycle bin on my PC - just in case I need to recover a file. The recycle bin only uses a certain amount of disk space and then if new files are deleted and there isn't enoough space in the recycle bin the oldest file(s) will be removed and the new ones added. With size of most modern hard drives, the space used by the recycle bin is not an issue.
If nothing comes up, do a search using google and you will find lots of software for "undelete".
Here is one that has a free "demo" program. I know nothing about it other than I found it using google. Download the demo and it may allow you to undelete or at least it may tell you if the file(s) are still there to undelete. http://www.winundelete.com/
ADDED: The size and number of free sectors on a hard drive do not make any difference when the OS writes to a disk. And, just browsing the internet or e-mail will cause disk writes. <font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Jack Stoner on 01 March 2006 at 06:50 AM.]</p></FONT>
If nothing comes up, do a search using google and you will find lots of software for "undelete".
Here is one that has a free "demo" program. I know nothing about it other than I found it using google. Download the demo and it may allow you to undelete or at least it may tell you if the file(s) are still there to undelete. http://www.winundelete.com/
ADDED: The size and number of free sectors on a hard drive do not make any difference when the OS writes to a disk. And, just browsing the internet or e-mail will cause disk writes. <font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Jack Stoner on 01 March 2006 at 06:50 AM.]</p></FONT>
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