Re: accidently deleted a folder

Philip,

Thanks for your reply. Please note that I'm Pegasus, not Sue.

You suggest that advice about sound backup practices
is not appropriate in Sue's case. I disagree strongly. The first
step for Sue is to fix the current problem, i.e. to to try and
recover her files. The second and far more important step
is for her to adopt an appropriate backup philosophy.
If this is not made clear to her then she will end up in the
same terrible situation next time round.

Your advice is equivalent to teaching someone how to
bandage a deep cut made accidentally with a sharp knife.
Great. Now let the person find out how to handle a
sharp knife!


"Philip Andrews" <philipfaeunst@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sue -

What you should try first in such cases is to click the 'Edit' button
in the folder from which the delete took place, and see whether 'Undo
Delete' is available. If it is, click it - and your folder should then
reappear. You can also apply 'Control+Z' (which is 'undo last operation')
to achieve the same effect.

If that fails, enter 'Pictures' as a search and see what comes up on
the list. It's quite possible that the folder has been accidentally moved
into another folder, which is why it's not in the Recycle bin (although
from what you wrote it looks like a bit of a forlorn hope).

Other posters are correct about putting personal data onto a separate
hard-drive - but it's not a germane comment in this case.

They're also right about not making any changes to that computer until
the files have been found. A program that I use for retrieving crashed
drives is GetDataBack - I can't remember, but I think that the evaluation
version might be sufficiently-featured to get your files back if they've
been trashed somehow. At the very least, it'll show you whether the folder
and files are still available. Use 'Sustained Damage' as the initial
setting. The program comes in two flavours - FAT and NTFS. The chances are
that you'll need the NTFS version.

Good luck - I hope you get your photos back :o)

Regards,

Philip



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