How can I get files I deleted back??

[pirred908]

I deleted My Pictures folder. I emptied the recycle bin. How can I get My Pictures back? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help.

 

[quakefiend420]

heh...what'd ya do that for?

 

[PCHPlayer]

If you want to pay big $$$ you could go to one of those data recovery places. When you delete a file it does not wipe out the data, it just removes file from the directory. As long as you haven't written much to the disk there is a good chance the data is there.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Do nothing with that computer, get one of the disk-recovery programs (advanced search, "undelete", Software forum). If you've written to the disk since the deletes, recovery is less likely.

 

[40Hands]

somehow I think that you are most likely screwed. Sorry. Next time be more careful with your files and make backups!

 

[Grouchyoldguy]

In the cool and useful progs. stickied at the top of this forum someone mentioned PC Inspector as a free recovery utility that worked for them.

 

[tfinch2]

How do you accidentally delete an entire folder...then accidentally empty the recycle bin too?

 

[neit]

Its pretty easy thing to do, like if you're tidying up my documents and just crtl click one too many times. You continue deleting or whatever and when you empty the recycle bin you don't really care to look at all 40+ items and blam.

BTW, using unix and the rm command for a while will get you fixed for accidently removing stuff you didn't mean to =P

 

[NyteCrawler]

tucows has some file recovery software that works pretty good