Vista - PLEASE HELP ME!

04-04-2008

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FREE UP SPACE ON MY LAPTOP. IT HAS BEEN RUNNING VERY
SLOW. I AM A PHOTOGRAPHER AND I DOWNLOAD TONS OF IMAGES DAILY. I STARTED
DELETING FILES THAT I THOUGHT I NO LONGER NEEDED. I DELETED A FOLDER (
RECENTLY CHANGED). MY ORIGINALS PICTURES; AFTER EDITING THEM FOR HOURS IN
PHOTOSHOP; WERE SAVED IN THERE ORIGINAL FOLDERS, BUT ONCE I DELETED THE
IMAGES THAT WERE IN THE RECENTLY CHANGED FOLDER ALL OF MY IMAGES WERE DELETED
FROM ALL MAIN FOLDERS. I CHECKED THE RECYCLE BIN TO RESTORE THEM, BUT THAT
FOLDER NEVER DID SHOW. WHEN I OPEN RECENTLY CHANGED THE IMAGES ARE THERE. I
THOUGHT I COULD DRAG THEM BACK OR BURN THEM TO A CD AND THEY WOULD BE THERE.
WRONG! THEY WILL NOT DRAG. THEY WILL ALLOW ME TO BURN THEM, BUT ONCE I DRAG
THEM TO THE ORIGINAL FOLDER - IT TELLS ME THAT THE FILE IS NO LONGER IN THAT
LOCATION. IM CLUELESS AND HAVE SPENT SEVERAL OF HOURS TRYING TO FIGURE THIS
OUT. I DO NOT HAVE ANOTHER COPY OF THESE IMAGES ON ANY OTHER PC OR CD. I
CANT SEEM TO LOCATE WHERE OR THE NAME OF THE FILE LOCATION. YOUR HELP IS
GREATFULLY APPRECIATED. THANKS SO MUCH.
--
C.BEYL

04-04-2008

Posting in all caps is considered shouting, and may not illicit any help.
Also makes for hard reading

"CBEYL" <CBEYL@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:303ED33F-904C-4F65-8195-D34577079998@xxxxxx

Quote:

>I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FREE UP SPACE ON MY LAPTOP. IT HAS BEEN RUNNING VERY
> SLOW. I AM A PHOTOGRAPHER AND I DOWNLOAD TONS OF IMAGES DAILY. I STARTED
> DELETING FILES THAT I THOUGHT I NO LONGER NEEDED. I DELETED A FOLDER (
> RECENTLY CHANGED). MY ORIGINALS PICTURES; AFTER EDITING THEM FOR HOURS IN
> PHOTOSHOP; WERE SAVED IN THERE ORIGINAL FOLDERS, BUT ONCE I DELETED THE
> IMAGES THAT WERE IN THE RECENTLY CHANGED FOLDER ALL OF MY IMAGES WERE
> DELETED
> FROM ALL MAIN FOLDERS. I CHECKED THE RECYCLE BIN TO RESTORE THEM, BUT THAT
> FOLDER NEVER DID SHOW. WHEN I OPEN RECENTLY CHANGED THE IMAGES ARE THERE.
> I
> THOUGHT I COULD DRAG THEM BACK OR BURN THEM TO A CD AND THEY WOULD BE
> THERE.
> WRONG! THEY WILL NOT DRAG. THEY WILL ALLOW ME TO BURN THEM, BUT ONCE I
> DRAG
> THEM TO THE ORIGINAL FOLDER - IT TELLS ME THAT THE FILE IS NO LONGER IN
> THAT
> LOCATION. IM CLUELESS AND HAVE SPENT SEVERAL OF HOURS TRYING TO FIGURE
> THIS
> OUT. I DO NOT HAVE ANOTHER COPY OF THESE IMAGES ON ANY OTHER PC OR CD. I
> CANT SEEM TO LOCATE WHERE OR THE NAME OF THE FILE LOCATION. YOUR HELP IS
> GREATFULLY APPRECIATED. THANKS SO MUCH.
> --
> C.BEYL

**Brink** · 04-04-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by CBEYL

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FREE UP SPACE ON MY LAPTOP. IT HAS BEEN RUNNING VERY
SLOW. I AM A PHOTOGRAPHER AND I DOWNLOAD TONS OF IMAGES DAILY. I STARTED
DELETING FILES THAT I THOUGHT I NO LONGER NEEDED. I DELETED A FOLDER (
RECENTLY CHANGED). MY ORIGINALS PICTURES; AFTER EDITING THEM FOR HOURS IN
PHOTOSHOP; WERE SAVED IN THERE ORIGINAL FOLDERS, BUT ONCE I DELETED THE
IMAGES THAT WERE IN THE RECENTLY CHANGED FOLDER ALL OF MY IMAGES WERE DELETED
FROM ALL MAIN FOLDERS. I CHECKED THE RECYCLE BIN TO RESTORE THEM, BUT THAT
FOLDER NEVER DID SHOW. WHEN I OPEN RECENTLY CHANGED THE IMAGES ARE THERE. I
THOUGHT I COULD DRAG THEM BACK OR BURN THEM TO A CD AND THEY WOULD BE THERE.
WRONG! THEY WILL NOT DRAG. THEY WILL ALLOW ME TO BURN THEM, BUT ONCE I DRAG
THEM TO THE ORIGINAL FOLDER - IT TELLS ME THAT THE FILE IS NO LONGER IN THAT
LOCATION. IM CLUELESS AND HAVE SPENT SEVERAL OF HOURS TRYING TO FIGURE THIS
OUT. I DO NOT HAVE ANOTHER COPY OF THESE IMAGES ON ANY OTHER PC OR CD. I
CANT SEEM TO LOCATE WHERE OR THE NAME OF THE FILE LOCATION. YOUR HELP IS
GREATFULLY APPRECIATED. THANKS SO MUCH.
--
C.BEYL

Hi C.BEYL,

If you have a Ultimate, Business, or Enterprise edition of Vista, then you might be able to use "Previous Versions" to restore the images from the folder location that they were deleted from. See step 2 in this tutorial for how if needed.

Previous Versions - Shadow Copy

Hope it works for you,
Shawn

04-04-2008

Stop using your computer ASAP. The more you use it the less chance you have
of recovering the photos.

From a different computer Google "Recover Deleted Files".

Turn off your caps lock.
-------
*Report back, please*
[When responding to posts, please include the post(s) you are replying to so
that others may learn and benefit from the issue]

[How to ask a question]
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

"CBEYL" <CBEYL@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:303ED33F-904C-4F65-8195-D34577079998@xxxxxx

Quote:

>I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FREE UP SPACE ON MY LAPTOP. IT HAS BEEN RUNNING VERY
> SLOW. I AM A PHOTOGRAPHER AND I DOWNLOAD TONS OF IMAGES DAILY. I STARTED
> DELETING FILES THAT I THOUGHT I NO LONGER NEEDED. I DELETED A FOLDER (
> RECENTLY CHANGED). MY ORIGINALS PICTURES; AFTER EDITING THEM FOR HOURS IN
> PHOTOSHOP; WERE SAVED IN THERE ORIGINAL FOLDERS, BUT ONCE I DELETED THE
> IMAGES THAT WERE IN THE RECENTLY CHANGED FOLDER ALL OF MY IMAGES WERE
> DELETED
> FROM ALL MAIN FOLDERS. I CHECKED THE RECYCLE BIN TO RESTORE THEM, BUT THAT
> FOLDER NEVER DID SHOW. WHEN I OPEN RECENTLY CHANGED THE IMAGES ARE THERE.
> I
> THOUGHT I COULD DRAG THEM BACK OR BURN THEM TO A CD AND THEY WOULD BE
> THERE.
> WRONG! THEY WILL NOT DRAG. THEY WILL ALLOW ME TO BURN THEM, BUT ONCE I
> DRAG
> THEM TO THE ORIGINAL FOLDER - IT TELLS ME THAT THE FILE IS NO LONGER IN
> THAT
> LOCATION. IM CLUELESS AND HAVE SPENT SEVERAL OF HOURS TRYING TO FIGURE
> THIS
> OUT. I DO NOT HAVE ANOTHER COPY OF THESE IMAGES ON ANY OTHER PC OR CD. I
> CANT SEEM TO LOCATE WHERE OR THE NAME OF THE FILE LOCATION. YOUR HELP IS
> GREATFULLY APPRECIATED. THANKS SO MUCH.
> --
> C.BEYL

04-05-2008

I used Word 2000 and selected the Change case... menu command in the Format
menu and corrected your post, which follows.

"I have been trying to free up space on my laptop. It has been running very
slow. I am a photographer and i download tons of images daily. I started
deleting files that i thought i no longer needed. I deleted a folder (
recently changed). My originals pictures; after editing them for hours in
photoshop; were saved in there original folders, but once i deleted the
images that were in the recently changed folder all of my images were
deleted
from all main folders. I checked the recycle bin to restore them, but that
folder never did show. When i open recently changed the images are there. I
thought i could drag them back or burn them to a cd and they would be there.
Wrong! They will not drag. They will allow me to burn them, but once i drag
them to the original folder - it tells me that the file is no longer in that
location. Im clueless and have spent several of hours trying to figure this
out. I do not have another copy of these images on any other pc or cd. I
cant seem to locate where or the name of the file location. Your help is
greatfully appreciated. Thanks so much.
--
c.beyl

"

"CBEYL" <CBEYL@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:303ED33F-904C-4F65-8195-D34577079998@xxxxxx

Quote:

> I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FREE UP SPACE ON MY LAPTOP. IT HAS BEEN RUNNING VERY
> SLOW. I AM A PHOTOGRAPHER AND I DOWNLOAD TONS OF IMAGES DAILY. I STARTED
> DELETING FILES THAT I THOUGHT I NO LONGER NEEDED. I DELETED A FOLDER (
> RECENTLY CHANGED). MY ORIGINALS PICTURES; AFTER EDITING THEM FOR HOURS IN
> PHOTOSHOP; WERE SAVED IN THERE ORIGINAL FOLDERS, BUT ONCE I DELETED THE
> IMAGES THAT WERE IN THE RECENTLY CHANGED FOLDER ALL OF MY IMAGES WERE
> DELETED
> FROM ALL MAIN FOLDERS. I CHECKED THE RECYCLE BIN TO RESTORE THEM, BUT THAT
> FOLDER NEVER DID SHOW. WHEN I OPEN RECENTLY CHANGED THE IMAGES ARE THERE.
> I
> THOUGHT I COULD DRAG THEM BACK OR BURN THEM TO A CD AND THEY WOULD BE
> THERE.
> WRONG! THEY WILL NOT DRAG. THEY WILL ALLOW ME TO BURN THEM, BUT ONCE I
> DRAG
> THEM TO THE ORIGINAL FOLDER - IT TELLS ME THAT THE FILE IS NO LONGER IN
> THAT
> LOCATION. IM CLUELESS AND HAVE SPENT SEVERAL OF HOURS TRYING TO FIGURE
> THIS
> OUT. I DO NOT HAVE ANOTHER COPY OF THESE IMAGES ON ANY OTHER PC OR CD. I
> CANT SEEM TO LOCATE WHERE OR THE NAME OF THE FILE LOCATION. YOUR HELP IS
> GREATFULLY APPRECIATED. THANKS SO MUCH.
> --
> C.BEYL

04-05-2008

Dear C. Beyl:

Quote:

> "I have been trying to free up space on my laptop. It has been running
> very
> slow. I am a photographer and i download tons of images daily. I started
> deleting files that i thought i no longer needed. I deleted a folder (
> recently changed). My originals pictures; after editing them for hours in
> photoshop; were saved in there original folders, but once i deleted the
> images that were in the recently changed folder all of my images were
> deleted
> from all main folders. I checked the recycle bin to restore them, but that
> folder never did show. When i open recently changed the images are there.
> I
> thought i could drag them back or burn them to a cd and they would be
> there.
> Wrong! They will not drag. They will allow me to burn them, but once i
> drag
> them to the original folder - it tells me that the file is no longer in
> that
> location. Im clueless and have spent several of hours trying to figure
> this
> out. I do not have another copy of these images on any other pc or cd. I
> cant seem to locate where or the name of the file location. Your help is
> greatfully appreciated. Thanks so much.

From you explanation, I am not sure what you did so I cannot give you any
specific suggestions. Here is a general one which may help you.

Do the following from another computer and not the one with the deleted
photos. Look for an undelete program. Diskeeper (www.diskeeper.com) has one.
If you search the Internet you will find many others you can try. When a
file is deleted, it is not erased. It is marked as deleted and the first
character of the name is changed. However, if you add more files to the
computer, it will overlay the "deleted" files. The undelete programs finds
the files and restores them, if they have not been written over. It is best
to run this program as soon as possible so your files are not overlaid.

Good luck.

Jeff V. Pulver

04-06-2008

Quote:

> YOUR HELP IS GREATFULLY APPRECIATED. THANKS SO MUCH.

You can try to recover your files with Easy File Undelete:

Easy File Undelete: Recover your deleted files

It uses unique modern algorithms to recover files that other software
either recovers incorrectly or is unable to detect.

04-04-2008	#1 (permalink)
CBEYL n/a posts	PLEASE HELP ME! I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FREE UP SPACE ON MY LAPTOP. IT HAS BEEN RUNNING VERY SLOW. I AM A PHOTOGRAPHER AND I DOWNLOAD TONS OF IMAGES DAILY. I STARTED DELETING FILES THAT I THOUGHT I NO LONGER NEEDED. I DELETED A FOLDER ( RECENTLY CHANGED). MY ORIGINALS PICTURES; AFTER EDITING THEM FOR HOURS IN PHOTOSHOP; WERE SAVED IN THERE ORIGINAL FOLDERS, BUT ONCE I DELETED THE IMAGES THAT WERE IN THE RECENTLY CHANGED FOLDER ALL OF MY IMAGES WERE DELETED FROM ALL MAIN FOLDERS. I CHECKED THE RECYCLE BIN TO RESTORE THEM, BUT THAT FOLDER NEVER DID SHOW. WHEN I OPEN RECENTLY CHANGED THE IMAGES ARE THERE. I THOUGHT I COULD DRAG THEM BACK OR BURN THEM TO A CD AND THEY WOULD BE THERE. WRONG! THEY WILL NOT DRAG. THEY WILL ALLOW ME TO BURN THEM, BUT ONCE I DRAG THEM TO THE ORIGINAL FOLDER - IT TELLS ME THAT THE FILE IS NO LONGER IN THAT LOCATION. IM CLUELESS AND HAVE SPENT SEVERAL OF HOURS TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT. I DO NOT HAVE ANOTHER COPY OF THESE IMAGES ON ANY OTHER PC OR CD. I CANT SEEM TO LOCATE WHERE OR THE NAME OF THE FILE LOCATION. YOUR HELP IS GREATFULLY APPRECIATED. THANKS SO MUCH. -- C.BEYL
My System Specs

04-04-2008	#2 (permalink)
DL n/a posts	Re: PLEASE HELP ME! Posting in all caps is considered shouting, and may not illicit any help. Also makes for hard reading "CBEYL" <CBEYL@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:303ED33F-904C-4F65-8195-D34577079998@xxxxxx Quote: >I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FREE UP SPACE ON MY LAPTOP. IT HAS BEEN RUNNING VERY > SLOW. I AM A PHOTOGRAPHER AND I DOWNLOAD TONS OF IMAGES DAILY. I STARTED > DELETING FILES THAT I THOUGHT I NO LONGER NEEDED. I DELETED A FOLDER ( > RECENTLY CHANGED). MY ORIGINALS PICTURES; AFTER EDITING THEM FOR HOURS IN > PHOTOSHOP; WERE SAVED IN THERE ORIGINAL FOLDERS, BUT ONCE I DELETED THE > IMAGES THAT WERE IN THE RECENTLY CHANGED FOLDER ALL OF MY IMAGES WERE > DELETED > FROM ALL MAIN FOLDERS. I CHECKED THE RECYCLE BIN TO RESTORE THEM, BUT THAT > FOLDER NEVER DID SHOW. WHEN I OPEN RECENTLY CHANGED THE IMAGES ARE THERE. > I > THOUGHT I COULD DRAG THEM BACK OR BURN THEM TO A CD AND THEY WOULD BE > THERE. > WRONG! THEY WILL NOT DRAG. THEY WILL ALLOW ME TO BURN THEM, BUT ONCE I > DRAG > THEM TO THE ORIGINAL FOLDER - IT TELLS ME THAT THE FILE IS NO LONGER IN > THAT > LOCATION. IM CLUELESS AND HAVE SPENT SEVERAL OF HOURS TRYING TO FIGURE > THIS > OUT. I DO NOT HAVE ANOTHER COPY OF THESE IMAGES ON ANY OTHER PC OR CD. I > CANT SEEM TO LOCATE WHERE OR THE NAME OF THE FILE LOCATION. YOUR HELP IS > GREATFULLY APPRECIATED. THANKS SO MUCH. > -- > C.BEYL
My System Specs

04-04-2008	#3 (permalink)
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,981 posts	Re: PLEASE HELP ME! Quote: Originally Posted by CBEYL I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FREE UP SPACE ON MY LAPTOP. IT HAS BEEN RUNNING VERY SLOW. I AM A PHOTOGRAPHER AND I DOWNLOAD TONS OF IMAGES DAILY. I STARTED DELETING FILES THAT I THOUGHT I NO LONGER NEEDED. I DELETED A FOLDER ( RECENTLY CHANGED). MY ORIGINALS PICTURES; AFTER EDITING THEM FOR HOURS IN PHOTOSHOP; WERE SAVED IN THERE ORIGINAL FOLDERS, BUT ONCE I DELETED THE IMAGES THAT WERE IN THE RECENTLY CHANGED FOLDER ALL OF MY IMAGES WERE DELETED FROM ALL MAIN FOLDERS. I CHECKED THE RECYCLE BIN TO RESTORE THEM, BUT THAT FOLDER NEVER DID SHOW. WHEN I OPEN RECENTLY CHANGED THE IMAGES ARE THERE. I THOUGHT I COULD DRAG THEM BACK OR BURN THEM TO A CD AND THEY WOULD BE THERE. WRONG! THEY WILL NOT DRAG. THEY WILL ALLOW ME TO BURN THEM, BUT ONCE I DRAG THEM TO THE ORIGINAL FOLDER - IT TELLS ME THAT THE FILE IS NO LONGER IN THAT LOCATION. IM CLUELESS AND HAVE SPENT SEVERAL OF HOURS TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT. I DO NOT HAVE ANOTHER COPY OF THESE IMAGES ON ANY OTHER PC OR CD. I CANT SEEM TO LOCATE WHERE OR THE NAME OF THE FILE LOCATION. YOUR HELP IS GREATFULLY APPRECIATED. THANKS SO MUCH. -- C.BEYL Hi C.BEYL, If you have a Ultimate, Business, or Enterprise edition of Vista, then you might be able to use "Previous Versions" to restore the images from the folder location that they were deleted from. See step 2 in this tutorial for how if needed. Previous Versions - Shadow Copy Hope it works for you, Shawn
My System Specs

04-04-2008	#4 (permalink)
Bob n/a posts	Re: PLEASE HELP ME! Stop using your computer ASAP. The more you use it the less chance you have of recovering the photos. From a different computer Google "Recover Deleted Files". Turn off your caps lock. ------- Report back, please [When responding to posts, please include the post(s) you are replying to so that others may learn and benefit from the issue] [How to ask a question] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "CBEYL" <CBEYL@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:303ED33F-904C-4F65-8195-D34577079998@xxxxxx Quote: >I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FREE UP SPACE ON MY LAPTOP. IT HAS BEEN RUNNING VERY > SLOW. I AM A PHOTOGRAPHER AND I DOWNLOAD TONS OF IMAGES DAILY. I STARTED > DELETING FILES THAT I THOUGHT I NO LONGER NEEDED. I DELETED A FOLDER ( > RECENTLY CHANGED). MY ORIGINALS PICTURES; AFTER EDITING THEM FOR HOURS IN > PHOTOSHOP; WERE SAVED IN THERE ORIGINAL FOLDERS, BUT ONCE I DELETED THE > IMAGES THAT WERE IN THE RECENTLY CHANGED FOLDER ALL OF MY IMAGES WERE > DELETED > FROM ALL MAIN FOLDERS. I CHECKED THE RECYCLE BIN TO RESTORE THEM, BUT THAT > FOLDER NEVER DID SHOW. WHEN I OPEN RECENTLY CHANGED THE IMAGES ARE THERE. > I > THOUGHT I COULD DRAG THEM BACK OR BURN THEM TO A CD AND THEY WOULD BE > THERE. > WRONG! THEY WILL NOT DRAG. THEY WILL ALLOW ME TO BURN THEM, BUT ONCE I > DRAG > THEM TO THE ORIGINAL FOLDER - IT TELLS ME THAT THE FILE IS NO LONGER IN > THAT > LOCATION. IM CLUELESS AND HAVE SPENT SEVERAL OF HOURS TRYING TO FIGURE > THIS > OUT. I DO NOT HAVE ANOTHER COPY OF THESE IMAGES ON ANY OTHER PC OR CD. I > CANT SEEM TO LOCATE WHERE OR THE NAME OF THE FILE LOCATION. YOUR HELP IS > GREATFULLY APPRECIATED. THANKS SO MUCH. > -- > C.BEYL
My System Specs

04-05-2008	#5 (permalink)
Gary Mount n/a posts	Re: PLEASE HELP ME! I used Word 2000 and selected the Change case... menu command in the Format menu and corrected your post, which follows. "I have been trying to free up space on my laptop. It has been running very slow. I am a photographer and i download tons of images daily. I started deleting files that i thought i no longer needed. I deleted a folder ( recently changed). My originals pictures; after editing them for hours in photoshop; were saved in there original folders, but once i deleted the images that were in the recently changed folder all of my images were deleted from all main folders. I checked the recycle bin to restore them, but that folder never did show. When i open recently changed the images are there. I thought i could drag them back or burn them to a cd and they would be there. Wrong! They will not drag. They will allow me to burn them, but once i drag them to the original folder - it tells me that the file is no longer in that location. Im clueless and have spent several of hours trying to figure this out. I do not have another copy of these images on any other pc or cd. I cant seem to locate where or the name of the file location. Your help is greatfully appreciated. Thanks so much. -- c.beyl " "CBEYL" <CBEYL@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:303ED33F-904C-4F65-8195-D34577079998@xxxxxx Quote: > I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FREE UP SPACE ON MY LAPTOP. IT HAS BEEN RUNNING VERY > SLOW. I AM A PHOTOGRAPHER AND I DOWNLOAD TONS OF IMAGES DAILY. I STARTED > DELETING FILES THAT I THOUGHT I NO LONGER NEEDED. I DELETED A FOLDER ( > RECENTLY CHANGED). MY ORIGINALS PICTURES; AFTER EDITING THEM FOR HOURS IN > PHOTOSHOP; WERE SAVED IN THERE ORIGINAL FOLDERS, BUT ONCE I DELETED THE > IMAGES THAT WERE IN THE RECENTLY CHANGED FOLDER ALL OF MY IMAGES WERE > DELETED > FROM ALL MAIN FOLDERS. I CHECKED THE RECYCLE BIN TO RESTORE THEM, BUT THAT > FOLDER NEVER DID SHOW. WHEN I OPEN RECENTLY CHANGED THE IMAGES ARE THERE. > I > THOUGHT I COULD DRAG THEM BACK OR BURN THEM TO A CD AND THEY WOULD BE > THERE. > WRONG! THEY WILL NOT DRAG. THEY WILL ALLOW ME TO BURN THEM, BUT ONCE I > DRAG > THEM TO THE ORIGINAL FOLDER - IT TELLS ME THAT THE FILE IS NO LONGER IN > THAT > LOCATION. IM CLUELESS AND HAVE SPENT SEVERAL OF HOURS TRYING TO FIGURE > THIS > OUT. I DO NOT HAVE ANOTHER COPY OF THESE IMAGES ON ANY OTHER PC OR CD. I > CANT SEEM TO LOCATE WHERE OR THE NAME OF THE FILE LOCATION. YOUR HELP IS > GREATFULLY APPRECIATED. THANKS SO MUCH. > -- > C.BEYL
My System Specs

04-05-2008	#6 (permalink)
Jeff V. Pulver n/a posts	Re: PLEASE HELP ME! Dear C. Beyl: Quote: > "I have been trying to free up space on my laptop. It has been running > very > slow. I am a photographer and i download tons of images daily. I started > deleting files that i thought i no longer needed. I deleted a folder ( > recently changed). My originals pictures; after editing them for hours in > photoshop; were saved in there original folders, but once i deleted the > images that were in the recently changed folder all of my images were > deleted > from all main folders. I checked the recycle bin to restore them, but that > folder never did show. When i open recently changed the images are there. > I > thought i could drag them back or burn them to a cd and they would be > there. > Wrong! They will not drag. They will allow me to burn them, but once i > drag > them to the original folder - it tells me that the file is no longer in > that > location. Im clueless and have spent several of hours trying to figure > this > out. I do not have another copy of these images on any other pc or cd. I > cant seem to locate where or the name of the file location. Your help is > greatfully appreciated. Thanks so much. From you explanation, I am not sure what you did so I cannot give you any specific suggestions. Here is a general one which may help you. Do the following from another computer and not the one with the deleted photos. Look for an undelete program. Diskeeper (www.diskeeper.com) has one. If you search the Internet you will find many others you can try. When a file is deleted, it is not erased. It is marked as deleted and the first character of the name is changed. However, if you add more files to the computer, it will overlay the "deleted" files. The undelete programs finds the files and restores them, if they have not been written over. It is best to run this program as soon as possible so your files are not overlaid. Good luck. Jeff V. Pulver
My System Specs

04-06-2008	#7 (permalink)
Sergey Wasilenkow n/a posts	Re: PLEASE HELP ME! Quote: > YOUR HELP IS GREATFULLY APPRECIATED. THANKS SO MUCH. You can try to recover your files with Easy File Undelete: Easy File Undelete: Recover your deleted files It uses unique modern algorithms to recover files that other software either recovers incorrectly or is unable to detect.
My System Specs