How do I recover lost files?

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Mim - Feb 7, 2009 at 11:19 PM
xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 - Feb 7, 2009 at 11:40 PM
Hello,
I deleted some photos back in june/july of 2008. Is there any way I can recover them?? I was told that they should still be on my hardrive. Please help!!! I beleive they were in J-peg format...does this matter??
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xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,826
Feb 7, 2009 at 11:40 PM
most likely the pictures are not available on the hard disk. When you delete a file Windows just deletes its pointer from the file index. The data still remains on the disk. But, the space it occupies is marked as unused and can be reused by any program needing space. After 6 months of computer use there is only a small chance that the files still exist.

here is a link for download of a recovery program Recuva http://www.ccleaner.com/go/recuva.com

Good Luck
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