This software claims to be free and should be able to give you a clue about what's recoverable.
I have not used it myself, but... no harm in downloading/installing and letting it scan your external drive to 'see what it can see' http://www.puransoftware.com/File-Recovery.html On Dec 16, 2013, at 11:11 , Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm calmer now than when I caused this little disaster on saturday.. > > through a series of hitting keys in error and then hitting one wrong > intentionally but wrongly I basically deleted most of the photos I > took with the Ist-d and K-5 .. > > windoze Xp is my system. I say "most" because anything i thought was > actually good was put on smugmug, some were also put in different folders. > > all the files were under two folders , that ended up as subdirectories > someplace they should not have been. in moving them around in Windows > explorer they got deleted in error. > > Yes yes I stupidly said I really wanted to delete those files > not realizing the files I didn't mean to delete were sub-folders > of the one I did mean to delete. > > These are/were on my 1 Terrabit external harddrive on E, none of them are on > my C drive. > > The harddrive is seagate with memeo which I had as a trial and , alas, never > paid for when it came time to buy - nevermind why.. I didn't do it. > > been told that even though I deleted the files they are really still there > (hear that a lot - after all I watch Bones and NCIS) > > My files were always uploaded using the date shot as a subdirectory (um > "folder" in current parlance) under ALLPENTAXASOFFEB142011 or > ALLPentaxK5asofJuly2013 > > Unless I put them on smugmug, I've lost everything I shot with the K-5 > between end of July and december5th. > LIkewise, if I didn't transfer images to a different folder or load to > smugmug, I lost all the photos between Feb142011 and february 26th, 2013 > > I wouldnt ahve written such detail here except I need to remember it.. > > So , is there any hope for recovery? I'm trying to convince myself > that if I didnt send a file to smugmug it wasnt worth much, but I > know I had a lot of stuff photographed that I intended to list for > sale that was lost.... but I know I had some stuff that was kind important > that didnt go to smugmug. > > Anything I took with the little darkside camera is safe > > what do I do? > > ann the idiot > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [email protected] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
