Desperately seeking Recuva advice

[realtog77]

Hi all,

I deleted the contents of my desktop by mistake, all my work for the last few years!!

 

I ran a deep scan on Recuva using a new hard drive. I then clicked on folder structure/clicked recovery and it saved/and recovered all my file and folders. 

 

I was over joyed!

 

But by the time the recovery/restoring had ended all my folders changed into folders with code names.

 

None of my material is there anymore?

 

I can still see al l my images and files in the recuva program..

 

What happened? Can anyone help? Can I still get all my files....

 

Thank you!!

[Augeas]

Did you run your recovery in Normal or Advanced mode? IF Advanced, did you check Options/Actions/Restore Folder Structure? What are these 'code names'?

 

A deep scan will not usually be able to find file names as they are held in the Master File Table, so will replace them with something such as [00256].jpg. A deep scan will not find folders, as they are held in the MFT. We really need more, and more accurate, details about whet you are doing.

 

If I deleted my desktop I'd have to take my pc to the skip.

[Alan_B]

What exactly were the "contents of your desktop" ?

 

If you make sensible use of the computer then the desktop only holds LINKS to :-

Files ;

Folders holding Files ;

Drives holding Folders holding Files ;

 

I am accustomed to deleting links from my Windows 7 desktop without losing the years of work to which they once pointed.

 

Moving on, assuming other than sensible use, and that years of work were held on the desktop :-

 

How did you "delete" ?

Permanently ?

or the alternative mode that puts them in the recycle bin ?

 

I honestly think that if a large amount of work was held on the desktop it is a total waste of time to do a Deep Scan,

because the M.F.T. should hold all the information for Recuva to restore your work after only a normal scan,

and just possibly you should use Advanced / options / actions / - and tick the box "scan for non-deleted files ...".

So try again with Normal Scan and Advanced / options / actions / - and tick the box "scan for non-deleted files ..."

 

Perhaps all you achieved with the Deep Scan were glimpses of remnants of earlier versions of your years of work,

and that can only end in tears of frustration.