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TwoRails
06-22-2008, 10:26 AM
Just had one of my Dooh moments! I deleted all the photos on it... and they are (were) the only copy.

Any good free utilities out there to recover them?

TIA :)

TR
sgtspector
06-22-2008, 03:34 PM
I have used "Digital Image Recovery" before but I can't find a link to it. If you want me to email it to you let me know by pm.
TwoRails
06-26-2008, 02:33 PM
After poking around a little, I tried FreeUndelete. It worked but was painfully slow. It took almost 40 minutes for the process. Then, when undeleting, it had a confirmation popup for each undeleted file. Quite painful since there were 137 of them.

Not being satisfied with that, I then tried Undelete Plus, also free, found at:

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,64843-page,1-c,utilities/description.html

Now that's what I'm talking about! After selecting the correct flash reader drive, it found all the deleted file virtually instantaneously. Picking all files threw me but for a second. Ctrl-A didn't work, but I clicked on the first file, then Shift-Clicked on the last file and all were selected. Hitting the Undelete button started things working and it took just a couple of minutes for it to transfer all the files to be copied over to the HD; about the time you'd expect to download them normally.

All is good :)
sgtspector
06-26-2008, 08:19 PM
I love a happy ending.
shadowpr
06-26-2008, 08:42 PM
Bookmarked that site.

Glad it worked out for you, and thanks for sharing.
TwoRails
06-26-2008, 11:26 PM
I love a happy ending.Ya, me too! :)

Bookmarked that site.

Glad it worked out for you, and thanks for sharing.My pleasure ;) - I actually D/L'd 3 different ones. Didn't try the first D/L, FreeUndelete was the second, and Undelete Plus was the third (after I found I didn't like FreeUndelete). I'm pleased enough with Undelete Plus that I didn't try the first one... :eek: --

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Oh, I forgot to mention that FreeUndelete requires installation whereas I used the standalone version Undelete Plus: no installation, just run the program. I like that.
shadowpr
06-26-2008, 11:29 PM
Nice. I hate installing things.