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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1128536" data-attributes="member: 176704"><p>Firstly, has anyone checked the Recycle Bin - but that almost certainly won't work.</p><p></p><p>At that point, I would ask if the (default) Quick Format was used, which would mean that just the FAT would have been cleared and if so then some of the readily available data recovery Apps would be worth trying.</p><p></p><p>In that case, it could be worth trying:</p><p>-<strong> Recuva</strong> - free and apparently works quite well</p><p>- <strong>RescueProDeluxe</strong> - not free, but often available as a free download with the larger (64GB+) and more expensive Sandisk USB dongles, and does work as I have used it</p><p></p><p>Both of these take a lo.....ng time to work and result in a load of files with abbreviated or scrambled file names, which means that they have to be individually examined to see what's in them, and then be individually renamed.</p><p></p><p>I think I can probably add a couple more Apps, but need to wait until a backup of my Outlook data file has finished.</p><p></p><p>Edited: another one which is said to work "quite well" is <strong>DiskDrill</strong> <a href="https://www.cleverfiles.com/data-recovery-software.html" target="_blank">Disk Drill Data Recovery Software | Free Download | CleverFiles</a></p><p></p><p>OTOH, if the Full Format option was chosen, then it would probably need a paid-for data recovery service!</p><p></p><p>Needless to say, I think the "other half" will need to institute a comprehensive backing up regime for the future, maybe using MS OneDrive, Google Photos &/or an external USB drive of some sort (all my 1GB+ photos from 2008 onwards are backed up to one of the latter, to at least 2 separate USB HDDs attached to one of my Synology NAS boxes, & to another USB HDD attached to the other NAS!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1128536, member: 176704"] Firstly, has anyone checked the Recycle Bin - but that almost certainly won't work. At that point, I would ask if the (default) Quick Format was used, which would mean that just the FAT would have been cleared and if so then some of the readily available data recovery Apps would be worth trying. In that case, it could be worth trying: -[B] Recuva[/B] - free and apparently works quite well - [B]RescueProDeluxe[/B] - not free, but often available as a free download with the larger (64GB+) and more expensive Sandisk USB dongles, and does work as I have used it Both of these take a lo.....ng time to work and result in a load of files with abbreviated or scrambled file names, which means that they have to be individually examined to see what's in them, and then be individually renamed. I think I can probably add a couple more Apps, but need to wait until a backup of my Outlook data file has finished. Edited: another one which is said to work "quite well" is [B]DiskDrill[/B] [URL='https://www.cleverfiles.com/data-recovery-software.html']Disk Drill Data Recovery Software | Free Download | CleverFiles[/URL] OTOH, if the Full Format option was chosen, then it would probably need a paid-for data recovery service! Needless to say, I think the "other half" will need to institute a comprehensive backing up regime for the future, maybe using MS OneDrive, Google Photos &/or an external USB drive of some sort (all my 1GB+ photos from 2008 onwards are backed up to one of the latter, to at least 2 separate USB HDDs attached to one of my Synology NAS boxes, & to another USB HDD attached to the other NAS!) [/QUOTE]
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