recycle bin recovery

Question

I recently deleted my pictures from the my pictures folder. While opening the Bin, I accidentally emptied it. Does anyone know how to recover these pictures? I have tried relatively inept shareware programs but to no avail. Is there a way I can view which files were most recently deleted, like a recycle bin log or registry or something? Please advise.

thanks,
tim

Flooby · Answer

If you haven't already, you might try something like this, but if that doesn't work, and unless you're willing to spend a great deal of money on professional data recovery services (which usually bear no guarantees), once you've emptied the bin, the data is gone, for all practical intents and purposes.

jmwills · Answer

Have you turned the computer off since then?

Dave Lyle · Answer

Generally, after being deleted from the recycle bin, the data is gone. However, there are some file reovery programs that *might* have a chance if the computer was not used much since file deletion. One example is this. No personal experience with this, just found on a quick search.

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