I guess you've checked the Recycle Bin already?

Yes, I did check the recycle bin.  I have a Dimension 8200 series, Windows XP.  This is my first attempt at the Forum, so please understand if I don't give you all the info you need.  Thanks.  They say when you delete something that it is still on your computer somewhere.  I even went back and restored my system to before I deleted the pictures but that didn't do any good.

Joan

When I delete pics from My Pictures they always go to the Recycle Bin; that's why I asked. If you don't see them in the Recycle Bin I'm afraid they are gone.

JoJo,

Also note that System Restore does not keep track of data files (like photos, email, documents, etc.) - it only restores programs and drivers.  This would explain why doing System Restore did not recover your deleted files. 

Steve

I deleted them from the recycle bin so I guess I have lost them and at the same time learned a valuable lesson.  Thanks for your quick response.

Joan

I guess I thought that it restored everything.  Thank you for that information.

Joan

Depending on valuable those pics are: you can recover just about anything from any drive - even if it has been formated... there are a variety of software packages on the web that are able to do this... some of them let you see the files as a trial, to see if they are infact recoverable. Then you may have to pay a price for the program to actually recover the files.

I did this to recover 10 GB from a deleted partition on an external drive - I got everyone of them back!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi David

Those pics are pretty valuable to me.  I wouldn't mind having to pay for a program to get them back.  Might you have a suggestion as to where I can look for such programs and if there might be one better then the other?   Thanks for you help.

Joan

Joan,

I can only vouch for the company ONTRACK, which I used. It is not the cheapest nor is probably the best - but it did the job for me in a crisis situation!

http://www.ontrack.com/Homepage.aspx?id=3&pagename=Software

What I had originally done was to search the web and then read about a few of the companies and figured that this one had what I needed in a manner that I could follow. Some companies were to geeky for me...

Give it a shot! Now, most companies offer a free trial that you can use to "See" the lost files. If you can see them then you can pay for the license to recover them - it's a decent way to run a business.

Let me know if you have more questions - or if it works let me know that too!!!!!!

Have FUN!!!

Hi Dave,

I'm sorry I haven't written to you sooner but was out of town.  My daughter is here now and we have tried to recover my deleted files to no avail but I do want to thank you so much for all your help.

Joan