All my pictures on my laptop got erased.  Is there any type of restoration software that can get them back?
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First things first though ....\n\nSTOP USING YOUR LAPTOP.\n\nDeleted files, even ones removed from your recycle bin do not disappear from your hard drive.  They are simply marked with a "you can write over me" mark!\n\nSo, if you accidentally delete something, it can be found, but there are no guarantees.  Plus the more you use your computer since it happened, the less likely it is to find anything.\n\nDo a search (on someone elses computer) on the net, for file recovery software.  You will be able to find some decent freeware stuff, but the best software you will have to pay for.\n\nMoral of your story ... back up everything on your computer, especially photographs and other important files, regularly!
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Or you can use System Restore and restore your files and settings to a point before your problem began.\nStart-> All Porgrams->Accessories->System Tools-> System Restore
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there are many free softwares like pc inspector file recovery and restoration which u can use to recover files deleted from recycle bin and u can even recover files lost due to virus attack or formating hard drive. try them
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Sometimes system restore is more of a pain than it is worth. There are several ways, but the easiest is to do a search for the document or program you want. If that does not work, I would do another restore to another time. Another way is to go to mycomputer and click on the drive and search through to the folder you want.\n Hope that helps.
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Use file recovery softwares...
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If you are using windows XP like most people.\n\ngo to \nPrograms -> Accessories -> System tools -> System Restore\n\nWindows will guide you from there
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It's amazing how many clueless people there are out there.\n\nYou can recover the old pictures.  If you just deleted them and haven't used the card since, then ALL of the pics are recoverable.  When you delete them, all you are doing is alloting all the space on the card as "AVAILABLE" for data to be written onto it.  Your pics have not gone anywhere.  They are all still there.\n\nThe only problem is, image recovery programs are not that cheap.  I deleted images on my memory card, just like you.  I downloaded one of many programs and was able to save all the photos.  Most programs have a trial mode where you can try it to see what you can recover without actually recovering them.  You then have to pay for the program in order to get the pictures.  But at least now you can recover pics if it ever happens again.\n\nI got every single image back plus many images that I've taken in the past that were still there.  So contrary to what those other clowns told you, you CAN get your pictures back.\n\nBTW, the program I ended going with is a program called eImage Recovery since the demo version showed me thumbnails of the pics it can recover.
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Okay.  Go to "Start" "settings" "control Panel" "add/remove programs"....on the lefthand side of that page you will see "windows Components".  Click on that and it will allow you to check or uncheck the accessories you erased.\n\nGood Luck
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There is a software that aids you in doing so .... you need to search for the same depending on your OS. Else you need to consuly a Data Recovery Specialist.\nSearch for File recovery Software\n\nCheck this site out...\nhttp://www.digitalfilerecovery.com/?gclid=CMvDoM6ThIUCFQ94SAodDTo15g
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Unless the photos were of extreme value you shouldn't be bothered. When you delete files accidentally they leave traces on your hard drive but recovering those files will cost you a pretty penny. Some data recovery technicians charge hundreds or thousands of dollars.
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See if you can find a Recovery CD or the Actual Operating System CD. Use which ever one you have. \n\nIf you don't have the CD's then I guess you could use Windows System Restore.
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There are some chances you can recover them with some un-erase utilities, provided that you have deleted the files recently and nothing is written over the deleted space.
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If you are using Windows XP then there is an easy way to restore your lost files.  Go to Start Menu > Help and Support > undo changes to your computer with system restore > restore my computer to an earlier time.  Choose a restore point and click [next].
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You have to install special data recovery software. Go to Download.com and search for "recover deleted files." You'll get a list of programs to try for free. When you find the one that suits you, then buy it.
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There are programs that will do this, but no program guarantees that all data will be rescued.  For more serious stuff there are companies that will seriously rescue a hard drive.  We're talking if you backed over the laptop with an SUV.  They charge by the hour so your data better be worth it.\n\nI too have lost a lot of data, but most of the stuff can be re-found on the net, and some of the documents I made were so small in size that I was able to retype them.  As far as rescuing porn, I've lost that too, but there's so much out there.  Besides, when was the last time you looked at all those files anyway, aside from a few favorites?
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There are several programs that do this. One of them is called Recover My Files:\n\nhttp://www.recovermyfiles.com/\n\nI've used it and it works great. Saved my butt on more than one occasion.
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Here is a good program to recover files that were deleted. The sooner you use it the better as once the deleted files have been written over with something new you are pretty much out of luck.