Keith62 Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 I know I’m an idiot. Don’t need to be told. I thought I saved project completely to external hard drive. It wasn’t until I took a closer look that I found parts of the project wasn’t there. Is there a way to retrieve deleted files that were also deleted from trash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Of course it depends on the OS you are using. At least for Windows, there are many applications for recovering deleted files - both simple ones that can be used to recover freshly deleted files, and "professional" ones. I personally use Recuva, but it wants to recover immediately after deletion, before the deleted areas are permanently destroyed by overwriting other data. Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvst Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 36 minutes ago, Keith62 said: I know I’m an idiot. Don’t need to be told. I thought I saved project completely to external hard drive. It wasn’t until I took a closer look that I found parts of the project wasn’t there. Is there a way to retrieve deleted files that were also deleted from trash? There are a number of commercial and free tools that allow you to recover files. Your mileage may vary depending on whether or not you have written data to your disk after the files have been deleted. You didn't specify if you're on Mac or Windows. Here's a link to a free one for Windows: https://www.iobit.com/en/iobitundelete.php You should stop using your computer until you have recovered the files. When you delete a file, the actual data isn't deleted, just the "map" that strings together the various blocks that makeup the file. Those blocks are marked as free space, but the data is not deleted, so it can be recovered by specialist software. However, the more you write to the drive, the likelier the operating system is to choose one of those disk blocks that contain your data and has been marked as free space, permanently destroying that file. So stop using your computer, download some recovery software and your file might be recoverable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith62 Posted November 25, 2022 Author Share Posted November 25, 2022 I’m sorry. I’m using IPad Pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvst Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 19 minutes ago, Keith62 said: I’m sorry. I’m using IPad Pro Here's a list of tools for iPad: https://www.handyrecovery.com/best-ipad-data-recovery-software/ They're all commercial, but several have free trials that can recover the data. The first one in the list can recover up to 500MB in the trial version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith62 Posted November 26, 2022 Author Share Posted November 26, 2022 Thank you so much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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