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Alright, I figured that's what happened. Thanks again for the guidance!

Lets just pretend that what im doing makes sense. The issue here is, Recuvas purpose is to recover files and folders that have been deleted. I deleted a (sub)folder but its not showing up in a way that i can view it and restore it. How? Why? Id really like to get to the bottom of this, with your help.

I hate to disagree with a moderator, but i Did actually "restore" non-deleted files. At least, thats what the results of my restore showed. What i am saying is, The subfolder that is missing, was FULL, and it was deleted along with the folder it was being contained in. But that subfolder did not appear on the list of folders/files to be restored. There is no trace that i can see, of the files or the folder. This particular folder, is a folder that i did intend to delete, and the fact that i cant find it makes me nervous, because i want it to be erased. If only files that have been deleted can be restored, why isnt this folder showing up so that i can restore it? Because i Did in fact delete it.

BIG PROBLEM I used the option to restore the folders, as i mentioned before. But.. i seem to be missing a subfolder. I deleted the entire contents of the Whole folder All at once. Where did this folder go? Even if the folder was overwritten, wouldnt it still appear as a folder with its original name, even if the files it contained were unable to be recovered? Please help. I want this folder to reappear so i can make it disappear permanently. I say "reappear" because the Very First folder that caused this whole situation was simply "hidden" despite me telling it to Not be hidden. The folder showed up fine on my Unbuntu OS, but not my Windows7. But this particular folder that has been recovered, that contains a subfolder that i deleted along with the entire contents of the folder, is missing. Gone! Question. Do folders and files that have NOT been deleted, but have been transferred to another hard drive, show up on the Recuva file restore tree? Please help as soon as possible. Thanks.

Alright, there were quite a bit of files that were unable to be recovered, but thats fine. It didnt do a perfect job at reconstructing the folders. This is also fine. Overall it was a success. Thanks for the help. Time to sort through it all ...

Alright im running Recuva now. I took teyh chance of restoring my files to the SAME drive that they were deleted/disapeared from, but i put them in a separate folder like i said. The harddrive itself is in perfect condition. The deletion of the files was my fault, so i dont think it was corrupted or anything. Plus the files sayd they were in "excellent" condition. Was this a stupid risk? What will happens when the "reduced chance of a successful" actually means that my recovery was a failure? What will happen the the files? will the get scattered? Please reply as soon as possible!!! Thanks

Thanks alot. I have another question too. Can i run recuva on the linux operating system Unbuntu?

Ive just got a few small problems i need a little help with. Heres a link to my first thread, just to see what kind of situation im in. http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,115253.0.html Here is my current problem.. "When i restore my files(mostly pictures) will duplicates of the files that are being restored conflict, and prompt me to choose which one to keep and delete? Or will they just add all the files to where i tell them to go? Is it safe to choose the option "Restore folder Construction" if i am restoring the files to the SAME harddrive where some of the folders that i had deleted used to be, and in some cases Still are? What i want to do is create a NEW folder to restore Everything to. Then go Through that folder and choose what i want and dont want. Do i have that option if i choose "Restore folder construction"? Im thinking that, that term means to make it look the same as before it was deleted, No matter where you put it, right? ..." Please help as soon as possible!!! Thank you~.