CheriHVA

I stopped the deep scan. I ran a normal scan and it said it didn't find any files. I clicked next, and WHOA! There was all 175,353 files! I simply checked the top box, which selects all the files and have begun the recovery. It says it will be three days, but that is okay. I am very patient. I know alot of it is my Old Time Radio, and I have every bit of that backed up, but I felt it was safer just to choose it all. Thanks so much for your help! Cheri

I'm sorry, let me clarify. I meant WD Elements 2TB. And the time frame is this: I was working all day. At 6:30 in the evening I came in to open my tax program, and it couldn't find any saved file. I opened Windows Explorer and clicked on my portable drive. It was empty. It showed that at 3:30 that afternoon, 15 temporary files had been written. That was all that was on the drive. I know I was working on the drive at 3:00 p.m. so something happened in that three hour window. I do remember using a thumb drive, and I had formatted it. All I can think is that I may have formatted the wrong drive letter. No one can feel worse than me about it. Thankfully, I remained calm, and didn't let it send me into outer space! Ha! I googled and found Recuva, and after reading about its great results, downloaded it and started it. I am still hoping for the best. I hope I didn't rile Mr. Fractalogic. I am 60, and I often mix up my own kids names. Besides that, all my life I mix up GB with TB. I am from the dinosaur age, and MB and GB are burnt into my brain....You see, I come from the pre-dos world, and I am honestly doing my best to keep up with technology. Ha! I did mean TB. Thank you Augeas, I will cancel the scan and follow your instructions. Thanks for the help! Cheri

I may have accidentally done a quick format on my 2GB Wd external drive. All I know is that at 6:30, the only thing that was on my drive since 3:30 was 15 temporary files. I have 3 years of information on that drive. Thankfully, I backed up six months ago. But still, I would like to recover what I lost. I installed Recuva. It has been running a week, and says it is 13% percent complete and found 175353 files. It says it has 20 days left to go. I know I chose a deep scan. I don't know if things are going along as they should...if in a month I will get all my files back, or if I am waiting in limbo for something that will not work. Also, I don't know what to expect when this scan completes. What options will come up when the scan is done? Does anyone have any experience that can encourage me one way or the other? Thanks, Cheri