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