[Recovery after defrag]

On 02/04/2020 at 17:45, Nergal said:

You can try recuva, but I wouldn't hold my breath about saving them all.

https://www.ccleaner.com/recuva

I've moved this to the recuva board

I have tried RECUVA but it returns files and refers to them as recovered.  However, they can't be opened, used, or viewed.

[Recovery after defrag]

On 03/04/2020 at 03:31, nukecad said:

As this was previously downoaded software then it's probably easier to simply download the ones you want again.

These were mostly photos that are no longer available for download.

[Recovery after defrag]

I ran ccleaner, and once that was complete I noticed that I had previously downloaded software in my Download folder.  At that time, I deleted the files, emptied the trash bin, and then ran a Defrag.  Once that was complete, I realized that I shouldn't have deleted the files in  my Download folder.  How can I restore them?