Hi,

It most likely means that the files in question were partially over written by another
files. Here are a couple of data recovery sites.

Drive Solutions, Inc. Data Recovery
http://www.drivesolutions.com/datarecovery/index.shtml

Data recovery software, hard drive data recovery by Ontrack Data Recovery
http://www.ontrack.com/software/

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org

Stacey wrote:
> Hi Bert,
> Well it worked to a point. Not all of my folder came
> back. And some of the pictures say "file exists, but
> might be damaged". What does this mean? thanks for your
> help.
>
>> Hi Stacy,
>>
>> Now you know how important it is to back.
>>
>> Here a utility that works well at retrieving files that
>> have been deleted from the recycle bin.
>>
>> Restoration - file undelete utility:
>> http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
>> http://bertk.mvps.org
>>
>>
>> Stacey wrote:
>>> I had all my pictures in a folder, I accidently deleted
>>> and sent to recycle bin, which I emptied not knowing my
>>> folder was in there. Is there a way to get the folder
>>> back. I am just sick about this. thanks for any help.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> NoNoBadDog! Wrote:
>>>>> "valley" valley.1vol1r@pcbanter.net wrote in message
>>>>> news:valley.1vol1r@pcbanter.net...-
>>>>>
>>>>> undefined
>>>>>
>>>>> I've had my son's wedding pictures stored in My
>>>>> Pictures for about three weeks. I was going to print
>>>>> them this morning and discovered that all my pictures
>>>>> are gone. Before I discovered this, I had been
>>>>> working with tech support from bellsouth to eliminate
>>>>> the Fast Access/DSL installation page from popping up
>>>>> over and over and over even when I was already
>>>>> connected.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anybody know what happened or how I can get my
>>>>> pictures back?
>>>>>
>>>>> tayl309@bellsouth.net
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> valley-
>>>>>
>>>>> Did you do a search for the file extension that the
>>>>> photos are saved in?
>>>>>
>>>>> For truly important photos, you should *NEVER*, and I
>>>>> repeat *NEVER* trust
>>>>> them to your hard drive. After transferring them, you
>>>>> should *ALWAYS* and I
>>>>> repeat *ALWAYS* burn them to a CD or DVD disc. If you
>>>>> did a restore it is
>>>>> possible that the folder has been deleted, and if that
>>>>> is what happened, it
>>>>> is highly unlikely that you will get your photos back.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bobby
>>>> I did a restore. No luck. Thanks, Valley
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> valley