I do not think so if it was an external HD. I have TuneUp Utilities and again you can download a trial version but I doubt you will have success. Is there no chance that you moved them to another folder without realizing it. The obvious, have you done a Search for them on the computer with the HD plugged in? Eleanor ----- Original Message ----- From: Amro Bilal To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 5:53 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Crisis! Need to recover data! Thanks Peter. I've downloaded this tool now but it couldn't find the folders I'm looking for. Actually I have now tried version 4.0 of Handy Recovery and another utility called Get Data Back for NTFS, and none of them located what I'm after either. They found a lot of rubbish from a while back but any of the folders or files I want! The two folders I deleted were my music folder and another folder that I keep some applications in. So, is it the type of files I'm trying to recover the reason that no recovery utility I've tried is finding them? I only deleted them last night from an external HD and nothing's been written on that HD since. So any more suggestions please? ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Holdstock To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 8:10 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Crisis! Need to recover data! System Recovery wont work as it doesn't recover files, just restores the previous configuration. I use a free tool called Handy Recovery. It doesn't even need to be installed, just run the executable and it will work. Did have to use a bit of JAWS cursoring though as whilst tabbing gets you to some parts of the screen, there are others which don't appear. Do a search on Google for it, that's what I did. Peter From: roger south Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 7:43 AM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Crisis! Need to recover data! Would not System Restore work for you? Roger ----- Original Message ----- From: Amro Bilal To: Access-UK Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 12:05 AM Subject: [access-uk] Crisis! Need to recover data! Right, in a genius moment I've managed to permanently delete two folders, two quite chunky folders actually. So, does anyone know of a tool that might help in recovering this lost data? I can ask for sighted help if need be. Please help! *miserable face* Amro __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3929 (20090311) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3931 (20090312) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1340 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message