Lost Pictures RussM 6/22/2007 12:49:01 PM I seem to have accidently deleted my entire photo collection on my computer. I was sure that I had a backup, but it has apparently been lost. Windows Photo Gallery displays thumbnails of all the photos, but can't find the image files to display full size pictures. It won't allow me to copy the displayed thumbnails. Does Photo Gallery store a separate collection of small sized images for thumbnails ? Where is it located ?

Re: Lost Pictures "Dave" <dave[ at ]beepbeep.com> 6/22/2007 1:58:01 PM Don't know about the thumbnails, but you might try this http://www.recuva.com/ to undelete your files. "RussM" <RussM[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:761E2751-118A-42FB-962E-A43E28E66847[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > I seem to have accidently deleted my entire photo collection on > my computer. I was sure that I had a backup, but it has apparently been > lost. > Windows Photo Gallery displays thumbnails of all the photos, but can't > find > the image files to display full size pictures. It won't allow me to copy > the > displayed thumbnails. Does Photo Gallery store a separate collection of > small > sized images for thumbnails ? Where is it located ?

Re: Lost Pictures "Kirk" <kirk[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> 6/22/2007 2:53:38 PM You may want to google some sort of recovery software that might undelete your pics. There are several out there. You might be able to recover them. "RussM" <RussM[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:761E2751-118A-42FB-962E-A43E28E66847[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > I seem to have accidently deleted my entire photo collection on > my computer. I was sure that I had a backup, but it has apparently been > lost. > Windows Photo Gallery displays thumbnails of all the photos, but can't > find > the image files to display full size pictures. It won't allow me to copy > the > displayed thumbnails. Does Photo Gallery store a separate collection of > small > sized images for thumbnails ? Where is it located ?

Re: Lost Pictures RussM 6/22/2007 3:39:00 PM Thanks for your replies, but I don't think recovery software would do the trick, as the photo files were not actually deleted, but were on a second hard disk that was reformatted. Photo Gallery is still displaying the thumbnails for these photos. Maybe I could enlarge the thumbnails a bit if I could find where Photo Gallery has them hidden. [Quoted Text] >

Re: Lost Pictures "Michael Price" <EmJay_Price[ at ]msn.com> 6/22/2007 7:06:24 PM Undelete software can generally recover even formatted disks as long as the space has not been reused. All a format really does is mark the space as available. It does not actually write anything. "RussM" <RussM[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4B92EB43-418F-44D1-9FC5-2F90A1E730F9[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Thanks for your replies, but I don't think recovery software would do > the > trick, as the photo files were not actually deleted, but were on a second > hard disk that was reformatted. Photo Gallery is still displaying the > thumbnails for these photos. Maybe I could enlarge the thumbnails a bit if > I > could find where Photo Gallery has them hidden. > > >>

Re: Lost Pictures "John Inzer" <oobie[ at ]doobie.xyz> 6/22/2007 7:07:27 PM RussM wrote: [Quoted Text] > Thanks for your replies, but I don't think recovery software would > do the trick, as the photo files were not actually deleted, but were > on a second hard disk that was reformatted. Photo Gallery is still > displaying the thumbnails for these photos. Maybe I could enlarge the > thumbnails a bit if I could find where Photo Gallery has them hidden. ================================== If the images were deleted...it may be worth a try to check your recycle bin. The thumbs are probably in the Photo Gallery database but AFAIK there is no way to retrieve them and even if you did the resolution would be so low that they would be useless. Here's how to find the database: C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\ Windows Photo Gallery\Pictures.pd4 The file can also be found with an Advanced Search for pd4. Go to...Start / Search / Advanced Search. Check the box..."Include non-indexed, hidden, and system files" Enter pd4 in the Name field and left click the Search button. If the thumbs are the only option...maybe you could do screen shots and save them that way. -- John Inzer MS Picture It! - Digital Image MVP Digital Image Highlights and FAQs http://tinyurl.com/aczzp Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk

Re: Lost Pictures "Ozark58" <ozark58[ at ]swbell.net> 7/3/2007 10:52:08 PM Install that reformatted Hard drive as a secondary "D" drive and use recovery software to find the pictures. If you haven't used that hard driver very much, you should be able to recover almost all of your pictures. Once you begin writing new files to that old drive, the pictures will start to disappear. If you've already written a new Windows operating system on that reformatted drive, then you've probably already done some damage to some pictures. That's why you should install it as a secondary "D" drive, so you won't have to reinstall windows. This is your best chance to recover nearly everything. I've used the free PC Inspector File Recovery before: http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm Good luck Ozark58 "RussM" <RussM[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:761E2751-118A-42FB-962E-A43E28E66847[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > I seem to have accidently deleted my entire photo collection on > my computer. I was sure that I had a backup, but it has apparently been > lost. > Windows Photo Gallery displays thumbnails of all the photos, but can't > find > the image files to display full size pictures. It won't allow me to copy > the > displayed thumbnails. Does Photo Gallery store a separate collection of > small > sized images for thumbnails ? Where is it located ?