URGENT HELP REQUIRED - How to restore deleted files

[joan]

My photo assistant has just deleted an entire mornings worth of photos by accident, how do I restore the pics ?  They are not in the recycle bin, just a grey folder but there is no content in the grey folder.  Prob 1500+ pics !!

Need help ASAP please :)

[joan]

I'm using version 7 not 9 if that makes a difference ?

[Daan van Rooijen]

1. This is unrelated to ThumbsPlus.
2. Avoid that any new data (or even temp files) are written to the harddisk in question
3. Locate good data recovery software and try to recover the files. If the software has special provisions for recognition and recovery of the particular filetype that you lost (e.g. JPG), that would be a benefit. The recovery software should write the files to a different medium, e.g. an external drive.

[macsnapper]

recuva is a free software that recovers deleted files if they have not been overwritten

[MetcalfeP]

also, under the TP settings you will find the options of delete to the recycle bin or delete directly, select to recycle bin option as then you get a second chance if you delete accidentally, assuming the size of the item being deleted is not huge.