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i send you a hug em,

Bad news Em. Once a hard disk has been formatted everything is gone in as much as all the links to the data on the disk have been removed all the data is still actually there as formatting just removes everything so that you can't see it and you can get expensive programs to recover that data if you have not put anything back on the disk all the data is still there as formatting just removes everything so that you can't see it. If as you say the operating system (XP) has been re-installed on the disk then it's curtains, there aint a thing you can do, it's all gone forever, no amount of system restore or anything else can get it back. Sorry Em. Ron www.genealogyprinters(.)com

That is awful for you Em! Hope somebody magically makes it better...XXX BC

Em my husband has downloaded all our photos onto discs as we had over 1500 on there its awfull now i have discs but he's taken all of them off ,and when i try to send one as an attachment icant get them in to my pictures,,,so there there ,but not there..there usless now

Hope it works out for you Em. Will keep everything crossed for you. Dianne xx

Hi Diane, I think you mean restore system, it gives you a date and time you want to restore to, but sadly this doesnt work if you have totally re formatted your pc :(( thanks anyway.xx

Hi Em There is a way of reversing time as it were and going back to the day before a problem occurred. We have done that in the past, but I can't remember how to do it. Maybe Judy in the States (on Tips) could help, or someone else who has a bit of PC knowledge. Hope this helps. Dianne xx

Hi Gwen, Hubby has just phoned to say he has lesft a message with the Birth family member who sent me the photos, to ask them to re send... here's hoping they will.xx

Oh Em i know about that i lost all my tree stuff the other week lots more than on here but the photo must be the worst news love and hugs

Thanks folks... I have calmed down a bit now, and have resorted to humour to get me through this.. as per normal! well if you dont laugh etc etc :)))

I know when I 'lost' all my family treemaker photos Judy said I hadnt lost them, just the path to them had changed. Cant remember the ins and outs, but got them back. Hope you get yours too!

Oh Em, that's terrible :o( I hope somebody clever can find a solution for you. Helenxxx

This is probably a dumb suggestion, but have you tried Start and then the search facility? Sometimes things show up and then you can click, open up and give them a new file name and pathway. Jay

Oh Em! That is a shame hun hope there is someway around it and it gets recovered! Susie xx

Ooooooohhhhhhhhhhh Eeemmmmmmmm what can we say lets hope Judy gets back to you and there is some hope !!!! ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) going out now but will look back see if anything sorted;;; Babs

Not an excuse but i dont think hubby realised just how much all this stuff meant to me... Plus, apparantly he had made an error while trying to sort out the mouse driver or something and had locked up the pc, so couldnt save anything before re formatting.... still doesnt excuse the fact he should have backed up stuff onto disk as he went along ;((

Em, not that it is much consolation to you but I do feel sorry for you. Two years ago i lost all the stuff I hadn't saved (I had saved most of it though) and that was bad enough. I do hopw that you can get hold of the photos to re scan them. And do save them to a disc next time, even a floppy would be ebtter than nothing although they don't hold many photos. If your husband is in charge of PC and knew you had stuff on there why on earth didn't he suggest you save to disc? I do hope you find a solution anyway. Ann Glos

Oh Em....(((((hugs))))) i hope someone can help you retrieve them xxxx

Em I hope you can retrieve it, or at least some of it. What a nightmare for you. Daisy

Hi CB, thanks for that...perhaps its time i learnt a bit more about the workings of a pc, so as i can save stuff etc in future and not rely on hubby to do it.. or not as the case has proven!