Pendrive Has Lost Most Of Its Files!!

[piggynose]

I have a 128gb  pendrive which i bought last year to store photos on. I hadnt used it for a few months and was planning on putting more photos on it today, when i discovered all my previous files had vanished!!       Bloke at computer shop said i must have accidentally deleted them!! If i had it would have taken me quite a while!  Do i have to accept theyre gone forever? 

[Old_Geezer]

A flaw/failure may well mean things are lost and you need to go to your backup. However there is recovery software on the Internet you can try to see it it can find files. Try a Net search, but download and install onto a different disk to the faulty one, as you don't want to overwrite anything.

[Old_Geezer]

...if it...

[Hymie]

 

[bhg481]

It doesn't have to take long to delete files - you can do them all in one fell swoop. O_G's plan is good but just be aware that it takes a long time to use such software - hours at least, so don't abandon it thinking nothing is happening.

[piggynose]

I found the solution on YouTube me old chinas!

Free from Microsoft ' Disk Drill' 

And it's pretty quick!!