Restoring deleted .jpg files

[grumpzgrl]

After my kids installed Zune software we lost photos. While transferring
photos to device, lost ALL pictures in "my pictures" files. All subfolders
still show in the "my pictures" file and icon pictures are still on the face
of the folders. Upon opening the sub files none of the photos are there.
Can't access them from other programs either. All pictures in files other
than "my pictures" are fine. I don't see how it could delete the photos from
each of the subfolders. We've tried restoring system back to an earlier date
(pre-Zune) and nothing is coming up. Ran undelete programs all to no avail.
Any other ideas would be MORE than appreciated. Four years worth of photos
are gone! Some are backed up on a thumb, most recent (year) aren't.

[John Inzer]

Post by grumpzgrl
After my kids installed Zune software we lost photos. While
transferring photos to device, lost ALL pictures in "my pictures"
files. All subfolders still show in the "my pictures" file and icon
pictures are still on the face of the folders. Upon opening the sub
files none of the photos are there. Can't access them from other
programs either. All pictures in files other than "my pictures" are
fine. I don't see how it could delete the photos from each of the
subfolders. We've tried restoring system back to an earlier date
(pre-Zune) and nothing is coming up. Ran undelete programs all to no
avail. Any other ideas would be MORE than appreciated. Four years
worth of photos are gone! Some are backed up on a thumb, most recent
(year) aren't.

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Win XP or Vista?

If you check the properties of the *empty* folders
do they indicate large file sizes?

Have you tried resetting your file associations as
discussed in the following articles?

Repair image file type associations in Windows XP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/imgassofix.htm

Windows® XP File Association Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

File association fixes for Windows Vista
http://tinyurl.com/2xsewp
or...
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/105/1/File-association-fixes-for-Windows-Vista.html

How to Set Default Associations
For a Program in Vista
http://tinyurl.com/2abtmr
or...
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/83196-default-programs-program-default-associations.html


Good luck...
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John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

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