[ms_khw]

As we know, deleting something from our hard drive does not mean it is really gone. If you are like me, I'm sure there has been a time when you've accidently deleted or lost photos on your computer. While researching ppi and photo sizing I came across this neat & free application in the hopes that it would clear up my confusion. Although it didn't solve my problem, it did give me something that I thought was gone forever! It cataloged all of my photos and in so doing it also found a huge number of of the ones that I had accidently deleted. Not all, but most.

I must add that although happy, it also left me rather paranoid. I've reformatted this system at least 10 -15 times since the loss of some of my images... if I should ever decide to sell or give an old computer of mine I'll remove the hard drive first and replace it with a new one!
http://picasa.google.com/

[etaf]

rather than goto the hassel of changing drives
try this
www.ultimatebootcd.com

has some utilities which will rewrite the harddrive

[ms_khw]

Sounds good etaf, but I think I still feel safer taking the electric sander and sledgehammer to the hard drive.

[Blackmirror]

I had this problem when they replaced my hard drive in my pc ..
they took the old one away ....
How do i know they erased it >>>
I was at work when they came my son was here

[ms_khw]

Depends what you had on it. If a lot of personal, need secure info I'd be a little nervous. But then again, that is me. I'm paranoid remember? So really, the hard drive is gone, there isn't anything you can do about it; so why drive yourself crazy?

[Blackmirror]

Originally Posted by ms_khw

Depends what you had on it. If a lot of personal, need secure info I'd be a little nervous. But then again, that is me. I'm paranoid remember? So really, the hard drive is gone, there isn't anything you can do about it; so why drive yourself crazy?

I never said i was crazy .. but i would have liked the photos from it

[ms_khw]

I didn't say you were crazy, only that worry can drive us there.

[lister]

Try Dban
http://dban.sourceforge.net/

ps: Picasa cannot & does not recover deleted files - you must not have deleted them properly.

[ms_khw]

My intent is not to mislead or give false hope in the restoration of ones photos. Whether Picasa will work for others in the manner that it did for me, I can't say for certain. As to why my photos were restored, I see from your comment lister...it will remain a mystery. As for the photos that I am speaking of they were not just deleted but I had also done a reformat due to another problem. I've heard it said that computers are a mystery at times, so I guess this is one of those times.