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Computer Help and Support

Egnever

(21,506 posts) Tue Dec 22, 2015, 03:13 PM Dec 2015

Stop using it immediately

Every operation at this point has the potential to overwrite the pictures if they aren't overwritten already.

The drive should be pulled and then gone through with a file recovery program. There are many available I can't think of the names of any I have had good luck with off the top of my head but you should be able to Google them.

Most important though is to stop using that drive immediately. The pics may already be gone but if they aren't every single thing you do with that machine has the potential to erase them forever.