[Vickiaf50]

Was tranfering files from Thumb drives from files that where on old xp computer and it said was dupulicate file I choose third opion to keep files already on disk. Both files went poof and not into recycle bin either. How do I recover theses files. The files included such stuff as pictures word and excell doceuments e books cross stitch patterns and on line magazines.

Vickiaf50

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Aren't they still on the thumb drive or did you move them instead of copy?

[Ztruker]

Aren't they still on the thumb drive or did you move them instead of copy?

[Vickiaf50]

did a cut and paste instead of a copy

[Ztruker]

Ah, sorry to hear that.

You can try Recuva to see if it finds the files on the thumb drive.

[Vickiaf50]

Will try thanks for the information greatly apperciated

[Ztruker]

When you delete a file from an external device, like a flash drive, they are never saved in the Recycle bin. There would have to be a Recycle bin opn the external device itself for this to happen and Windows doesn't create them there as far as I know.

 

jackmcalister, your post has a link to instruction for fixing a corrupted Recycle bin but it really doesn't apply here. They are good instructions though .