EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard - Urgent!

About two weeks ago, I made a bit of a mess of things and accidentally deleted a folder filled with some incredibly precious photos. To make matters worse, I cleared them out of the Trash right after.

I didn't even realize what had happened until I went to check on that folder yesterday. Half the pictures were missing, and I foolishly assumed I’d just moved them into a subfolder instead of copying and pasting them like I usually do. Then, in my confusion, I ended up deleting that subfolder too.

After a frantic Google search for solutions, I stumbled upon and installed EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard. I tried running the full scan option—the one that scans the entire computer—and let it run overnight. Unfortunately, after eleven grueling hours, the progress was practically non-existent; it had barely managed to scan about a tenth of my hard drive before hitting a complete standstill.

In an attempt to be more efficient, I tried the quick and guided options, searching specifically by the folder name both with and without specific parameters, but the software just kept telling me "not found."

I then pivoted back to the full scanning method, this time attempting to use a keyword search, but the software gave me a "not found" error almost immediately at the start of the process.

I am honestly quite baffled by the whole situation. During that first marathon scan—which I eventually abandoned because it froze up and felt like it was taking forever—I did see that it had indexed over 71,000 files, ranging from 2014 all the way up to the present day. I took a little peek at the results, but my specific folder was nowhere to be seen.

Does anyone have any suggestions for me? Should I perhaps try a different piece of software? It feels incredibly strange that the program can find files from years ago, yet somehow swallowed this recently deleted folder into a bottomless abyss.

granitemason55 said:About two weeks ago, I made a bit of a mess of things and accidentally deleted a folder filled with some incredibly precious photos. To make matters worse, I cleared them out of the Trash right after.

I didn't even realize what had happened until I went to check on that folder yesterday. Half the pictures were missing, and I foolishly assumed I’d just moved them into a subfolder instead of copying and pasting them like I usually do. Then, in my confusion, I ended up deleting that subfolder too.

After a frantic Google search for solutions, I stumbled upon and installed EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard. I tried running the full scan option—the one that scans the entire computer—and let it run overnight. Unfortunately, after eleven grueling hours, the progress was practically non-existent; it had barely managed to scan about a tenth of my hard drive before hitting a complete standstill.

In an attempt to be more efficient, I tried the quick and guided options, searching specifically by the folder name both with and without specific parameters, but the software just kept telling me "not found."

I then pivoted back to the full scanning method, this time attempting to use a keyword search, but the software gave me a "not found" error almost immediately at the start of the process.

I am honestly quite baffled by the whole situation. During that first marathon scan—which I eventually abandoned because it froze up and felt like it was taking forever—I did see that it had indexed over 71,000 files, ranging from 2014 all the way up to the present day. I took a little peek at the results, but my specific folder was nowhere to be seen.

Does anyone have any suggestions for me? Should I perhaps try a different piece of software? It feels incredibly strange that the program can find files from years ago, yet somehow swallowed this recently deleted folder into a bottomless abyss.

There's a ton of junk listed here: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/filere...y-programs.htm
Personally, I think EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard and Recuva are the best bets. 🙂

granitemason55 said:About two weeks ago, I made a bit of a mess of things and accidentally deleted a folder filled with some incredibly precious photos. To make matters worse, I cleared them out of the Trash right after.

I didn't even realize what had happened until I went to check on that folder yesterday. Half the pictures were missing, and I foolishly assumed I’d just moved them into a subfolder instead of copying and pasting them like I usually do. Then, in my confusion, I ended up deleting that subfolder too.

After a frantic Google search for solutions, I stumbled upon and installed EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard. I tried running the full scan option—the one that scans the entire computer—and let it run overnight. Unfortunately, after eleven grueling hours, the progress was practically non-existent; it had barely managed to scan about a tenth of my hard drive before hitting a complete standstill.

In an attempt to be more efficient, I tried the quick and guided options, searching specifically by the folder name both with and without specific parameters, but the software just kept telling me "not found."

I then pivoted back to the full scanning method, this time attempting to use a keyword search, but the software gave me a "not found" error almost immediately at the start of the process.

I am honestly quite baffled by the whole situation. During that first marathon scan—which I eventually abandoned because it froze up and felt like it was taking forever—I did see that it had indexed over 71,000 files, ranging from 2014 all the way up to the present day. I took a little peek at the results, but my specific folder was nowhere to be seen.

Does anyone have any suggestions for me? Should I perhaps try a different piece of software? It feels incredibly strange that the program can find files from years ago, yet somehow swallowed this recently deleted folder into a bottomless abyss.

I used to work in PC repair, so I’ve spent plenty of time running through just about every tool out there. In my experience, Get Data Back was always the most reliable option.

goldenviper13 said:There's a ton of junk listed here: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/filere...y-programs.htm
Personally, I think EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard and Recuva are the best bets. 🙂

I actually just gave Recuva a shot, but it seems to be struggling; it's only pulling up results from back in 2015 and a tiny handful from 2014. 🤔

Edit: Actually, scratch that—I was thinking of my experience with Tenorshare when I mentioned that failure. As for Recuva, it isn't showing me anything at all past March 17th of this year. 😢

I’m feeling a little discouraged because I just finished another scan with Recuva, and the results were pretty disheartening: Found 0 file(s) (1.077.278 ignored) in 4 minutes 28 seconds. Does anyone happen to know what this "ignored" part actually signifies?

frozenorca17 said:I used to work in PC repair, so I’ve spent plenty of time running through just about every tool out there. In my experience, Get Data Back was always the most reliable option.

The user mentioned that the publisher for Get Data Back shows up as "unknown." That kind of thing makes me wonder—just how reliable is it, really? And honestly, is it actually safe for me to have three different recovery programs sitting on my hard drive at once?

😢 I gave Recuva another shot, mostly because I was dealing with that same lost folder that had been compressed into a .zip file, but the results were just all over the place. It pulled up this incredibly eclectic mix of files—some are completely inaccessible, some are corrupted beyond repair, and then there are a few that look perfectly intact, yet somehow, that specific folder 😢 is nowhere to be found.
I can't help but wonder why the recovery process feels so hit-or-miss and random; you’d think there might be some sort of logic to it, perhaps prioritizing more recent, recoverable documents over everything else, but instead, it just feels like a total roll of the dice.

Man, I’m in the exact same boat here. I accidentally wiped out some super important files

If you want my honest opinion, Get Data Back for NTFS is hands down the best tool out there for this kind of thing. Period.

shadowlynx102 said:If you want my honest opinion, Get Data Back for NTFS is hands down the best tool out there for this kind of thing. Period.

I can't speak to whether it's the "best" out there, but a few years back, I used it to pull a massive amount of stuff off an external drive. To be honest, I don't even know exactly how much was on there—it was basically a digital junk drawer I’d been filling for years. Still, I'm pretty sure it managed to claw back well over 90% of it.

shadowlynx102 said:If you want my honest opinion, Get Data Back for NTFS is hands down the best tool out there for this kind of thing. Period.

There isn't even a point to this.😁 At the end of the day, all software designed for this kind of task operates on essentially the same principles.It’s all just marketing aimed at people who don't know any better, which explains why there's a massive market for those overpriced data recovery programs. Look, let’s be honest—under the hood, they’re all basically the same thing, and in reality, they mostly just perform identical tasks using nearly identical processes.

When it comes to free software for this kind of work, I tend to suggest Recuva as my go-to option. Recuva FreeIt’s an older version of the software, but that isn’t really the point; the main draw is that there aren't any arbitrary limits on how much data you can actually recover. For those dealing with the quirks of Windows 10—whether you're fighting with the OS acting up or just navigating its usual eccentricities—this tool holds its own. It won't cost you a dime, and it even includes an option to save your files directly to a CD or DVD. In my experience, the program is highly efficient, and I find the interface to be surprisingly clean and intuitive. Honestly, the well-known Recuva doesn't even come close to this; it’s hardly surprising given how much more versatile and feature-rich this version is.

Recuva is missing its most critical feature—that second link at the bottom—which is the ability to salvage data when Windows suddenly decides to lose its mind and demands a disk format out of nowhere. You see this happening all the time with external drives connected through various USB ports or interfaces. MiniTool handles that specific headache without any drama, provided the drive itself isn't physically broken or damaged. If we're just talking about some software glitch where Windows gets confused, MiniTool will sort it out easily, but if the hardware or the electronics are actually fried, you’re going to need the specialists over at Infolab.☕

granitemason55 said:About two weeks ago, I made a bit of a mess of things and accidentally deleted a folder filled with some incredibly precious photos. To make matters worse, I cleared them out of the Trash right after.

I didn't even realize what had happened until I went to check on that folder yesterday. Half the pictures were missing, and I foolishly assumed I’d just moved them into a subfolder instead of copying and pasting them like I usually do. Then, in my confusion, I ended up deleting that subfolder too.

After a frantic Google search for solutions, I stumbled upon and installed EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard. I tried running the full scan option—the one that scans the entire computer—and let it run overnight. Unfortunately, after eleven grueling hours, the progress was practically non-existent; it had barely managed to scan about a tenth of my hard drive before hitting a complete standstill.

In an attempt to be more efficient, I tried the quick and guided options, searching specifically by the folder name both with and without specific parameters, but the software just kept telling me "not found."

I then pivoted back to the full scanning method, this time attempting to use a keyword search, but the software gave me a "not found" error almost immediately at the start of the process.

I am honestly quite baffled by the whole situation. During that first marathon scan—which I eventually abandoned because it froze up and felt like it was taking forever—I did see that it had indexed over 71,000 files, ranging from 2014 all the way up to the present day. I took a little peek at the results, but my specific folder was nowhere to be seen.

Does anyone have any suggestions for me? Should I perhaps try a different piece of software? It feels incredibly strange that the program can find files from years ago, yet somehow swallowed this recently deleted folder into a bottomless abyss.

Unfortunately, it looks to me like those photos have been overwritten by new data. If that's the case, your chances of recovering anything intact or even usable are slim to none. If you had jumped on a recovery tool the very next day, or maybe within three days, things might have looked different, but after two weeks, it's a much tougher climb.🍿

Andrew Miller102 said:There isn't even a point to this.😁 At the end of the day, all software designed for this kind of task operates on essentially the same principles.It’s all just marketing aimed at people who don't know any better, which explains why there's a massive market for those overpriced data recovery programs. Look, let’s be honest—under the hood, they’re all basically the same thing, and in reality, they mostly just perform identical tasks using nearly identical processes.

When it comes to free software for this kind of work, I tend to suggest Recuva as my go-to option. Recuva FreeIt’s an older version of the software, but that isn’t really the point; the main draw is that there aren't any arbitrary limits on how much data you can actually recover. For those dealing with the quirks of Windows 10—whether you're fighting with the OS acting up or just navigating its usual eccentricities—this tool holds its own. It won't cost you a dime, and it even includes an option to save your files directly to a CD or DVD. In my experience, the program is highly efficient, and I find the interface to be surprisingly clean and intuitive. Honestly, the well-known Recuva doesn't even come close to this; it’s hardly surprising given how much more versatile and feature-rich this version is.

Recuva is missing its most critical feature—that second link at the bottom—which is the ability to salvage data when Windows suddenly decides to lose its mind and demands a disk format out of nowhere. You see this happening all the time with external drives connected through various USB ports or interfaces. MiniTool handles that specific headache without any drama, provided the drive itself isn't physically broken or damaged. If we're just talking about some software glitch where Windows gets confused, MiniTool will sort it out easily, but if the hardware or the electronics are actually fried, you’re going to need the specialists over at Infolab.☕



Unfortunately, it looks to me like those photos have been overwritten by new data. If that's the case, your chances of recovering anything intact or even usable are slim to none. If you had jumped on a recovery tool the very next day, or maybe within three days, things might have looked different, but after two weeks, it's a much tougher climb.🍿

Well, there's some good news, and a happy ending (albeit a slightly belated one)! I finally have that folder back in my possession, though it wasn't thanks to any fancy recovery software. I actually had a sudden realization that I had emailed it to a friend I was vacationing with over the summer, and she was kind enough to send it right back to me. 🙂
Next time, I’ll make sure to be a little quicker on the draw and a bit sharper with my memory. 😁