Well partially. Its all thanks to DiskDigger; i downloaded this from here>> http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_download/fid,76899-order,4/download.html

Now, when you install and run DiskDigger, there are 2 options (and this is where i screwed up); 1) regular dig, default, that looks for files and file names and etc.; 2) deeper dig, that looks for every freakin’ trace of a file it can find. I thought use 2, and next>>>next -ed, and hotdamn, did this thing dig! It found files in my D: drive i hadn’t even downloaded!

GOOD NEWS:

My photos are back! all in one happy piece, each folder perfect! & i’ve got even more unrecognizable photos which i’m deleting.

BAD NEWS:

I feel if i had stuck to the default option, my stories and music collection would’ve come back in one place. But i had to be a smartalec, and i’m paying the price. Though DiskDigger has found the files, its found traces and whatnot, not the actual files, so all the mp3 and word files are blank :S And i can’t go back and use the previous option because now there are no deleted files to be found, so i must pay the price. Luckily, i’ve got some saved stuff on a usb; the last time i saved on that usb was in june, so obviously some 80 odd files are missing, but luckily, those 80 odd files were mostly album downloads, so i can redownload them and my music collection will be back to normal in some state or form. As for my stories, i hadn’t been writing an awful lot, and hadn’t come up with alot of new stuff, so the old stories will suffice.

NOW WHAT:

Keep the system restore on; delete the other system recovery programs and keep DiskDigger; update my usb; clear out my lappie; get back to normal as soon as possible.

I was going through my music folder when i saw a link to my user folder and all the other folders in it, and i thought  hey, i don’t need this, i’ll delete it. BAD MOVE. I ended up deleting all my data from my D: drive (i keep my users folder there), and system restore won’t work cause it was never on for D: drive, and the recylce bin has only 2 of my folders.

I’m downloading a free recovery program, i hope it works :| I have portraits to draw, photos to upload, and a computer to restart because Comodo Time Machine says so.