Can I recover photo files, data that are not showing anymore?
Hello,
I had a white macbook jan 2011 with snow leopard upgraded to lion. It had a few issues such as erratic jumpy mouse pad, which I eventually fixed with getting a wireless mouse and deactivating track pad. Anyway all was well until my daughter accidentally splashed a very small amount of water over it whilst it was on and open. I dried it off and the laptop continued to work although the battery was getting to very low. I assumed there was no problem as it continued to be ok and later when I forgot about water slash, I turned laptop on!. Big mistake (i know now) because there must have been water under the keyboard and it must have short circuited. Anyway I could not get it to start up despite trying several times even with a new lead, and holding down power key. I decided it was bust but hopefully could retrieve data. I eventually got a new laptop with mavericks and two days ago took my old water damaged laptop to simply fix it who took out the hard drive and put it in a case with a usb. I tried connecting it to my new macbook, but all I could find was the documents saved in documents. All the photos and iTunes files could not be found, either manually or trying to open application. I took it back to simply fix it and they said they could not find it and that they must have been deleted or have moved somewhere else. I said but it can't be deleted as they were all intact before the water spillage and since I gave the laptop to you. They have suggested data recovery attempt but can't guarantee they will find it. My dilemma is, do I pay them £100 with no guarantee to get my data back or is there chance that my photos are gone forever. Although my other documents were intact I find it weird. I know I should have backed up, but I didn't and I really want my pictures back which has all my children's birth photos ect I am so gutted! Is there a program or software out there that would get my photos back under these circumstances. All the applications and programs was still there so it appears that the hard drive was not damaged. But definitely files look missing... Help please anyone..
Questa è una buona domanda?