<t>I have NO IDEA how the programs and other data in their directories were "removed"! I just went to organize all the programs I downloaded over the past month or so and put them on cd and lo-and-behold, nearly all of them were just GONE! The directories were intact just where the progies were ...

<r>I am seeking a freeware data recovery program that is user friendly. I just want to point it (the DR software) to the directory where the data used to be, and ask it to restore the data that was once there!! :-5 <br/>
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Too much to ask? Probably! But is don't hurt to ask...<br/>
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