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Sorry but is there any point in myself asking for help here because no one seems to be answering

No that didn't work either ☹

201 pilot - trying your idea at the mo and yes it does seem to be working and its seems to be working a lot faster, thanks for the idea

Right it shot up to 53% and now seems to be stuck there again so its obviously not location of destination file, I believe it is when it gets to a certain photo/s pigeons flying in the sky that it sticks. What should I do now, how do I get around it sticking because of that certain photo?

Ok now attempting to run scan again from laptop but this time the destination folder has been created on the laptop itself instead of the HD that I am scanning, see what happens this time

If you mean did I set up a folder destination on the same drive I am recovering from then yes lol

Check c the recovered pics there seems to be an excessive amount of one pic....could this be the reason?

Ok its now 22.00 hrs, still stuck at 52% but files reading is 4161 but going to have to stop it, please advise....

Oh and l am only recovering jpg photos nothing else and there are thousands, about 10/11 years worth.

Ok have been running the Photorec 7.1-wip on a 1tb Toshiba HD for at least 6.5 hours now, it moves backwards and forwards between about 43/52% BUT seems to.be recovering, it now stands at 3106 files! How long should it technically take for the drive size and is it normal to stay between 43/52%? For ...