Hi,
I tried to use Photorec to recover some .txt files I deleted from the desktop but Photorec doesn't find any of them. Not sure if I am doing something wrong or the files are gone. When I deleted another file again recently just as a test, Photorec still can't find it. I searched the whole disk for .txt and .tx? files but didn't find any of the files I was looking for. Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
Can't find deleted files
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recuperation
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Re: Can't find deleted files
Please name your operating system and storage type (HDD/SSD).
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user12dp34
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Re: Can't find deleted files
Linux Mint 19.3
internal 128 G SSD
internal 128 G SSD
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Re: Can't find deleted files
Your Linuxmint uses the TRIM function of a SSD. It tells the SSD which sectors are not being used anymore after deleting a file. The SSD then erases them.
The purpose is to speed up write operations as used sectors have to be erased before being able to write to them again.
The purpose is to speed up write operations as used sectors have to be erased before being able to write to them again.