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When I was trying recovery Windows 11 with USB booting, all options did not work except for "Recover from a drive".
I have one SSD and divided it two partitions(C:OS, D:Data)
I choose "Just remove my files" instead of "Fully clean the drive", expecting the system will delete the OS drive only.
But, unexpectedly, the system deleted all files and the partition D: is removed, where the data was stored..
The data is my family's photos for over 17 years... can I recover those files again?
Is there any one who provide advice on this?
I just ordered additional SSD and External SSD reader to try recovery..
Any advices will be very helpful for me...
Thank you in advance.

JMShin wrote: 26 Feb 2025, 17:21 When I was trying recovery Windows 11 with USB booting, all options did not work except for "Recover from a drive".
I have one SSD and divided it two partitions(C:OS, D:Data)
I choose "Just remove my files" instead of "Fully clean the drive", expecting the system will delete the OS drive only.
But, unexpectedly, the system deleted all files and the partition D: is removed, where the data was stored..
The data is my family's photos for over 17 years... can I recover those files again?

Modern operating systems signal to the disk firmware when sectors have been deleted by the operating system. This enables the firmware to start the slow deletion process right now instead of waiting for the next write operation on a non-deleted sector.

New findings in recovery technology suggest that some recovery is possible. Unfortunately this requires the immediate power-off of the disk in question.
Reading out sectors while simultaneously preventing the firmware to delete a queue of sectors that need to be deleted requires the intervention of a knowledgeable recovery lab.

Is there any one who provide advice on this?
I just ordered additional SSD and External SSD reader to try recovery..

Sorry, while this is generally a good idea it won't help in your case!