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chvnce
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July 11, 2021
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Accidentally deleted Raw photos from pc, ignore file not found code?

  • July 11, 2021
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This is a dumb question and situation to be in but....

 

I accidentally deleted all my RAW files on my PC the other day and have tried every way that I found to get them back, however I cannot. I'm getting the "file could not be found" error, and I was not sure if there was a way to get around this or what without having the original files.

 

Appreciate any help, but I figure I am out of luck....

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JP Hess
JP Hess
Inspiring
July 13, 2021

Files deleted on a PC are stored in the recycle bin normally. Are the raw files not in the recycle bin, and can you not restore them from there?

Theresa J
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Theresa JCommunity Expert
Community Expert
July 13, 2021

You must be using Lightroom Classic, not Lightroom. If you were using Lightroom your raw photos would be in the cloud. You posted your question in the Lightroom forum.

Lightroom Classic does not store your photos, it simply points to them on a hard drive. What you see in Classic are just previews.

Jim Wilde
Community Expert
Jim WildeCommunity Expert
Community Expert
July 11, 2021

If you've lost all your Raw files, and you don't have a backup of them, then there is very little that you can do about that. Assuming your catalog and previews are still available, they only thing you can do is create jpegs from any existing previews. Depending on the size and quality of the available previews, they may be better than nothing. You could try this plug-in: http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/preview-extraction

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