Mod Organizer profile issue with saves

[Fleurra]

So I decided to use the profile feature of MO because I had different characters by now. I created a new profile and ticked the local saves then exported saves to this newly created profile. Then I accidentally deleted the newly created profile and with it my saves got deleted aswell. I really need to get my saves except I don't know where they are.

 

My question is this : Where does MO place the local saves of a profile when said profile gets deleted? I checked the bin, nothing. I even installed and run Recuva and nothing. I ran a whole search on my PC for my saves and nothing.

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

[Shadowhawk827]

MO places the saves for a profile in a save folder within that profile folder.

 

So for me (for example) because i install outside of the program files folder to avoid all the need to run as admin drama, my save for my default profile folder would be:

 

C:/Mod Organizer/Profiles/Default/Saves

 

If you deleted that profile, the saves are probably within that profile folder in the recycle bin.

[Fleurra]

If you deleted that profile, the saves are probably within that profile folder in the recycle bin.

 

Thank you for your answer. Unfortunatly there is no such file in the recycle bin and I'm sure I didn't empty the bin.

 

It's as if that folder completely disappeared into thin air. My case might be hopeless

 

[Shadowhawk827]

One last desperate option then if MO just deletes profiles instead of moving them to the recycle bin....

 

Pandora Recovery:  http://www.pandorarecovery.com/

 

It recovers deleted data off of hard drives.  Not Computer Forensics level quality software, so if the data has already been overwritten by something else, you won't recover it.  BUT, I've used this program a few times.  Fairly simple to use and it's free.

[Fleurra]

One last desperate option then if MO just deletes profiles instead of moving them to the recycle bin....

 

Pandora Recovery:  http://www.pandorarecovery.com/

 

It recovers deleted data off of hard drives.  Not Computer Forensics level quality software, so if the data has already been overwritten by something else, you won't recover it.  BUT, I've used this program a few times.  Fairly simple to use and it's free.

 

Alright, I'll try this. I really hope it works I'm getting desperate.

[Shadowhawk827]

Hope it works. 

 

Just figured I'd add this explanation.  I realize at least half of you will already know this also, but humor me for those who don't know. 

 

When you delete a file, it's not actually erased.  In the case of Windows, it first goes into the recycle bin.  If you "delete" it there, what happens is the pointers that tell your Operating System where to find the file are removed.  The file is still there, but with no pointer telling the OS that it is, the OS is free to use that space to record new data in it's location.  So the data can be recovered by something like the program I recommended *IF* the file's location on the drive hasn't been overwritten.  So the faster you use a program like that the more likely you can recover your files.

 

The only two ways to truly erase data on a drive are overwriting it with zeros multiple times OR exposing it to an extremely strong magnet (which may not let it format next time.  Not sure that would work with a solid state drive either.

 

As far as my comments on "Computer Forensics Level" capability...  My college instructor for my forensics class (who does this kind of work for the military & was moonlighting at the college), says that the current software used by law enforcement and specialized data recovery labs can recover data from drives that have been overwritten over 15 times.  That was 3 years ago and they're improving all the time.  They can also take a broken "Platter" from inside a drive and recover data just from pieces, so even smashing them isn't foolproof.