Stewart Williams wrote: > Sadly I have no backup as I'd just copied them from an SD card to the > HDD then formated the card - maybe I was too quick doing that step. > not and answer to the disappeared folder but you could possibly try photorec. links below. the original site is not loading. might help you get back the deleted files. I had come across this software but never used it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhotoRec http://www.download.com/TestDisk-PhotoRec/3000-2248_4-10511775.html hth Raghavendra Moktali