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Just curious to know what program you used to retrieve those files.
Yes, most of the data ( but not all) on your D drive may still be there and can be recovered with PhotoRec. The only negative point is you may not get the original folder structure and file names. You will get just the files without the original file names.
Now download "TestDisk & PhotoRec 7.0 (18 April 2015), Data Recovery" from here TestDisk Download - CGSecurity Extract it to the root of your system drive. Now you are ready to run photorec_win.exe from the Testdisk-7.0 folder.(CAUTION:You will only run photorec_win.exe. Do not at anytime run or experiment with testdisk_win.exe.)
Do you have another External drive with sufficient space to copy all your data? OK, Plug in only that external drive ( Plug out all other external drives and Flash drives) and create a folder named Recovery on it. This external disk and the Recovery folder in it will be your destination to copy the files.
Now follow the procedure under the topic Recovery in this thread Guide to using PhotoRec recovery software.
By way of some explanation, on the first screen you will see your System disk and also your destination disk. You will also see the drives with their drive letters.
You will highlight/select your system disk. You will also note the drive letter of your Destination external disk where you have created the Recovery folder.( For example if it is shown as Drive E: your destination to copy the files when you come to it will be Directory E:\Recovery)
In Step 4 the third Window you will see two partitions. Highlight the second partition which is your D: and from which you want to recover the data.
In the tenth Window you will select your destination to copy the files.
Please read my post #28 - Copying files listed by TestDisk during Recovery ( also applies to PhotoRec) - here My external hard drive suddenly became unllocated:
Note:Screenshot 5 onwards where the files are listed applies here. ( Do not run testdisk_win.exe.)
Please read first the given references and try to understand the methodology. And then work it out. If you have any doubts, while carrying out the work, post a screenshot and quit PhotoRec Window by clicking on the X on the top right in the Menu Bar.
Last edited by jumanji; 18 Feb 2017 at 08:06.