Activities deleted (possible to recover?)

3061184 said:

My Forerunner 45s has deleted all its files

Assume you've checked with the watch connected to your PC under the \GARMIN\ACTIVITY folder and there is nothing there?

3061184 said:

I saw on some threads that people posted broken files and some kind, clever people were able to repair them. Is that still possible?

Maybe. If you've used your watch since the deletion, the chance of recovering becomes slim to none, as the deleted data gets overwritten with new data. If successfully recovered, it will likely be corrupted, but hopefully not beyond repair.

Check this thread and answer - how do I get my activity back if I delete it?

Yeah, the folder is empty. That's the way I usually upload my runs as the Garmin has never paired properly to my phone. I was having trouble with the USB cable earlier as well (had to clean it a bit), but can't believe that would have affected the device.

Managed to recover a lot more fit files just now, with the dates on them. There were a few dated from this morning but still not sure if they are the right files. May have to accept I've lost it and just run harder next time! Still don't understand why the files deleted themselves. 

Thanks for the link.

Try this tools or an equivalent, it works

www.ccleaner.com/.../download

3061184 said:

Yeah, the folder is empty.

Did you try any of the recovery tools as mentioned in my link above? Suggest powering off your watch until you're ready to try it.

I tried a few. Recuva didn't find much. I was more successful with 'Disk Drill'. That found 100s of files, including a few dated today. Still not sure if they are today's run though. The files are all damaged.

Post them here. We can try to repair them.

_4GD4746.zip

Thank you. It's probably a long shot - I've attached a Zip file with the files I recovered that were dated yesterday. I'm not sure if any of them are the run, because my activity files usually begin with '2022...'. But there are a couple of fit files in there that are larger than the rest (12kb) and are time stamped around the time I saved my run (13:41). So it could be one of those... Thanks again for your help :-)

I'm also thinking that I must have accidently held the wrong button and did a reset rather than turning the device off

solved

I did worry that would be the case. Thank you so much for taking the time to look.