As I searched for suitable recovery software in Linux and Windows, it merely emphasised the point about
always having a backup of personal data!
NB This software needs to be run in W10 or W11. It is simply a matter of using the right tool for the job. As you will see below, the GUI-based
Disk Drill is definitely the tool for the job of recovering personal data.
Having had a total failure with
qphotorec producing only corrupted .txt files, I decided to try Disk...