I had BG1 installed on 2 different hard drives (an external HD and then later on my new internal HD). I copied my save files to my internal drive and continued my BG fun.

Finally tonight I decided I wanted to free up space on my external HD and tried to uninstall it (save files and all). But for some reason it un-installed the game from my internal HD?!? I had just completed Durlag's Tower and all I really had left was to confront Sarevok.

I still have my save files on the external HD but there were back in Chap 5, long before I tried any of the ToSC quests.

I feel like throwing up. :(

Since you had two installs on the same OS, the registry entries probably got mixed up.

You can try System Recovery (if you have it enabled on that particular disc) or some other data recovery tool (like Easeus) to 'undelete' save game files. There's no guarantee of success though.

...or just give yourself a 2-3 days break and replay it ;)

.........My condolences? *Hands him a flask of Baatorian Ale*

Thanks for the suggestion!

I tried Easeus and it was able to recover 8-9 save game files. Might not include my most recent save but at least I won't have to start as far back as before.

To avoid this kind of trouble, I've created a free Dropbox account, moved all my savegames in my Dropbox folder, and used the small utility Link Shell Extension to create symbolic links from the Dropbox folder to the game folder (so the game sees the save files as if they were in the game folder, but actually they are in the dropbox folder).
This way, my savegames are automatically backed up in the online Dropbox account, which has a versioning system (so you can recover an old savegame if necessary). I haven't found any real drawback to this setup : I don't even need a permanent internet connection, if it's not available the files will just be synchronized later, when the connection is restored. And as an added bonus, you can share your savegames between multiple computers.

well it was 11 years ago so I assume he doesn't want your hack

true, but it can help new players avoiding similar problems. Oh and by the way - i would not call it a "hack" rather than a legitimate way to avoid savegame headaches, should be done in _any_ game. Nowadays most "launchers" (Gog Galaxy for example) have cloud saves and synchronisation, so it has already become less likely to lose save games; but is is still possible. Having a history in dropbox also helps against savegame corruption.

He’s not talking about getting the save game back. He’s talking about the malware-riddled site he linked to to illegally register software.