That issue is a different topic. Feel free to create a new one.
Just for answering the basic questions:
No idea what you mean here, but in general there is no such log.
In general it is difficult to get files back if even possible. Do always backups! If if you mean your external NTFS Partition on your WD Elements, then sorry. Only Windows can do this. Linux can only read, write and maybe fix simple things on NTFS. But even if it is a linux compatible filesystem it could be rather difficult.
Only tool I know which is actually usable is testdisk.