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AlexPanzer
Deactivated User

1593 Posts
6/03
Posted - Jun 26 2004 : 2:30AM
A week ago I deleted a very important file: I deleted it and emptied the recycle bin. But I want that file back, how do I get it back?
-Thanks in advance
cubesnake
Senior Member

3858 Posts
10/02
Posted - Jun 26 2004 : 5:14AM
Hi,
Depends on how much you have worked with your computer since then and how big your hd is. My idea would be to get a 2nd hd (same size) "clone" the first hd to the 2nd and then install a undelete software and see what "it" can find.
If that doesn´t work you could try to make a "sector dump" ... but this is so much work you start beating yourself for emptiing the trash can

Cube

AlexPanzer
Deactivated User

1593 Posts
6/03
Posted - Jun 26 2004 : 7:56AM
What is the un-delete software?
cubesnake
Senior Member

3858 Posts
10/02
Posted - Jun 26 2004 : 9:30AM
Hi,
Don´t know ... i guess there are several. Try Symantec and enter undelete

Cube

Saki
At-Large

2087 Posts
11/99
Posted - Jun 26 2004 : 10:41AM
There are several commercial file recovery utilities on the market. The one I use is Restorer 2000 Professional, but it's a little pricey just to restore one file. The free version will only restore files less than 64KB in size (but if you deleted a document, it might be that small).

The key thing is that when you delete and empty your recycle bin (or delete it directly through the command prompt, the space that was allocated to your file is marked as eligible to be overwritten. That means the longer you wait and the more you (or your operating system) saves to the disk, the more likely it is that the file will be unrecoverable.

- Saki [faqs]

 
daviangel
Member

Only time I would buy a girl flowers is if she was in the hospital
455 Posts
1/04
Posted - Jun 29 2004 : 5:33PM
yeah like Saki and cubesnake said stop using that computer right away if you really want that file back and get a decent recovery software which every computer geek has in his toolbox:
2 that I personally recommend
r-studio Please never install any application, write any information or recover deleted files on the same logical disk where the deleted files are located. If you have one HD and one logical partition only please visit FAQ section to find our technical staff recommendations.
and easyrecovery pro
both are pretty fast and I have seen them recover files on my harddrives that I have totally formatted and thought were gone but were easily found by these programs.
Only when I did a low-level format on my drives did they fail so I'd say you got a pretty good chance of getting that file back as long it wasn't overwritten.




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