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Mutatis
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151 Posts
10/07
Posted - Sep 5 2008 : 7:06PM
I did something really stupid. As I was purging my computer of downloaded scenes (not stolen, all payed for) I didn't think, and deleted a good number of Peter North vids I downloaded fro Peternorth.com when I was a member there. Immediately after I did it, I realized my idiotic mistake and went to the Recycle Bin to restore them, and they aren't there! Some of the files are deleted are, but many aren't. What happened? Does the recycle bin have a certain number of files it holds and then deletes others? Is there any way to get these scenes back?
I'm so pissed at myself. I has some good scenes in there. In any case, it won't be a mistake I make again.
LubeNLuv
Senior Member

1854 Posts
3/06
Posted - Sep 5 2008 : 7:33PM
The Recycle bin won't hold a huge number of files deleted all at once. You likely didn't notice it but Windows File system gives you a warning when you try to delete large blocks of file that they won't fit into the recyle bin.
But all is not lost! Windows doesn't really delete your files...it just deletes the index of your files. They are still on your hard drive and most should still be recoverable. But you MUST quit using your PC (much) until you restore them or Windows will start allocating the space held by them now for other files. And do NOT turn off your PC until you've done the restore.
Go to HERE for some basic info...including to STOP USING THE COMPUTER (have I mentioned that already?) other than to download the recovery tool. I've used Restoration before and it works very well, but there are others like Recuva that do the same thing.
Grab the file (preferably from another PC if you can so you don't screw with this one), stick it onto a memory stick or floppy, then run it on the PC that held the files. Most should be recoverable.
Good luck!



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