Cleaning up and deleting for more space for school

[Guest]

I got answers for my previous questions and now I have question (s) for the
answers to my questions. If I delete the files ( which you all said said it
was ok to delete, which came up after running the disk clean up ) from
Temporary internet files, temporary files and webclient/publisher files ...
is there a way to get them back? I beleave I know that you CAN NOT retrieve
the ones which are in the recycle bin ... right?

 

[Ted Zieglar]

Anything in the Recycle Bin can be easily retrieved. After you empty the
Recycle Bin, deleted files are much, much harder to retrieve.

Apparently you are not familiar with how a newsgroup works: No one is
keeping track of you or your questions. When you say "If I delete the
files ( which you all said it was ok to delete..." nobody knows what
you're talking about, unless the person who answered your first question
happens to be reading the newsgroup at the time you post a follow-up
question.

To make it possible for someone to answer a follow-up question, reply to
the post of the person who replied to you. That way, anyone reading the
newsgroup can follow the questions and answers that have appeared before.

 

[Dave B.]

Of course you can retrieve them if they are in the recycle bin, it's when
you delete them from there that it becomes a problem, but you have to empty
the recycle bin to recover the space.

 

[Guest]

hello, Ted thank you ... And, yes you are correct! I have never used a
newsgroup before. This is a tottally new thing for me. And, I guess you all
changed shifts on me. I have been on here for the first time today and I
have been here since about 1:30 am ... I took a nap for a couple of hours
while I waited for answers on my first questions and I was back at it again.
So, all my questions were asked on todays date. I didn't think about shift
change. ha! ha! I guess because I haven't slept much and I haven't changed
shifts myself. HA! HA! I am so pleased to find something of this sort. I
am trying to learn all this stuff. And, I really like to use my computer
since I am some what handicapped. I use it alot. for: games, learning,
researching, talking, and art work, and even shopping. Keep up the good work
all of you and thank you for being there.
Dearest Ted, I ran a disk clean up way earlier this morning and last night.
This was my question earlier: > >I am making space so I don't have any
problems while Iam taking classesAnd The answer I receoved was: You should be able to delete all of them
without problem..

--
Mike Hall
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

I was trying to keep it short before also. I hope this isn't to long. And,
I hope it helps you understand my issue better. Thank you. Please reply
back and give me your appinion.!!! ASAP Please. Sincerely, lurasrainbow
(very tired) ha ha!

 

[Guest]

Dearest Dave, how can you retrieve stuff from the recycle bin after you empty
it?? Do you have time to answer this one too? Thank you all !!!! for being
here and keep up the good work.

 

[Dave B.]

There are 3rd party apps such as
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html that will recover deleted
files (to a point)

 

[Ken Blake]

Dearest Dave, how can you retrieve stuff from the recycle bin after
you empty it??

"Deleting" a file doesn't actually delete it; it just marks the space as
available to be used. There are third-party programs that can sometimes
recover deleted files. The problem is that the space used by the file is
likely to become overwritten very quickly, and this makes the file
unrecoverable.



So your chances of successfully recovering this file are decent if you try
recovering it immediately after deleting it, and rapidly go downhill from
there. If you've been using the computer since then (for example to write
this question and read this answer), your chances are probably very poor by
now.



But if the file is important enough, it's worth a try anyway. Stop using the
computer in question immediately, if you haven't done so already. Download
an undelete program (here's one:
http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html but there are several others
to choose from; do a Google search) on a friend's computer and bring it
yours on a floppy to try.



If this fails, your only other recourse is to take the drive to a
professional file recovery company. This kind of service is very expensive
and may or may not work in your case.