accidently deleted email

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sue anderson

ok so riddle me this..... i have read where the deleted items are still some
where in my pc its just a process to find them.... and then some say i am out
of luck ... that it is lost for ever.... i know it is movies i am about to
quote... but how do people delete there emails... and the goverment can bring
the files back up .... again i know this is movie lines..... but i believe
there is a way to find them .... they should still be on the hard drive or
somewhere....
 
First they go to the deleted box. If you have not emptied the same - or do
not have a automatic delete function when closing the software, they are
still easy to find in the list of folders and then deleted folder.

But then, if removed. They only stay on the hard drive untill something else
is written on top of them. You do not have too much controll of that. Then to
find them you need a software that can read deleted files still on the
harddrive.
 
Its something like making a dead and gone person alive from birth, may be
the Egyptians know it, one requires a file recovery software,
 
It is possible with certain email clients. As an example it cannot be done with a
Web based client without the help of the Web Mail Host and on top the costs are
prohibitive to most
 
If you have emptied the Deleted Items folder, messages can only be
recovered by using a file undelete utility, such as Recuva:
http://www.recuva.com
The chance of success is not good, especially if much hard drive activity
has taken place in the meantime.
There are professional recovery services, but they charge big fees:
http://datbit.com/
 
Hi, Sue.

The truth is there in your question - but it is not so simple. As so often
is true: It depends!

When Windows deletes a file, all it really does AT FIRST is to delete the
directory entry that tells where the file is. Then trying to find the file
is like looking for someone when you've lost the address. The house is
still there, the contents are safe inside - but you can't find the place.

Windows doesn't delete the address immediately, but moves it to the Recycle
Bin. You can retrieve it from there IF you do it quickly. How quickly?
Depends on how soon the Recycle Bin gets emptied.

But even if the address is gone forever, the house may still be there and
the contents may be intact. But now the only way to find it is by a
door-to-door search, which might take a very long time. For a computer
file, there are applications available that will do this detailed search and
may be able to recover the file if it still exists, even if the directory
information is gone. (R-Studio from r-tt.com is one that I've used a few
times, but not recently.)

Some companies make their living by recovering the irrecoverable - for a
fee, often quite high.
... but how do people delete there emails... and the goverment can bring
the files back up .... again i know this is movie lines.....
Click to expand...

And then there is the FBI/CIA/KGB level of data recovery. But this takes
special tools and special techniques that are not available to mere mortals
like most of us. They may have to dismantle the hard disk drive and examine
it for the faintest traces of magnetic codes that I can barely imagine - and
it may take a long time, if they are successful at all.

So, how long has it been since you deleted those files? And just how badly
do you need them back? Do you have a specific question for your peers in
this newsgroup?

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8064.0206) in Win7 Ultimate x64 RC 7100
 
Hi, Peter.

Ah! I know nothing of Hotmail, so I'll bow out now. ;^} Thanks!

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8064.0206) in Win7 Ultimate x64 RC 7100
 
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