Can I UNDO a breifcase UPDATE ALL!!!!!!

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I have an external harddrive that had all my files on it.
I have a breifcase on my laptop in which I had a copy of a folder with many
sub-folders from my external. I had deleted one sub-folder from my laptop to
save some space and wanted to add it back. I thought I would just use the
update all to do this and update some of the files I had changed on my
external. THere were a bunch of files listed, which I expected, I scrolled
down and I thought that all of the files were being updated on my laptop like
I wanted, I hit update all. It ended up deleting many of the files from my
external as a part of the update. Those files were saved nowhere else. THere
is nothing in my recycle bin. Can I ever get those files back?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

They are gone, unfortunately.

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"askeister" wrote:

| I have an external harddrive that had all my files on it.
| I have a breifcase on my laptop in which I had a copy of a folder with many
| sub-folders from my external. I had deleted one sub-folder from my laptop to
| save some space and wanted to add it back. I thought I would just use the
| update all to do this and update some of the files I had changed on my
| external. THere were a bunch of files listed, which I expected, I scrolled
| down and I thought that all of the files were being updated on my laptop like
| I wanted, I hit update all. It ended up deleting many of the files from my
| external as a part of the update. Those files were saved nowhere else. THere
| is nothing in my recycle bin. Can I ever get those files back?

 

[Rock]

I have an external harddrive that had all my files on it.
I have a breifcase on my laptop in which I had a copy of a folder with many
sub-folders from my external. I had deleted one sub-folder from my laptop to
save some space and wanted to add it back. I thought I would just use the
update all to do this and update some of the files I had changed on my
external. THere were a bunch of files listed, which I expected, I scrolled
down and I thought that all of the files were being updated on my laptop like
I wanted, I hit update all. It ended up deleting many of the files from my
external as a part of the update. Those files were saved nowhere else. THere
is nothing in my recycle bin. Can I ever get those files back?

Don't use the drive until trying data recovery.

Executive Software “Undelete”:
http://www.execsoft.com/undelete/undelete.asp

Also:

http://www.collina.us/files/REST2514.htm
http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html

Recover and Restore Deleted Files (Line 36)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

File Saver Pro - Recover Deleted Files
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util

www.recovermyfiles.com

Depending on how important the data is, another option is one of the
data recovery services. They are expensive though.

www.ontrack.com
www.driversavers.com