How can I recover files that were on my backup D hard drive?

[Joe]

I screwed up and accidently deleted all the files that were on my backup
hard drive (D. Is there a way I can recover all these files that were on
my backup drive or am I just screwed? I guess that's what happens when you
are careless.
I would greatly appreciate any of your suggestions that would enable me to
get my D drive back to where it was. Thanks

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

I screwed up and accidently deleted all the files that were on my backup
hard drive (D. Is there a way I can recover all these files that were on
my backup drive or am I just screwed? I guess that's what happens when you
are careless.
I would greatly appreciate any of your suggestions that would enable me to
get my D drive back to where it was. Thanks

Hmmn, they were backups on your backup drive? You could try backing up your
files again?

Otherwise, there are a lot of free undelete programs out there you could
try. Just make sure you install it on a different drive, and do not use
your 'backup' drive for anything until you recover everything.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4GGLL_en&q=free+undelete+software&btnG=Search&meta=


This is a free one that I have used myself, although I usually use a
paid-for program.

http://ntfsundelete.com/

ss.

 

[Ghostintheshell]

Joe wrote the following in microsoft.public.windows.vista.general at Wed
17 Sep 2008 09:33:34a

I screwed up and accidently deleted all the files that were on my
backup hard drive (D. Is there a way I can recover all these files
that were on my backup drive or am I just screwed? I guess that's what
happens when you are careless.
I would greatly appreciate any of your suggestions that would enable
me to get my D drive back to where it was. Thanks

http://www.prosofteng.com/

 

[Peter Foldes]

You can recover them if it is needed very badly. There is some recover companies that can do this for you but you need to keep in mind that it will cost a large sum if money depending how much there was on the drive and how much you need to recover

 

[Joseph Meehan]

If they were backup, why not just back up the files again? Backups
should be a copy of the original. The original should be in your regular
storage area.

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

You can recover them if it is needed very badly. There is some recover
companies that can do this for you but you need to keep in mind that it will
cost a large sum if money depending how much there was on the drive and how
much you need to recover

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WTF? He only deleted them. He can easily recover all his files with free
software. His HDD did not fail.

ss.

 

[Peter Foldes]

WTF. On a backup hard drive ? Which was most likely a slave. If you can do what you preach without going to a recovery company for hard drives then my hat off to you

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

You can recover them if it is needed very badly. There is some recover
companies that can do this for you but you need to keep in mind that it
will
cost a large sum if money depending how much there was on the drive and
how
much you need to recover

WTF. On a backup hard drive ? Which was most likely a slave. If you can do
what you preach without going to a recovery company for hard drives then my
hat off to you

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Seriously, what are you talking about???!! Whether it is a backup hard
drive has little to do with it, and it being a slave has absolutely nothing
to do with it. It being a secondary drive has *something* to do with it, as
it makes the problem easier to deal with, as you can safely install undelete
software on the system/apps drive/partition without worrying about
overwriting the lost files. Otherwise it would be safest to access the
drive from another computer, another OS partition/drive, or a USB use a USB
flash drive or CD/DVD with the undelete program on it. They have this
option with NTFS Undelete.

http://ntfsundelete.com/

Deleting a file does nothing but flags the drive area as space that can be
written over. The files are still there and there are loads and loads of
free programs that can very easily recover it.

If you think that this sort of scenario warrants going to a data recovery
company, you do not know what you are talking about and, if you have
actually done this yourself, a complete fool with your money. They must
have been laughing at the incredibly easy job they did, that you paid so
much for. You only have to do that for valuable data on a FAILED hard
drive.

ss.

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

WTF. On a backup hard drive ? Which was most likely a slave. If you can do
what you preach without going to a recovery company for hard drives then
my hat off to you

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Seriously, what are you talking about???!! Whether it is a backup hard
drive has little to do with it, and it being a slave has absolutely
nothing to do with it. It being a secondary drive has *something* to do
with it, as it makes the problem easier to deal with, as you can safely
install undelete software on the system/apps drive/partition without
worrying about overwriting the lost files. Otherwise it would be safest
to access the drive from another computer, another OS partition/drive, or
a USB use a USB flash drive or CD/DVD with the undelete program on it.
They have this option with NTFS Undelete.

http://ntfsundelete.com/

Deleting a file does nothing but flags the drive area as space that can be
written over. The files are still there and there are loads and loads of
free programs that can very easily recover it.

If you think that this sort of scenario warrants going to a data recovery
company, you do not know what you are talking about and, if you have
actually done this yourself, a complete fool with your money. They must
have been laughing at the incredibly easy job they did, that you paid so
much for. You only have to do that for valuable data on a FAILED hard
drive.

Oh, I just realised that you are the guy that thinks that MS Word trial
version makes files disappear, when the full version does not, LOL!

ss.

 

[Peter Foldes]

I never said that. Anyway take your meds you forgot them today

 

[DDW]

I never said that. Anyway take your meds you forgot them today

You're right. You said the Trial version wouldn't open a saved temp
file:

Install the full paid version of Office . It will then open. You are
using the Trial and this is to be excepted [sic]

DDW

 

[Sergey Wasilenkow]

I screwed up and accidentlydeletedall thefilesthat were on my  backup

hard drive (D. Is there a way I canrecoverall thesefilesthat were on
my backup drive or am I just screwed? I guess that's what happens when you
are careless.
I would greatly appreciate any of your suggestions that would enable me to
get my D drive back to where it was. Thanks

You can try to recover your accidentally deleted files with Easy File
Undelete:

http://www.munsoft.com/EasyFileUndelete/

It uses unique modern algorithms to recover files that other software
either recovers incorrectly or is unable to detect.