Lost database

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I have a client who utilizes ACT! v5.0 as their database. The database may
have been deleted by accident and cleaned from the recycle bin. Are these
files stored anywhere else (hidden or otherwise) on the system? Would doing
a system restore previous to the last time the database was available help?
 
System Restore only restores Windows XP system files
and not any personal data files. Once you delete files
from the recycle bin, they're usually gone for good.

You can try the following third-party offering:

Active@ File Recovery Software
http://www.file-recovery.net/soft.htm

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
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| I have a client who utilizes ACT! v5.0 as their database. The database may
| have been deleted by accident and cleaned from the recycle bin. Are these
| files stored anywhere else (hidden or otherwise) on the system? Would doing
| a system restore previous to the last time the database was available help?
 
Dear Carey,
Thanks so much; I'll give it a try on Monday and let you know. Could also
be useful to others.
 
Karamarie said:
Dear Carey,
Thanks so much; I'll give it a try on Monday and let you know. Could also
be useful to others.
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Do not use the machine until after you have tried to recover the database
file. Otherwise, it may (more likely will) be overwritten and lost forever.
Jim
 
Certain Norton products may be able to do the same thing. I forget which one
specifically. Maybe Norton Systemworks?

Tho deleting from the Recycle Bin pretty much kills a file for good, it may
still be occupying space on your drive and therefore can be found. But all
disk activity from now on (even turning your computer on) runs the risk of
overwriting whatever trace of it may still be around, as another poster has
already said.

In fact, installing Systemworks may help kill the remaining traces of that
file. I do not recall if Systemworks will let you boot directly from the CD
so you can undelete the file. Maybe there are other users here who can
comment on that.
 
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