Monitoring deleted files

[Guest]

Hi,
Is there anyway of monitoring files which have been deleted one way or
another from my machine, pehaps using the event viewer.

I am currently using a video editing program and to my frustration it has
permently deleted one of my files without warning for the second time. Is
there any way to monitor what has gone from the hdd even if it didnt pass
through the recyle bin first?

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

There's nothing that will do that. There are deleted file recovery programs
like http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html to help in these
circumstances.

By the by, large files don't get deleted without acknowledgement from the
user, unless you somehow altered the system to do so (and I'd think you'd
know it if you did). They can be overwritten with new data, or renamed, but
not deleted unless the user agrees to the warning that the file is being
permanently deleted, bypassing the recycle bin.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[dennis@home]

Hi,
Is there anyway of monitoring files which have been deleted one way or
another from my machine, pehaps using the event viewer.

I am currently using a video editing program and to my frustration it has
permently deleted one of my files without warning for the second time. Is
there any way to monitor what has gone from the hdd even if it didnt pass
through the recyle bin first?

You can get a backup program like Memeo (www.memeo.com) which will backup
versions of your files.
However video files tend to be rather large so it may not do what you want
depending on how fast your disk system is and how big your files are.
It works fine for stills and documents on my system using a buffalo NAS box
for the storage.
There is a free trial if you want to try it.

 

[theclyde]

Hi,
Is there anyway of monitoring files which have been deleted one way or
another from my machine, pehaps using the event viewer.

I am currently using a video editing program and to my frustration it has
permently deleted one of my files without warning for the second time. Is
there any way to monitor what has gone from the hdd even if it didnt pass
through the recyle bin first?

If you figure out a way to monitor file deletions, you should
definately let Microsoft know how you did it. Then they could
implement the functionality in their index so it no longer finds files
after you delete them.

Seriously though - ouch, that sucks. Is there a setting in your video
editor to toggle the delete warning off? or is it a bug in the
software?

 

[Guest]

thanks, I installed the program but everytime i try to run a scan it says
access denied, log on with an account with admin previliages, which i have
done. Any ideas?

I am using vista if that helps.

 

[Guest]

I think what the program did was corrupt the video because i was only able to
find one copy of the file, it was unreadable and shrank to a 1mb size. The
edited video it was supposed to create did not create.

 

[Guest]

sorry nevermid, i right clicked it and run as admin,

thanks rick

 

[Guest]

DOes it not find .avi files, all the files found are just bmp and jpg

 

[Guest]

ok thanks

You can get a backup program like Memeo (www.memeo.com) which will backup
versions of your files.
However video files tend to be rather large so it may not do what you want
depending on how fast your disk system is and how big your files are.
It works fine for stills and documents on my system using a buffalo NAS box
for the storage.
There is a free trial if you want to try it.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Then either they weren't deleted, they were renamed, or the space they
formerly occupied was overwritten. That is just one program, there are
others, and there is also professional recovery.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com