Please help me. I'm an idiot.

[owen]

I accidentally deleted some files that I really need (from Recycle Bin,
too!). No I didn't keep a backup. Like I said, I'm an idiot.

I heard a rumour you can "roll back" mistakes like this somehow, you can "go
back in time" to a previous system state? Is this true?

I've got Windows XP Professional.

What a bad day I'm having.

Oh dear.

Thanks,
Owen

 

[Will Denny]

Hi Owen

If they are data files then System restore won't help. You 'may' be able to
recover the files with a 3rd party 'Undelete' program:

http://www.geocities.jp/br_kato/
http://www.execsoft.com/undelete/undelete.asp

 

[Ricky]

This may help..
http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/uk/download.htm

 

[Brad CrazyK]

From: (e-mail address removed) (owen)

I accidentally deleted some files that I
really need (from Recycle Bin, too!). No
I didn't keep a backup.   Like I said, I'm
an idiot.

I heard a rumour you can "roll back"
mistakes like this somehow, you can "go
back in time" to a previous system
state? Is this true?

I've got Windows XP Professional.
What a bad day I'm having.
Oh dear.
Thanks,
Owen

Have you tried a 'system restore', to get to it, click on start, help
and support center, under Pick a task, choose Undo changes to your
computer with System Restore.

Click on Restore my computer to an earlier time.

Pick a restore point prior to when you deleted the needed files.

HTH

 

[owen]

From: (e-mail address removed) (owen)

Have you tried a 'system restore'

Thanks Brad, I have tried System Restore but it seemed only to restore the
folder, not the files within it! It seems that System Restore doesnt help
with ordinary data files, documents, etc. in that way.

What happened originally was, I un-installed a program, the uninstall was
crappy and left the program's folder in place with a load of files. So I
deleted them (to keep things tidy). I also emptied the recycle bin (for
the same reason). Then, I realised I'd deleted a folder full of my
files.... ooops!

I've no excuse, I should've backed up. I will look into Scheduling regular
backups to CD-RW if I can work out how.

Owen

 

[owen]

This may help..
http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/uk/download.htm

Thanks Ricky, I tried that one. It didn't work too well, just a bunch of
wierd ASCII characters as folder names and nothing in the files list.
Perhaps I should've tried it before doing system restore???


Owen

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Brad;
System Restore is not intended to protect personal data so your
suggestion will not work.
See this link for more about system Restore:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/faqsrwxp.mspx

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


you tried a 'system restore', to get to it,
click on start, help
and support center, under Pick a task, choose Undo changes to your
computer with System Restore.

Click on Restore my computer to an earlier time.

Pick a restore point prior to when you deleted the needed files.

HTH

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Owen;
Start here:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/datrec.htm

 

[Bill Gates the 33rd]

Owen;
Go to www.google.com , search for rest2514.exe , download it and run the
program. It will restore the files if they are restoreable at all.

Rick

 

[Guest]

Owen: Did the advice from "Bill Gates the 33rd" help you? ... He said to go
to www.google.com, search for rest2514.exe, download it and run the program.
He said it would restore the files if they were restorable at all. ..... The
reason I'm asking is, I have the same problem that you have, or hopefully,
had! .... Hope

 

[Spritney Beers]

restoration 2.5.14 (rest2414) is a freeware restore utility
you can download it from www.download.com
(http://www.download.com/Restoration/3000-2094_4-10322949.html?tag=lst-0-1)

you should be able to restore it, that is if you didn't write new data to
you hard drive in the meanwhile

 

[Rattleon]

If you can't find the "Rest2514" email me and I will get it to you.
ric.eveatgmail dot com (fix the address)