Recovering a file?

[Jus]

GAWD please tell me there is a way, ANY possible way to
recover a file after you accidentally sent it to the
recycle bin AND emptied it. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!!! I don't care what's
involved This is an 700 + pages word document with
precious, precious information gathered for the past 6
months, and not only i feel like i'm about to die, but i
am even afraid of shutting off my computer. HELP
ME!!! :'(

 

[Kelly]

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

 

[Mistoffolees]

GAWD please tell me there is a way, ANY possible way to
recover a file after you accidentally sent it to the
recycle bin AND emptied it. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!!! I don't care what's
involved This is an 700 + pages word document with
precious, precious information gathered for the past 6
months, and not only i feel like i'm about to die, but i
am even afraid of shutting off my computer. HELP
ME!!! :'(

The penalty for not maintaining regular backups is
very costly --- $29.95. Visit this site:

http://consumer.execsoft.com/undelete/undelete.asp?RID=50&SId=2&CId=1

Hope it works. Good luck.

 

[Woody]

Try this link :

http://www.collina.us/files/REST2514.htm

Have used this sucessfully.
Use computer as little as possible until your file is restored.

Good luck

Woody

 

[Reg Hamilton]

Make sure you try a program that does not write to your disk otherwise you
may do more damage than good in your search. I recommend Recover My Files,
www.recovermyfiles.com.

Good luck

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

In

GAWD please tell me there is a way, ANY possible way to
recover a file after you accidentally sent it to the
recycle bin AND emptied it. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!!! I don't care what's
involved This is an 700 + pages word document with
precious, precious information gathered for the past 6
months, and not only i feel like i'm about to die, but i
am even afraid of shutting off my computer. HELP
ME!!! :'(

"Deleting" a file doesn't actually delete it; it just marks the
space as available to be used. There are third-party programs
that can sometimes recover deleted files. The problem is that the
space used by the file is likely to become overwritten very
quickly, and this makes the file unrecoverable.

So your chances of successfully recovering this file is decent if
you try recovering it immediately after deleting it, and rapidly
go downhill from there. If you've been using the computer since
then (for example to write this question and read this answer),
your chances are probably very poor by now.

But if the file is important enough, it's worth a try anyway.
Stop using the computer in question immediately, if you haven't
done so already. Download an undelete program (there are several
to choose from; do a Google search) on a friend's computer and
bring it yours on a floppy to try.

If this fails, your only other recourse is to take the drive to a
professional file recovery company. This kind of service is very
expensive and may or may not work in your case.

 

[cquirke (MVP Win9x)]

In Jus <[email protected]> typed:

"Deleting" a file doesn't actually delete it; it just marks the
space as available to be used. There are third-party programs
that can sometimes recover deleted files. The problem is that the
space used by the file is likely to become overwritten very
quickly, and this makes the file unrecoverable.

This is precisely why you need a maintenance OS in cases like this,
and why it's better practice to locate data on a volume other than C:
(even though XP will duhfault to locating it in C: every time you
create a new user account - one of the reasons to avoid that).

So your chances of successfully recovering this file is decent if
you try recovering it immediately after deleting it, and rapidly
go downhill from there. If you've been using the computer since
then (for example to write this question and read this answer),
your chances are probably very poor by now.

Yep. It's a big weakness of NT on NTFS, that there's no maintenance
OS; see http://cquirke.mvps.org/whatmos.htm for your options.

I don't know of a freeware undeleter for NTFS, but if you are on
FATxx, you can use a DOS mode's UnDelete or Norton's UnErase for DOS.

Stop using the computer in question immediately, if you haven't
done so already. Download an undelete program (there are several
to choose from; do a Google search) on a friend's computer and
bring it yours on a floppy to try.

If this fails, your only other recourse is to take the drive to a
professional file recovery company. This kind of service is very
expensive and may or may not work in your case.

A reasonably compitent tech with an interest in these matters should
be able to help you, and cost-effectively too, as this is not the sort
of thing that needs clean-room, open-HD facilities.

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