Undelete fails because file size is 0 Bytes. Any help?

[Peter Diedrich]

A backup program unwantedly deleted a file on my Windows XP NTFS
formatted hard-disk and I tried several undelete programs but all only
retrieve the file with the file size of 0 Bytes.

The file (Outlook PST file) actually has something like 400MB. I did
not alter the harddisk and immediately tried to recover the file and
all undelete programs actually analyses that the file is in "good
condition" to be recovered.

Any chance to recover it properly? Your help would be appreciated very
much.

Peter

 

[Malke]

A backup program unwantedly deleted a file on my Windows XP NTFS
formatted hard-disk and I tried several undelete programs but all only
retrieve the file with the file size of 0 Bytes.

The file (Outlook PST file) actually has something like 400MB. I did
not alter the harddisk and immediately tried to recover the file and
all undelete programs actually analyses that the file is in "good
condition" to be recovered.

Any chance to recover it properly? Your help would be appreciated very
much.

Peter

What undelete programs did you use? If they were the normal freebies,
you can try commercial data recovery software like Easy Recovery Pro
from Ontrack. I believe they will let you download a trial which will
show you if the data is recoverable. You have to pay if you want to
save recovered data, and it is expensive. If you go that route and Easy
Recovery can't get the data (or this is something you've already
tried), then I doubt any commercially available software will work for
you. The next option would be to contact a professional data recovery
firm. I like DriveSavers (http://www.drivesavers.com). Their services
are not inexpensive, but only you can decide what your data is worth.

Good luck,

Malke