Undelete

[Metspitzer]

Is there a free utility for XP that will undelete a folder and sub
folders that were deleted from a network computer.

 

[philo]

Is there a free utility for XP that will undelete a folder and sub
folders that were deleted from a network computer.

The file has to be deleted *locally* so you could not do it from another
machine unless that machine had control over the other through such as
"virtual desktop".


To undelete it, the operator of the machine it was on needs to stop
using the machine *at once* !

If the machine is halted *immediately* the data can most likely be
recovered.

The longer it's used, the greater the likelihood of it being over-written.

Even the very act of installing "undelete" software can over-write the file.


To save the data not only does the machine need to be shut down...
the drive should be connected to "recovery" machine that can access the
drive and attempt the process.

 

[glee]

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Even the very act of installing "undelete" software can over-write the
file.
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There is recovery software that can be run without being installed, from
a USB stick.... but the host computer is still turned booted into
Windows and possibly overwriting deleted files in the process, so your
idea of running the hard drive attached to another system is better.
Attaching the drive to another system via USB is better than attaching
internally, so as not to have System Restore attempt to write an SVI
folder to the drive.

A bootable Linux Live CD is a way to start the system without writing to
the hard drive, and from there the user can use recovery software from a
USB stick, or integrated on the Live CD. Just thinking out loud...