Undeleting files

[mark f]

Can I undelete a file in XP, the recycle bin was emptied.

 

[Jim]

-----Original Message-----
Can I undelete a file in XP, the recycle bin was emptied.
.

Hello
try to do a system restore.
Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Restore
and restore back to a date before the file was deleted

Hope that works
Jim

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Can I undelete a file in XP, the recycle bin was emptied.

try to do a system restore.
Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Restore
and restore back to a date before the file was deleted

Unfortunately, unless the file you deleted was a system file, Jim's idea
will do nothing to help your situation. The System Restore feature has
nothing (most of the time, heh) to do with files you create.

The less you use the computer for now, the better. The more you use it, the
less your chance of recovery. You may want to try:

Restoration ver. 2.5:
http://hccweb1.bai.ne.jp/~hcj58401/REST2514.EXE

No guarantees though.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

System Restore only works on Windows files (system files) and not personal
documents.



Unless you have Norton Utilities or Undelete, then NO, you can not undelete
a file with just XP.


Y.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

This undelete utility may help:
http://hccweb1.bai.ne.jp/~hcj58401/

There is no native function for this in WinXP.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

In

Can I undelete a file in XP, the recycle bin was emptied.

"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.