XP Scandisk deleted my project!

[Simon]

Windows XP ran scandisk and automaticaly deleted several
files one of which is my final year project, I have some
of it backed up but have lost alot! Does anyone know how
to undelete files in windows xp?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Windows XP does not have a "scandisk" utility. It uses "CheckDisk"
for correcting system file errors. One should always perform periodic
backups of important personal files to avoid a crisis situation.

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Windows XP - Shell/User

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| Windows XP ran scandisk and automaticaly deleted several
| files one of which is my final year project, I have some
| of it backed up but have lost alot! Does anyone know how
| to undelete files in windows xp?

 

[Richard Urban]

Windows XP chkdsk (not scandisk) will not delete anything that is not
corrupted. There was something wrong with your file to begin with. Chkdsk
found that and could not repair it, so the file was deleted. You can not
recover this by anything that is built in to Windows XP. You will need 3rd
party software.

Search in Google for "file recovery" and look through the many hits you will
receive.

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Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard