URGENT! deleted important folder by mistake... any way to recover?

[Alex]

by mistake my bro just deleted an important folder and he has the recycle bin disabled in wxp... is there any way to recover the files? like they were deleted 5 mins ago literally im gonna try to find something on google but if anyone knows how plz let me know!

thx!

 

[TechnoPro]

First, stop using the machine with the deleted file on it. You risk having the lost files overwritten by normal disk operation.

Pull out the hard drive and set it as a slave in another PC. Or use an external enclosure. Point is not to boot from the HDD in question.

This software works wonders at disk restorastion and should easily pull the lost files. Free version handles small files, else the price tag is $50 or so.

 

[LTC8K6]

System restore?

It's probably disabled too.

 

[teerex20]

You can try this program called Restoration.
I have to say it works very well and you don't have to install,just unzip and run.
It's also free

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


Restore files which are deleted from the recycle bin or deleted while holding down the Shift key by mistake.
Conversely, this program has another function that makes it almost impossible to restore all deleted files.
You can use it after deletion of confidential documents, embarrassing files and so on.

You don't have to install it, so it doesn't leave any garbage in the PC.
(You can also run it from a floppy disk.)
Even if a file seems to be restored, there is no guarantee that the contents are correct.
After you run the program, please check the files.
You can probably restore it correctly if the drive has enough free space
and if it's just after deletion.
If you restore a folder, there is no guarantee that all files or folders which used to belong to the folder will be in it.
If you can't find them in it, please search and restore them one by one.
If you still can't find them, it's impossible to restore them.
It will be almost impossible to restore any deleted files if you run the complete deletion function.
To be exact, fragments of deleted files can be in last clusters of existing files or allocated and unwritten files.
(Note that this function is not suitable for TOP SECRET information.)
Even if you find the information of completely deleted files, their contents must be erased.
If you want to erase the information too, please run the function again.

When you use the restoration function, I don't think you will encounter any damage due to bugs, since the function doesn't write anything to physical sectors.
However, the complete deletion function replaces physical sectors.
Therefore, I confirmed that it worked without any problems by testing many times.
As there is a rare possibility of damage or loss, please run the function at your own risk.'

 

[TechnoPro]

Originally posted by: LTC8K6
System restore?

It's probably disabled too.

System restore does not recover a users data files.

 

[TechnoPro]

Originally posted by: teerex20
You can try this program called Restoration.
I have to say it works very well and you don't have to install,just unzip and run.
It's also free

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


Restore files which are deleted from the recycle bin or deleted while holding down the Shift key by mistake.
Conversely, this program has another function that makes it almost impossible to restore all deleted files.
You can use it after deletion of confidential documents, embarrassing files and so on.

You don't have to install it, so it doesn't leave any garbage in the PC.
(You can also run it from a floppy disk.)
Even if a file seems to be restored, there is no guarantee that the contents are correct.
After you run the program, please check the files.
You can probably restore it correctly if the drive has enough free space
and if it's just after deletion.
If you restore a folder, there is no guarantee that all files or folders which used to belong to the folder will be in it.
If you can't find them in it, please search and restore them one by one.
If you still can't find them, it's impossible to restore them.
It will be almost impossible to restore any deleted files if you run the complete deletion function.
To be exact, fragments of deleted files can be in last clusters of existing files or allocated and unwritten files.
(Note that this function is not suitable for TOP SECRET information.)
Even if you find the information of completely deleted files, their contents must be erased.
If you want to erase the information too, please run the function again.

When you use the restoration function, I don't think you will encounter any damage due to bugs, since the function doesn't write anything to physical sectors.
However, the complete deletion function replaces physical sectors.
Therefore, I confirmed that it worked without any problems by testing many times.
As there is a rare possibility of damage or loss, please run the function at your own risk.'

By downloading anything onto the system in question, or simply using it for normal activities, the sectors containing data that are now marked as free can easily be overwritten, resulting in permanent data loss.