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Recovering deleted files
Name: GALEHICKEY Date: November 15, 2004 at 10:12:04 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: PIII/512
Comment:
I accidentally deleted a file. I found a program which would locate it and it did - giving me the cluster and sectors. I cannot recover same using this program. Can a file be recovered using this info? Thanks.
Name: XpUser Date: November 15, 2004 at 10:15:51 Pacific
Reply:
What program did you use to recover the deleted file?
i_XpUser
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Response Number 2
Name: snipes Date: November 15, 2004 at 10:30:22 Pacific
Reply:
well since u did not recover the files yet ( :O) ! well i can tell u that u cant recover the files .. u must have a program that will allow u to do that .. but in windows only u cant! ... ps: that prog had to be installed before u deleted the files .
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Response Number 3
Name: inwinter Date: November 15, 2004 at 11:27:06 Pacific
Reply:
Until you use a recover utility, don't write anything to your disk, not for anything. new downloaded files may use the space the deleted files are in and you wont be able to recover them. Download this freeware data recovery program here and unzip it to a floppy then run it.
Because this prog is so small, i recommend everyone download it and have it on a floppy, just for an emergency. It may save your life!
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Response Number 4
Name: Chuck 2 Date: November 15, 2004 at 13:20:18 Pacific
Name: OtheHill Date: November 15, 2004 at 13:46:11 Pacific
Reply:
Inwinter
The file you linked to is an executable file that appears to be corrupted.
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Response Number 6
Name: SullyD Date: November 15, 2004 at 14:46:12 Pacific
Reply:
OtheHill,
I just downloaded it and it's running as I type. Maybe try again?
SullyD
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want...
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Response Number 7
Name: OtheHill Date: November 15, 2004 at 14:58:58 Pacific
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Go figure. I downloaded three times while running in Win98 and each time I got an error of a missing dll. Had to reboot to 2000 and that is where I am now and the file seems to work. That looked like a handy thing to have.
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Response Number 8
Name: SullyD Date: November 15, 2004 at 15:05:23 Pacific
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I just used it to restore some video files I deleted over a month ago... not that I needed them, I was just doing a test. It worked but the files were corrupt and they wouldn't play.
Hmmmmmmm.
SullyD
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want...
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Response Number 9
Name: OtheHill Date: November 15, 2004 at 15:08:13 Pacific
Reply:
That could be explained by some of the clusters being overwritten but not all. A month of using the machine has to turn over alot of drive realestate.
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Response Number 10
Name: SullyD Date: November 15, 2004 at 15:13:21 Pacific
Reply:
Okay, I tried it with a recently deleted wmv file and it worked great! The recovered file played fine. Truly a nice utility to have!
(Thanks Inwinter)
SullyD
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want...
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