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Thank you, John John, for replying before I returned and for providing such
ESSENTIAL advice. You are very correct!
Iain, you must obtain some file recovery tool which can run without loading
Windows and attempt the file/s recovery, hoping that they have not already
been overwritten, which would now necessitate very expensive recovery
techniques from the commercial recovery companies, such as those advertising
in the back pages of PC Magazine.
Here is my somewhat out-of-date file on these tools:
File Recovery Tools
EasyRecovery, $89, demo will retrieve five files and show what else
can be retrieved. Retrieved files copied to another partition, hard
drive, network drive, or removable media:
http://www.ontrack.com/easyrecovery/
Fast File Undelete, $29, demo will retrieve files 15 kb or smaller.
Retrieved files are copied to another drive:
http://www.datarecoveryzone.com/undeleteit.asp
DataBack, $22.95, demo available. Program is installed to other than
the affected PC and you create a floppy disk for retrieval purposes.
http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/~tkuurstra/index.htm#DataBack
Recover4All, $49, demo will retrieve files up to 10 kb and show what
else can be retrieved. Retrieved files are copied to another drive:
http://www.recover4all.com/
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Ron Badour, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
Tips:
http://badour.freewebsites.com/index.html
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Ran across this and thought it might be of use to those concerned with data
recovery operations.
http://pjwalczak.com/scaven/index.php
Regards, Jim Byrd
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One option is "FileRestore" from Winternals Software--
www.winternals.com/products/repairandrecovery/filerestore.asp
This $39 utility recovers files deleted from any Windows XP/2000/NT/Me/9x
system regardless of whether emptied from the Recycle Bin, deleted via a
command prompt or with a removed directory, by a remote process or
uninstall, etc. It's designed to be effective regardless of whether
installed before or after an accidental deletion.
FileRestore works on NTFS, FAT, and FAT32 drives. It recovers files
(including compressed files) deleted from hard drives- plus floppy disks,
Jaz, Zip, and even CompactFlash photo cards.
Please note:
Regardless of which recovery program is used, it is recommended that you--
To the extent possible stop all disk activity on your system without
shutting the system down. Turn off any scheduled defragmentation and do not
defrag your system until lost files are recovered. Close all applications
including email and Web browsing software and, if removable media such as a
floppy disk drive is available on your system, disconnect your system from
the network as soon as is practical. This will reduce the possibility that
deleted files will be overwritten.
If installing FileRestore, we recommend that you download and install it on
a second computer and follow the "Emergency Installation" procedure in the
Help file. This procedure will allow you to run FileRestore from a floppy
disk or network drive to help maximize the chances of recovery.
Most file recovery utilities are unable to recover data from accidentally
formatted partitions. "Disk Commander" from Winternals Software is a utility
designed for this purpose, among other things:
http://www.winternals.com/products/repairandrecovery/diskcommander.asp
- Paul (a Winternals employee)
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And "Restoration". Freeware. Works great.
http://hccweb1.bai.ne.jp/~hcj58401/
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http://www.briggsoft.com/dsnoop.htm
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File Recovery Software
Win95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP, Linux Download and try Free Demo
www.r-tt.com
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Data Recovery
06.17.03
By Edward Mendelson
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1091334,00.asp
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Iain, if your personal data is particularly important, you may first wish
to discus the situation with a recovery specialist firm, who may evaluate
your disk for a small or no fee, and better advise you. If the files
haven't been overwritten, such a recovery for them is almost trivial.
Hard Disk Data Recovery
Expert data recovery on all systems Free evaluation. Techs on call 24/7
www.drivelabs.us
File Recovery
File Recovery Service Free Evaluation Please call
www.drivecrash.com
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Please keep us advised, as I do not often see this issue.
And once again, Thank you, John John.
--
Jack E. Martinelli 2002-05 MS MVP for Shell/User / DTS
Help us help you:
http://www.dts-L.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx
Your cooperation is very appreciated.
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"John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
news:eob%23Ip1EFHA.1396@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Ok, I'm at work now (I got a good job!), I dug this out that might be of
> help to you:
>
> Not free:
http://www.dtidata.com/data_recovery_software.htm
>
> Free:
http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html
>
> Also, text files are easier to recover than graphic files. Jpeg's for
> example can be difficult to recover, so the type of files you had in
> that folder may influence the software choice you make. Trying to
> recover a whole folder is more difficult and iffy than recovering the
> files one by one.
>
> John
>
> John John wrote:
> > Before you go too far and before Jack gets back to you. DON'T use the
> > computer! Don't move or copy files on the drive on which the folder was
> > deleted. DON'T INSTALL recovery software on the computer! Doing so may
> > overwrite the files that you want to recover. You will need recovery
> > software that runs from a diskette. During the recovery process the
> > recovery software will prompt you for a restore location, if at all
> > possible you should restore to a different drive or even diskettes if
> > possible, restoring on the recovery drive is not a good idea. Your
> > chances of successful recovery depends greatly on you following this
> > advice! I'm in a bit of a hurry now so I don't have time to dig out my
> > recommendations for recovery software, I'm sure others will advise you
> > on that. I just wanted to point out the importance of keeping the drive
> > as it is until you recover the files.
> >
> > John
> >
> > Iain wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Jack
> >>
> >> Just got back to find my documents empty. Haven't come accross this
> >> one before.
> >>
> >> Read your reply to my wife's question.
> >>
> >> Can you let me know, what I need to do.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Iain
>
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