Recovering deleted files

The Last Autobot · Post by **The Last Autobot** » Thu May 10, 2007 8:11 pm

A couple of days ago "someone" in my office deleted a file that now is extremely important to have.

Can you recommend me a program to find that deleted file? Preferrably if I can find one online right now, cause my boss will kill somebody If he finds out (I wont be the one to blame but nonetheless).

Thnx in advance!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu May 10, 2007 10:29 pm

There's a small suite of programs out there called GetDataBack, or GetNTFSBack, or something along those lines.

I used it back in january when my secondary HDD decided to corrupt after I'd just replaced my primary HDD.

Just make sure you've got a second drive to restore too, or you could make things worse.

Hot Shot · Post by **Hot Shot** » Fri May 11, 2007 1:26 am

Rebis pretty much covered it, but you can always restore the system to a time before the deletion. Go: Start

Programs

Accessories

System Tools

System Restore. It may not work, but it's something you can try.

The Last Autobot · Post by **The Last Autobot** » Fri May 11, 2007 1:34 am

Its a *.doc file not a program one

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri May 11, 2007 6:15 pm

My way would still be valid.

Well, as long as the specific blocks on the hard disk have not already been written over with new data, which if the time window between deletion and restoration is small enough is unlikely.

May I suggest that your office invest in some form of backup storage mechanism, to reduce the likelihood of this occurring again.

The Last Autobot · Post by **The Last Autobot** » Fri May 11, 2007 11:14 pm

That is a good sugestion.

I think Ill do it by myself (my boss is a cheap ***).

Post by **Denyer** » Sun May 13, 2007 10:38 pm

http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm

Install it on another computer, then copy the executable onto a USB stick -- it'll minimise the risk of overwriting the data you're trying to recover.

It's free and pretty damn good.