Guest rtdavide@yahoo.com Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 hello, i deleted some files i'd like to have back. i know pretty much what day i did it and i've used several free or trial versions of file restoration software, but none some to give me the option to narrow the searches down to when i deleted the files. so they take a long time and i'm not sure if they are even finding what i want. these are files that i removed even from the recycle bin, but within less than a month ago. some of the files the software has been finding were from months ago or even longer... any software to narrow it down to specific dates, or a range? thanks Quote
Guest John Barnett MVP Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 When you accidentally delete files you 'stop' using the computer immediately and straightaway initiate any file deletion software you have installed. When a file is deleted it isn't actually 'removed' from the hard drive; to put it simply a note is attached to the file to say it has been deleted and the area can be reused by another file. The longer you leave it before you try to recover that file the more likely it is that the file 'area' will be overwritten, thus making full recovery impossible - well without incurring considerable cost, anyway. From your post you are saying that some of the files were deleted up to a month ago. The chances of you recovering these is very slim indeed. The file recovery application I favour is Recuva (www.recuva.com) -- -- John Barnett MVP Windows XP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org Web: http://www.silversurfer-guide.com The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. <rtdavide@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:35e1072b-b0a9-4d87-9924-507b89110d9f@y71g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...<span style="color:blue"> > hello, > i deleted some files i'd like to have back. > i know pretty much what day i did it and i've used several free or > trial versions of file restoration software, but none some to give me > the option to narrow the searches down to when i deleted the files. so > they take a long time and i'm not sure if they are even finding what i > want. > > these are files that i removed even from the recycle bin, but within > less than a month ago. some of the files the software has been finding > were from months ago or even longer... any software to narrow it down > to specific dates, or a range? > > thanks </span> Quote
Guest Mike Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 Here's another free ntfs recover tool. Don't know if you can select by dates. http://ntfsundelete.com/ "John Barnett MVP" <freelance@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:O9vsJGMJJHA.5704@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue"> > When you accidentally delete files you 'stop' using the computer > immediately and straightaway initiate any file deletion software you have > installed. > > When a file is deleted it isn't actually 'removed' from the hard drive; to > put it simply a note is attached to the file to say it has been deleted > and the area can be reused by another file. The longer you leave it before > you try to recover that file the more likely it is that the file 'area' > will be overwritten, thus making full recovery impossible - well without > incurring considerable cost, anyway. > > From your post you are saying that some of the files were deleted up to a > month ago. The chances of you recovering these is very slim indeed. > > The file recovery application I favour is Recuva (www.recuva.com) > > > -- > > -- > John Barnett MVP > Windows XP Associate Expert > Windows Desktop Experience > > Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org > Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org > Web: http://www.silversurfer-guide.com > > The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any > kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, > reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable > for > any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of > the > use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this > mail/post.. > > <rtdavide@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:35e1072b-b0a9-4d87-9924-507b89110d9f@y71g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...<span style="color:green"> >> hello, >> i deleted some files i'd like to have back. >> i know pretty much what day i did it and i've used several free or >> trial versions of file restoration software, but none some to give me >> the option to narrow the searches down to when i deleted the files. so >> they take a long time and i'm not sure if they are even finding what i >> want. >> >> these are files that i removed even from the recycle bin, but within >> less than a month ago. some of the files the software has been finding >> were from months ago or even longer... any software to narrow it down >> to specific dates, or a range? >> >> thanks</span> > </span> Quote
Guest rtdavide@yahoo.com Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 too late for all that.... i deleted them at the time on purpose. didn't think i'd need them anymore. then changed my mind a few days ago. so i get what you are saying about the way deletion works. it is very well possible the files are currently unrecoverable. it wasn't, thankfully, anything mission critical. On Oct 2, 12:03Â pm, "John Barnett MVP" <freela...@invalid.invalid> wrote:<span style="color:blue"> > When you accidentally delete files you 'stop' using the computer immediately > and straightaway initiate any file deletion software you have installed. > > When a file is deleted it isn't actually 'removed' from the hard drive; to > put it simply a note is attached to the file to say it has been deleted and > the area can be reused by another file. The longer you leave it before you > try to recover that file the more likely it is that the file 'area' will be > overwritten, thus making full recovery impossible - well without incurring > considerable cost, anyway. > > From your post you are saying that some of the files were deleted up to a > month ago. The chances of you recovering these is very slim indeed. > > The file recovery application I favour is Recuva (www.recuva.com)</span> Quote
Guest Gordon Posted October 3, 2008 Posted October 3, 2008 <rtdavide@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:7054b54f-122c-476c-b98d-1ad8720a3589@e53g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...<span style="color:blue"> > too late for all that.... i deleted them at the time on purpose. > didn't think i'd need them anymore. then changed my mind a few days > ago. so i get what you are saying about the way deletion works. it is > very well possible the files are currently unrecoverable. > it wasn't, thankfully, anything mission critical.</span> Recover from a backup possibly? Quote
Guest John Barnett MVP Posted October 3, 2008 Posted October 3, 2008 It is annoying when you delete a file only to find, at a later date, that you actually shouldn't have deleted it. Fortunately your file wasn't mission critical and you have, through the process, learnt a very important lesson regarding what happens when files are deleted. We all delete files we didn't mean to, yes even me, but the best plan of attack is either to attempt a recovery as soon as you realise your mistake, or get into the habit of backing up your documents on a regular basis; at least then you have a backup of the file you originally deleted. -- -- John Barnett MVP Windows XP Associate Expert Windows Desktop Experience Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org Web: http://www.silversurfer-guide.com The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. <rtdavide@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:7054b54f-122c-476c-b98d-1ad8720a3589@e53g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...<span style="color:blue"> > too late for all that.... i deleted them at the time on purpose. > didn't think i'd need them anymore. then changed my mind a few days > ago. so i get what you are saying about the way deletion works. it is > very well possible the files are currently unrecoverable. > it wasn't, thankfully, anything mission critical. > > On Oct 2, 12:03 pm, "John Barnett MVP" <freela...@invalid.invalid> > wrote:<span style="color:green"> >> When you accidentally delete files you 'stop' using the computer >> immediately >> and straightaway initiate any file deletion software you have installed. >> >> When a file is deleted it isn't actually 'removed' from the hard drive; >> to >> put it simply a note is attached to the file to say it has been deleted >> and >> the area can be reused by another file. The longer you leave it before >> you >> try to recover that file the more likely it is that the file 'area' will >> be >> overwritten, thus making full recovery impossible - well without >> incurring >> considerable cost, anyway. >> >> From your post you are saying that some of the files were deleted up to a >> month ago. The chances of you recovering these is very slim indeed. >> >> The file recovery application I favour is Recuva (www.recuva.com)</span> > > </span> Quote
Guest Sergey Wasilenkow Posted October 6, 2008 Posted October 6, 2008 > ideletedsomefilesi'd like to have back.<span style="color:blue"> > i know pretty much what day i did it and i've used several free or > trial versions of file restoration software, but none some to give me > the option to narrow the searches down to when ideletedthefiles. so > they take a long time and i'm not sure if they are even finding what i > want. > > these arefilesthat i removed even from the recycle bin, but within > less than a month ago. some of thefilesthe software has been finding > were from months ago or even longer... any software to narrow it down > to specific dates, or a range?</span> You can try to recover your files with Easy File Undelete software: http://www.munsoft.com/EasyFileUndelete/ It uses unique modern algorithms to recover files that other software either recovers incorrectly or is unable to detect. Quote
Guest SIW2 Posted October 6, 2008 Posted October 6, 2008 rtdavide;850954 Wrote: <span style="color:blue"> > hello, > i deleted some files i'd like to have back. > i know pretty much what day i did it and i've used several free or > trial versions of file restoration software, but none some to give me > the option to narrow the searches down to when i deleted the files. so > they take a long time and i'm not sure if they are even finding what i > want. > > these are files that i removed even from the recycle bin, but within > less than a month ago. some of the files the software has been finding > were from months ago or even longer... any software to narrow it down > to specific dates, or a range? > thanks</span> Hi, Glaryundelete gives a choice of date/range and other filters. It's a free app. from 'Glary Undelete' (http://www.glarysoft.com/gun.html) Hope it helps SIW2 -- SIW2 Quote
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