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Re: recovering lost files
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Tue, 19 Jun 2001 03:18:50 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Christopher Tracey writes:
> I was using what I thought was a great little program- CoffeeCup Free
> FTP when I encountered a little problem...
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> I used the softwares 'delete this file' function on a directory that I
> discovered I didn't want deleted. I had thought that the program would
> haved moved it to the windows recycle bin but I as I discovered to my
> horror that it just seemed to vaporize it off the disk...
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> is there a way to recover this file? it represents two months of data
> and 60% of it is *impossible* to replace.
Chris,
First of all STOP SAVING FILES TO YOUR HARD DRIVE...the data should still be
present, as the file system in your OS just opens the AREA of the disk with
the data on it to be overwritten, not actually wiping out the data itself.
Each time you save a new file to disk now, you run the risk of the data you
want to recover being overwritten, and then it will REALLY be gone for good.
(and if you are using programs that create temporary working files without
your knowledge, like MS Word, stop using them also)
Here is a link to a file recovery program, and a free trial version:
http://www.softdownloads.com/onlineorder.html
Also, run this Google for more info on other methods and programs like it:
http://www.google.com/search?q=recover+deleted+file+microsoft+windows
Good luck and HTH,
Matt
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| ooooh. Great piece of advice. Too bad I didn't hear about this about two weeks ago, I lost two very important pictures (group pictures of my parents' conference, they were *really* mad). I bet it's all gone by now... :-/ -Shiri (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Thanks Matt.... I owe you one... I lost only about 10% of the total file set... I guess because of netscape caching pages and my searching for the files. It took me a while to figure out that I had lost them. Luckily, I had just copied some of (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| I was using what I thought was a great little program- CoffeeCup Free FTP when I encountered a little problem... I used the softwares 'delete this file' function on a directory that I discovered I didn't want deleted. I had thought that the program (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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