Get back deleted files

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Sam Cousins

does anyone know if windows xp can retore files that i
have removed from the recycle bin.

i have downloaded some software that will do this but i
have to register and pay a lot of money to enable all
parts of the program in order to restore the files.

please help, as i have deleted some very important files
 
There is no function in XP for this unless they are system files. If they
are files you created, that requires third party software such as what
you've found.
 
Are your files worth the money? I have used "free" file recovery programs
that sometimes work. I have also used EasyRecovery Professional ($500.00)
that, almost, always works!

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Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
 
Sam said:
does anyone know if windows xp can retore files that i
have removed from the recycle bin.

i have downloaded some software that will do this but i
have to register and pay a lot of money to enable all
parts of the program in order to restore the files.

please help, as i have deleted some very important files
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I use rest2514.exe from http://sac-ftp.externet.hu/utildisk12.html ,
free and it workes great , I have even found files that I deleted from
my hardrive a year ago ... Total
 
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Sam Cousins said:
does anyone know if windows xp can retore files that i
have removed from the recycle bin.

i have downloaded some software that will do this but i
have to register and pay a lot of money to enable all
parts of the program in order to restore the files.

please help, as i have deleted some very important files
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"Deleting" a file doesn't actually delete it; it just marks the
space as available to be used. There are third-party programs
that can sometimes recover deleted files. The problem is that the
space used by the file is likely to become overwritten very
quickly, and this makes the file unrecoverable.

So your chances of successfully recovering this file is decent if
you try recovering it immediately after deleting it, and rapidly
go downhill from there. If you've been using the computer since
then (for example to write this question and read this answer),
your chances are probably very poor by now.

But if the file is important enough, it's worth a try anyway.
Stop using the computer in question immediately, if you haven't
done so already. Download an undelete program (there are several
to choose from; do a Google search) on a friend's computer and
bring it yours on a floppy to try.

If this fails, your only other recourse is to take the drive to a
professional file recovery company. This kind of service is very
expensive and may or may not work in your case.
 
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