HowTo: Undelete files on NTFS or FAT?

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I was to be able to search for deleted file on either file system and the
retrieve them when found. I've serached around a lot with very little
results. I found two example projects on C++ sites, but both of them didnt
work.

Anyone have an idea or links to something that works?

Thanks.
 
Sticky0002 said:
I was to be able to search for deleted file on either file system and the
retrieve them when found. I've serached around a lot with very little
results. I found two example projects on C++ sites, but both of them
didnt
work.

Anyone have an idea or links to something that works?
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As a general rule, recovering a deleted file is impossible. In many cases
though, it is possible. There are no documented APIs or Windows features to
facilitate recovery of deleted files - doing so requires deep knowledge of
the internals of the file system and direct manipulation of the file system
through low-level disk I/O.

There are many products on the market that include this feature - why don't
you try one of them?

-cd
 
Sticky0002 said:
I was to be able to search for deleted file on either file system and the
retrieve them when found. I've serached around a lot with very little
results. I found two example projects on C++ sites, but both of them
didnt
work.
Click to expand...

I agree with Carl - it will probably prove cheaper to buy than build a
solution. If you can limit the problem to "undeleting" from the recycyle
bin, you might want to take a look at this for ideas:

http://www.codeproject.com/shell/recyclebin.asp

Regards,
Will
 
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