Restoring files

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This may be a moot point now, but in the future when you delete something or
empty your Recycle Bin and want to recover something from it... Stop using
the computer now. Your recovery chances are better if the file has not been
overwritten.

This is free.

Restoration Version 2.5.14 Author: Brian Kato
http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html

Description
[[Restore files which are deleted from the recycle bin or deleted while
holding down the Shift key by mistake. Conversely, this program has another
function that makes it almost impossible to restore all deleted files. You
can use it after deletion of confidential documents, embarrassing files and
so on.]]

You might want to download this with a friend's machine and save it to a
floppy. Restoration will run fine from a floppy, that's how I run it.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Kyoree said:
Can i restore pictures after they've been deleted from my recycle bin?
if so, how?
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Generally not . Learn to delete files (using the recycle bin) and in future
don't empty it regularly and carefully think what should be thrown away from
the computer :)

Panda_man
 
Generally not .

Not true, much depends on whether the space they occupied has been
overwritten yet, and even if it has there is still a chance of recovery. A
tool such as the one recommended by Wesley is usually sufficient for basic
recovery of files that have not been overwritten. More complex recoveries
can and are done by professionals, but the cost can be significant.
Learn to delete files (using the recycle bin) and in future
don't empty it regularly and carefully think what should be thrown away
from
the computer :)
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Absolutely, the recycle bin is too often used as a "holding" place when in
fact it should only be used as the final resting place of that which you are
dead sure you no longer want or need. Even then, it should be checked before
being emptied.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Rick I use Eraser to securely erase my data (35 passes). Now you would think
that after 35 passes the data would be gone forever. Well Okay word
documents are, but, it has been some time ago and i 'think' it was
restoration that i used, but just as a practical excercise i created a
seperate partition and loaded it with data, photographs, documents, etc,
then used Eraser to securely erase it. After the 35 passes of eraser i
opened up restoration and let it get on with it's work. Lo and Behold all
the data re-appeared. As i said the word documents were unreadable, but all
of the photographs appeared as normal.


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Yep, I've had a lot of success with restoration and heartily endorse it.
Nothing's perfect, but it does quite well with media files (had good success
recovering video footage as well). My main point was that the assumption of
"it's all gone forever once deleted" is quite inaccurate.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
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