help! unintended deletion!

[narlus]

so i thought i'd opened a zip file containing both PSD and JPG files, and i wanted to delete the PSD files from it and upload the zip file. i was doing this from a networked computer (ie, i was using my laptop to access the PSD files on my upstairs desktop unit).

turns out there was no zip file, it was just a folder, and now the PSD files are gone. i looked in both computer's recycle bins, but they were not there. can i get these back somehow? the 'undo delete' option was the 1st thing i checked but wasn't available to me.

[H8R]

http://www.winundelete.com/?rid=google&kid=wu1101

or

http://www.pctools.com/file-recover/

or


www.google.com > search > file recovery


The one thing that is important to remember is files are not actually "deleted" when you delete them, they are marked "as deleted" by the OS and the data will remain on the disc magnetically until it is written over.

Get to file ASAP with a utility such as the ones above.

GOOD LUCK!

[H8R]

ALSO - install the utility on a drive that is NOT the same drive where the deleted files are. You don't want to overwrite the files with a program used to recover them!

[syadasti]

On the otherhand if you want to make sure HDD data is completely unrecoverable, check out Boot and Nuke (http://dban.sourceforge.net/) :brows:

[narlus]

http://www.winundelete.com/?rid=google&kid=wu1101

or

http://www.pctools.com/file-recover/

or


www.google.com > search > file recovery


The one thing that is important to remember is files are not actually "deleted" when you delete them, they are marked "as deleted" by the OS and the data will remain on the disc magnetically until it is written over.

Get to file ASAP with a utility such as the ones above.

GOOD LUCK!

awesome....you rule.

[Silver]

Be careful with network drives. No recycle bin for you!

[kingbee]

I accidentally deleted a bunch of music files on a back up drive connected through a network. (a co-worker and I share an external drive thats connected to his computer)

So the files deleted aren't in a "Recycle Bin"

Can someone help me get these files back?

[syadasti]

You have to run an undelete utility on the computer the drive is connected to. There are a number of utilities freeware, demoware, etc.

H8R mentioned a few above and good one he mentioned in another thread is this one:

http://www.quetek.com/prod02.htm

[kingbee]

Is there anything that wont cost $50 to recover the files? It looks like most of them will let you preview the files, but wont actually recover them.

[syadasti]

This one works well and still recovers files in demo mode, but I don't recall the limitations:

http://www.quetek.com/prod02.htm

This is free but doesn't work quite as well:

http://www.pcinspector.de/default.htm?Language=1

[kingbee]

Do I install it on my computer or on the drive the music was on?

I took the drive off the guys computer, its now attached to mine.

[syadasti]

Do I install it on my computer or on the drive the music was on?

I took the drive off the guys computer, its now attached to mine.

You need the program installed on the computer the drive is attached to. Since its now attached to your computer just install it on your own computer...

[kingbee]

All these programs seem to be a swing-and-a-miss. It seems like none of the programs are finding deleted files. They are just showing me everything else.

Scavenger wont let you recover anything more than 64kb. So that wont work for anything I lost.

This sucks...

[syadasti]

You probably haven't configured it correctly. Both of those programs have recovered files for me. The demo one recovered about 98% of lost files on one drive. Make sure you use the thorough/longer recovery option, select the correct HDD, and use search criteria it makes the process much easier.

[SK6]

File Scavenger

Works flawlessly.

[kingbee]

Nothing is finding anything. I have tried about 6 different programs. Nothing will find any deleted material.

I have roughly 2,000 songs to find again...

[$tinkle]

did you google the filenames?

[SkaredShtles]

Some people shouldn't be allowed near computers. :D

[syadasti]

Some people shouldn't be allowed near computers. :D

We shall revoke his license:busted:

Back to the music box and abacus for you!

[$tinkle]

i'm just sayin' make sure your browser has the latest search engine fabric to match its firmware

[kingbee]

Some people shouldn't be allowed near computers. :D

Hey! I'm actually pretty savvy with computers. I thought I picked the wrong destination folder for iTunes and dumped 40 gig of music onto my works server. It happens. :twitch:

[kingbee]

did you google the filenames?

File names of all the .mp3's I deleted? huh?

[syadasti]

are they really mp3 or aac files - maybe that is where you went wrong...

[kingbee]

are they really mp3 or aac files - maybe that is where you went wrong...

Both. Some .mp4 also. Most of the programs I tried today would let you choose multiple file extensions to choose. I lost everything from A-J. I think Ill be able to get back everything I really actually listened too from my CD collection and friends collections.

[SkaredShtles]

Hey! I'm actually pretty savvy with computers. I thought I picked the wrong destination folder for iTunes and dumped 40 gig of music onto my works server. It happens. :twitch:
Then just restore your files from your backup. ;)

[SK6]

There's a sticky in this forum that helps with recovery of IPod stuff if thats what your looking to do.

The key with any data recovery is once you discovered the deletion, it is imperative you attempt to recover as soon as you possibly can. This minimizes the chance of not being able to recover the data your looking for due to it being over-written by another file. Now the file may be a temp file, page file, etc...so the more you use the computer, the less chance you have of getting your data back.

The only way to REALLY get it back once over written is far to costly for what the data is worth. In legal forensics, there is a scale used for the cost v recovery:

If you have to go two layers deep, it better be for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

If you have to go three layers deep, it better be worth millions of dollars.

if you have to go more than three layers, there better be a body.

SK6, CLSP
Certified Litigation Support Professional


:D

[SK6]

Then just restore your files from your backup. ;)

Response of the week! :rofl: :rofl:

Rep given! :thumb:

[kingbee]

Then just restore your files from your backup. ;)

touché :monkey: