Re: [Sheflug] deleted data

[Andrew Basterfield <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 23:16:31 +0000
Damian Bamforth <damian.b [at] btinternet.com> wrote:

> hi,
> This is not about linux, but I am hoping someone here may be able to
> help...
> 
> A couple of days ago I deleted a folder(s) on a windows box. I
> desperately need some files it contained. I haven't saved any other data
> to the disk since. How would I go about retrieving this data? I know it
> is possible, as I have heard of criminals being prosecuted by obtaining
> data they have 'deleted' from their machines, but I can't find any info
> as to how this is done.
> 
> Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks,
> Damian

This is a bit off-topic to say the least but you do sound desperate...

This may be obvious but check the Recycle Bin.

Have you booted the system many times since? Windows writes to lots of
files, and if you haven't set a fixed size swap file it may have grown
over it. If your disk is nearly full then the chances of getting it back
are reduced. Go to http://www.download.com and try the demo version of
Recover98.

This really isn't the place to be asking such questions. Good luck.

Andrew

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