recover deleted document. (recycle bin cleared)

[joey]

Is it possible to recover a deleted document? How? recycle bin has been
cleared.

 

[Amedee Van Gasse]

joey shared this with us in microsoft.public.word.newusers:

Is it possible to recover a deleted document? How? recycle bin has
been cleared.

No, unless you BUY special recovery software.

Deleting a file marks that space as available for other files.
As long as the space isn't overwritten by other files, you might have
(a very small) chance.

If it's overwritten, only special labs can extract your file - think
"CSI - *" kind of labs. Very expensive, you might want to consider
backups in the future.

 

[TF]

Joey

Providing that you do this before Windows has the opportunity to overwrite
the data area vacated by Windows, you should be able to recover this using
File Scavenger (download from www.quetk.com/prod02.htm ). This is because
when Windows deletes a file, in reality it only marks the disk area as
free - it doesn't actually erase it. A utility such as File Scavenger will
search the disk looking for tracks recently marked as free to see: if it
finds intact data, it will list it for recovery.



: Is it possible to recover a deleted document? How? recycle bin has been
: cleared.

 

[Amedee Van Gasse]

TF shared this with us in microsoft.public.word.newusers:

Joey

Providing that you do this before Windows has the opportunity to
overwrite the data area vacated by Windows, you should be able to
recover this using File Scavenger (download from
www.quetk.com/prod02.htm ). This is because when Windows deletes a
file, in reality it only marks the disk area as free - it doesn't
actually erase it. A utility such as File Scavenger will search the
disk looking for tracks recently marked as free to see: if it finds
intact data, it will list it for recovery.

Be careful when downloading:
- The downloaded file may overwrite the free space.
- When browsing, your browser may create temporary files that may
overwrite the free space.

Solution: (other solutions possible)
- Download on another pc.
- Copy to USB stick or burn a CD