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Posted on - 03/14/2012
QUESTION: How can you get the files back or restore it, when you have deleted it already from your recycle bin?
How to restore files/folder deleted from the recycle bin?
As far i know, there are available two nice commercial programs. I do believe that will solve the problem you are facing. One is Mijenix SystemSuite and another is Norton SystemWorks.
Comparatively, the Mijenix title is far better for undeleting. On the other hand Norton's program treats the users like idiots and searches all the drives and then lists every file which is no longer in the recycle bin. As i said, the systemsuite version allow you to specify which drives to search in a faster way as well as what filespec to display. For example *.xls for excel documents ( is not it much easier to locate your deleted file).
You might also try tucows.com which is a freeware alternative, but for good result you can choose a good copy of systemsuite 3.0 which costs 9-10 bucks. But who cares if it costs a little. You can try Ebay or Half.com for that. Good luck.
How to restore files/folder deleted from the recycle bin?
It is still possible to recover files even when you already deleted them from the Recycle Bin but the recovery is quite tricky. If your hard drive has more than one partition, the files you deleted on any drive will still go straight to the Recycle Bin. The tricky part is the location of the deleted files.
The reason for this is that, after the file was deleted, there should be no file activity on that drive where the deleted file is stored to avoid overwriting the physical sectors of the hard drive where parts of the file was stored. In case there is a file activity on the drive like copying or moving of files, you are risking of getting those sectors overwritten.
Once those sectors get overwritten with fresh data, the possibility of recovering the file is now very little. It is still possible to recover the file but parts of the file might become unreadable because of the sectors that were overwritten by new data.
If you don’t have a file recovery tool yet, you can try PC Tools Performance Toolkit. It has a built-in file recovery feature that you can use to recover deleted files. To recover deleted files, in PC Tools Performance Toolkit, go to “Recovery” tab and click “Recover Lost Files”. It can perform three different scan types to discover deleted files:
- Quick Scan
- Deep Scan
- Physical Scan
You can refine the option to have a better result in searching for deleted files. On the other hand, if the file you want to recover is located on the system drive (C:), the chance of recovering the file completely is very slim because there are constant file activities on the drive which are performed automatically by the operating system.
How to restore files/folder deleted from the recycle bin?
It is still possible to recover files even when you already deleted them from the Recycle Bin but the recovery is quite tricky. If your hard drive has more than one partition, the files you deleted on any drive will still go straight to the Recycle Bin. The tricky part is the location of the deleted files.
The reason for this is that, after the file was deleted, there should be no file activity on that drive where the deleted file is stored to avoid overwriting the physical sectors of the hard drive where parts of the file was stored. In case there is a file activity on the drive like copying or moving of files, you are risking of getting those sectors overwritten.
Once those sectors get overwritten with fresh data, the possibility of recovering the file is now very little. It is still possible to recover the file but parts of the file might become unreadable because of the sectors that were overwritten by new data.
If you don’t have a file recovery tool yet, you can try PC Tools Performance Toolkit. It has a built-in file recovery feature that you can use to recover deleted files. To recover deleted files, in PC Tools Performance Toolkit, go to “Recovery” tab and click “Recover Lost Files”. It can perform three different scan types to discover deleted files:
- Quick Scan
- Deep Scan
- Physical Scan
You can refine the option to have a better result in searching for deleted files. On the other hand, if the file you want to recover is located on the system drive (C:), the chance of recovering the file completely is very slim because there are constant file activities on the drive which are performed automatically by the operating system.
