XP Undelete Utilities

[mcp6453]

The power flickered and a folder on an XP SP3 machine literally

disappeared. NTFS Undelete restored the files by copying them to another

folder, but all of the creation and modification dates were set to

today. GetDataBack was able to copy the files to another disk while

maintaining the file names.



Is there a utility that will simply undelete the files where they sit?

It's really hard to convince myself to write over the deleted files when

I restore the folder. I don't know any way to mark the folder off limits

such that the deleted files will not be overwritten.

 

[db]

whenever there is a power failure,



a check disk is required to ensure

that the file system is indexed to

the master file table.



it is possible that the folder you

cannot see is simply un-indexed

and was not deleted.



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however, before proceeding with

a check disk you might try out your

initial idea of undeleting the folder;



though it is unlikely that it was

deleted.



a freeware called "recuva" can

restore deleted files that are still

on the hard drive.



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"mcp6453" wrote in message

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> The power flickered and a folder on an XP SP3 machine literally

> disappeared. NTFS Undelete restored the files by copying them to another

> folder, but all of the creation and modification dates were set to today.

> GetDataBack was able to copy the files to another disk while maintaining

> the file names.

>

> Is there a utility that will simply undelete the files where they sit?

> It's really hard to convince myself to write over the deleted files when I

> restore the folder. I don't know any way to mark the folder off limits

> such that the deleted files will not be overwritten.

 

[undisclosed]

Yes, Recuva is good as free data recovery software.

Tips: Don't write anything new to your partition where your lost files.





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