Help!!! Recovering deleted items in windows

[willprentice]

Does anyone know how to recover a document once it has been deleted (and deleted again from the recycle bin!). Somehow i have managed to delete a file that i have been working on for months and am absolutely gutted! Any help would be GREATFULLY recieved. Pleeeeaaaaaaaassssssssssssseeeeeeeee!

[fo3nix]

You could try using this:
http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/uk/wel come.htm

[vehelpfulguy]

Well of course you have been backing it up regularly to a CD or DVD or a USB key haven't you.

If not you have just learnt a valuable lesson about using computers.

Things can go wrong so BACK THINGS UP.

[kwicky]

The adverts on this page tells you how to do this. I can see 5 methods.

[flubber]

yes it is possible to get a file back and normally you do need to install a program that will do this. fo3nix has given you one that I understand is good. There's a better chance of recovery if you have realised the mistake immediately and have not written over the disc with a lot of extra files afterwards.

Of course vehelpfulguy has a point but was totally tactless! Yes, I think many of us realise the need to regularly do a back up so we don't need our noses rubbed in it with a patronising reply.

When working on something I regularly do a back up. I can in fact save to a cd a file I am working on just before I close it. I may end up with 30,000 copies but at least the file is saved. Every month I use Nero backItUp to save all my docs, photos etc., onto one cd (I have 2 cd's and use them alternate months)

ok, so the mistake happened and you will never do this again. Try the link you have been given and hopefully it will work for you.

[lukey121]

vehelpfulguy, why on earth did you post here? You are a total waste of time. You are not funny or helpful in the slightest. go away

[willprentice]

Hi all, thanks for the responses.

I have downloaded pcinspector but still cant find the file. I wondered if perhaps the space the data had been stored in had been overwritten so i created and deleted an excel file (that was what my original file was) knowing that i have not saved anything after. But still when i used pcinspector it wouldnt find that file either?!?!?

The strange thing is that there are loads of files that were deleted on the same day just not the one i want!

Any ideas?

Oh yes and a short message to vehelpfulguy. What did you hope to achieve by posting such a response? Sarcasam was most definately not needed here - my annoyance at myself is enough! You are indeed correct of course, but never-the-less that was as tactful as a punch in the face! Just do yourself a favour mate - in future, think before you act!

[fo3nix]

Try some of the tools here:
http://www.freebyte.com/filediskutils/
http://www.smartpctools.com/recovery/index.htm l

[willprentice]

fo3nix - thank again! I have downloaded one of the other recovery tools and have made progress. I was able to find the file and restore it but when i open the excel document it says: 'SYLK: file format is not valid'.

Any ideas?

Once again, thanks for your help!

Will

[fo3nix]

Try this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323626/

[Ivanis]

The solution of your problem – Hetman File Repair. This program is developed for restoration of the damaged files. Hetman File Repair recovers ("corrects") the files damaged by abortive attempt of restoration, virus attack, antivirus treatment, failure of power supply, program or hardware. You can view disk contents, as in the standard conductor of MS Windows. It allows you to find and recover the necessary files easily. The preview feature built in the program, allows to see the corrected file before saving. Thanks to it, the product is very easy to use and available to any user – both experimental, and to the beginner.

Convenient step by step "The master of restoration of files" with detailed helps will help to recover easily the damaged files, and also to save them on any section connected to the computer or a notebook of the user.
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On an official site all functions and also more many useful information are specified: http://hetmanrecovery.com
Link to this program: http://hetmanrecovery.com/file_repair/software-2.htm

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