How do you recover a deleted file in Vista - have deleted from the recycle bin

[kook]

Can I recover a deleted Flip film file from Vista that's been accidently deleted from the recycle bin.? Help!!

[TTG]

Recuva is free and might be able to help you out. Try not to do too much work (if at all) on your computer to make recovery possible.

[kook]

Thank you I will try this.

[jackalex]

When you emptied the bin, used Shift Delete to get rid of the file, deleted it from within an application or used some other method of removing it that bypassed the bin, then it is still almost certainly recoverable. When you empty the Recycle Bin or delete a file using another method, the file is still not really deleted. The file no longer exists as far as the operating system is concerned and the space it occupied becomes available for re-use by other files. But the disk space does not get re-used straight away so the data that the deleted file contained will stay on your hard drive for some time to come.

So first things first - Stop putting more files the disk in case your deleted ones are overwritten. Only un-overwritten files are possible to be recovered with so-called data recovery software like Recuva. Or other programs such as
TestDisk - http://testdisk.en.softonic.com/
Wondershare Data Recovery - http://www.wondershar...a-recovery/index.html
Hope the question has been made more clear, regards

[JohnZh]

yes, jackalex has done a very specific explanation of why deleted items from Recycle Bin can be retrieved. And by rely on a data recovery program, they are be easily recovered theoratically (not 100% sure). You can also take a try this program (the version for personal use is free), http://www.datarescue...om/data-recovery.html

Remember – Do NOT try & write anything back untill you can retrieve your files safely! As any data editing may cause overwritten happens.