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| Thread ID: 55484 | 2005-03-11 16:15:00 | Does a Utility such as Norton Unerase "SAVE" all FILES? | KINGLIZARD476 (7568) | Press F1 |
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| 333203 | 2005-03-11 16:15:00 | Can anyone please tell me what type of files a Recovery Utility Program, such as Norton Unerase - "will NOT save".... Will it save all files? Are there files it WON'T or CANNOT Save. If so, what types of files are these? When won't it RECOVER FILES? |
KINGLIZARD476 (7568) | ||
| 333204 | 2005-03-11 19:44:00 | Have a look thru there site to see if that helps you. search.symantec.com hth |
johnboy (217) | ||
| 333205 | 2005-03-12 01:41:00 | Any file recovery utility can only do its best . Miracles aren't usually included . If the disk space which held a file has been reused, you won't get that file back . You might get parts of it . If a disk has been defragmented since files were deleted, it's highly unlikely that they can be recovered . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 333206 | 2005-03-12 01:56:00 | Are there files it WON'T or CANNOT Save . If so, what types of files are these? Keeping it simple, you can unerase any file of any type that has not had its space on the disk overwritten . If you keep all your data on a separate D: partition or D: drive instead of sharing all the C: drive space with OS and data, provided you do not write to the D: drive or partition it is pretty much all recoverable . If everything is sharing the same space on your C: drive, the longer your computer runs after the accidental deletion , the lower your chances of recovery . If you shut down and reboot, you will eliminate some of the deleted files as Windows overwrites their disk space . If you have a shared disk, the best thing to do is kill the computer via the on off switch the instant you realise what has happened . Do not do a normal shutdown as that too will overwrite areas of your HDD . Then you go get Nortons or some other unerase program that can boot directly to a recovery program and put that disk into your CD and start the computer . Go straight to the bios and enable boot from CD as the priority, then restart the computer again, otherwise windows will boot and you are no better off . Then you follow the bouncing ball to recover your files . That is the background, and the best unerase option of all is a recent backup . Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
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