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| Thread ID: 32951 | 2003-05-02 10:23:00 | please help us retrieve deleted mp3 files | 1sikmaz (3714) | Press F1 |
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| 140877 | 2003-05-02 10:23:00 | Was in "Imesh" and instead of downloading songs into Imesh files, wanted it to go to "My Documents" file. Went to options in Imesh task bar and went to Locations where it said where you want you downloaded files to go to. Browsed and clicked on the "my Documents" but instead of downloading the music to "my Documents" file it had downloaded everything from "my Documents" into the media file of Imesh. Not knowing that it had done this I had deleted everything that had transferred into Imesh media file thus deleting 14 GBs of music files. Please help us retrieve these files back! |
1sikmaz (3714) | ||
| 140878 | 2003-05-02 10:33:00 | Hello 1sikmaz Welcome To press F1, Have you looked in the recycle bin to see if those files are in there???? |
stu140103 (137) | ||
| 140879 | 2003-05-02 11:20:00 | I don't think the recycle bin can hold 14GB stu. Best bet is to get a copy of Norton Utilities and use the undelete function. Some files may have been overwritten but most should be recoverable. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 140880 | 2003-05-02 11:26:00 | thanks for you reply Billy Call me stupid but where do I get a copy of Norton Utilities?? Is that the same as Norton Anti Virus? Have checked recycle bin already - nothing there |
1sikmaz (3714) | ||
| 140881 | 2003-05-02 11:48:00 | Norton Utilities is a program that you can get from DSE (Dick Smith) and it will find deleted files. Dont know the price, look at www.dse.co.nz or any software store. It is not free but very good tool to have. | basil (2970) | ||
| 140882 | 2003-05-02 13:04:00 | I think it is known as Nortons System Works now. | Pheonix (280) | ||
| 140883 | 2003-05-02 20:49:00 | there's also the freeware prog drive rescue to recover deleted/corrupt files here (skyscraper.fortunecity.com) if you can download it to another comp and then put it on a floppy (so you don't overwrite some songs). Read all the instructions on the other comp and you'll know as much as I do, but for now don't save anything on your comp...! Trev |
Trev0 (1995) | ||
| 140884 | 2003-05-02 21:03:00 | First thing you want to do is not use the PC until you have a program sorted out to recover with. Basically the space where they were is marked as free and there is a chance it could be overwritten, even by swap memory or temp files (Its actually a little more indepth, but thats about the basics). I have used a program call Easy Data Recovery recently to restore a failed drive and it works brilliantly every time; may or may not be worthwhile for you to justify the cost though.. | TerryW (2183) | ||
| 140885 | 2003-05-03 00:56:00 | Hi again. Here is some serious advice: 1) For 14GB of MP3s, don't mess with freeware, there is too much risk. 2) Norton Undelete does form part of SystemWorks though I thought it was still available in the smaller Utilities package. Whatever the cost difference it is worth it. 3) I wouldn't use your PC too much as overwriting is possible, but if you don't write large files most of the 14GB should still be there. The biggest problem will be if your indexing system is gone. 14GB is a hell of a lot of files!! 4) To minimise losses, buy Norton then boot from the Norton CD. You may have to boot to BIOS initially to enable booting from CD but this doesn't write to the HDD. 5) In future, store all data on a separate drive or partition as this significantly reduces the possibility of overwriting. 6) Before you attempt any recovery, READ THE MANUAL. If possible trial the undelete process on another PC by deleting a single known file (make a copy of course) and try to recover it. This will give you confidence when you start recovering your MP3s. Good luck Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 140886 | 2003-05-03 01:55:00 | Well personally I would just have a go with a freeware solution and see what you can manage to get back with that. I wouldn't be spending money trying to get it back as from the sound of things it's all just stuff that you've downloaded from Imesh and can get back if you spend the time to download it all again. If you're serious about recovering it though your best bet is to talk to Computer Forensics. |
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