I need JW members Help!

[DR.GONZO]

I deleted a file through my recycle bin, It was a video that we made, And I never saved it(I know I fucked Up) What programs that are free can recover it, or how?? It was a mpeg file about 60 megabytes Thanks For your Help!

[geekdiggy]

is it even possible to recover lost material? if it got deleted, where would it go that would make it retrievable?

[yg60m]

Hum, there is a thread where Jabba asked the same because he deleted an F1 review, search on the site. But most important, don't save anything else or it could overwrite the "deleted" datas (which are in fact always on the HDD until something else will take its place).

[cho_888]

yeah i know of one called notrons that does it, however, you need to pay but it does work if nothing has over writed it. so my adivce is dontsave anything to disk if tis that important

[toprpm]

this is a good software that do recover it, unless something save on it place ...

it's demo but it should work ..

http://www.quetek.com/download.htm

[aliendude012]

ill concur and say dont save anything else until you find what you're looking for, but we ran a data recovery on an old PC at work, running WinNT and found install files from Win3.11. So thats not necessarily the case. you'll be real suprised at what kinds of data you can find with the right recovery tool.

[nejcdolinsek]

I use Tune-Up Utility

http://www.tune-up.com/

It has lots of features, one of which enables you to recover deleted data

[graywolf624]

As said a above there are utilities. When windows deletes it just removes the pointer to that place in memory, the data still exists there. All these programs do is find that pointer before its over written.

If you over write it though theres only one way to retrieve it and thats classified. Apparently the nsa and such can retrieve deleted information that is rewritten up to some number of times. I know thats not helpful to you, but I figured some people would find that interesting.

[yg60m]

Yeah !! call the NSA

[nthfinity]

the NSA insisted a program called 'Lost and found' be taken off the market due to its ability to even retrieve data off re-formatted disks... etc. if you can find it, i believe its the best out there

[graywolf624]

the NSA insisted a program called 'Lost and found' be taken off the market due to its ability to even retrieve data off re-formatted disks...

I dont think it ever made it to market. They blocked it before release

[nthfinity]

I dont think it ever made it to market. They blocked it before release

i have it !!!!! it is back home on floppy... still in its box

[graywolf624]

have it !!!!! it is back home on floppy... still in its box

Wow.. feel free to slip it my way.. Being a Info security person I would love to study it.

[nthfinity]

ill see what i can do, however, i think the next time im home will be around the same time as the interview (its about 45 minutes from home)

in all reality, i shouldn't have it... and you were right that almost immediately it was removed off the market... a few shipments made it through, and undiscovered by the govt. i found it a few months later at Hamvention in Dayton, OH for 10$

[graywolf624]

I appreciate it.