Hard Drive Recovery

**clarencebev** · August 5th, 2004, 02:25 PM

My music was deleted when it was accidently put into the recycle bin and was deleted because of an overload.
Everything in the recycle went. Need your suggestions on what software to use to get it back out of the hard drive and into the library.

**Miniver** · August 5th, 2004, 03:26 PM

If it was all deleted to make room for new data, which I think is what you mean by overload, there is no way to recover it. Sorry.

**The Hunter** · August 5th, 2004, 03:30 PM

Any time data is overwritten it is gone,

**crackerjacker** · August 5th, 2004, 04:03 PM

You can use restoration to recover files from the recycle bin. I use this program all the time Its freeware.
go here http://www.geocities.jp/br_kato/index.html

Restore files which are deleted from the recycle bin by mistake. Conversely, delete confidential documents completely. You don´t have to install it, so it doesn´t leave any garbage on the PC. (You can also run it from a floppy disk.) NTFS is supported from version 2.2.12.

**muffenme** · August 5th, 2004, 04:12 PM

:fire

I know of two pay programs that would recover deleted files but it best not to cause a write to that drive until you undelete the data or it loss forever and you need to find them again from somewhere else. Norton Utilities or System Mechanices V4.

:hole

**notbob** · August 5th, 2004, 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by clarencebev

My music was deleted when it was accidently put into the recycle bin and was deleted because of an overload.
Everything in the recycle went. Need your suggestions on what software to use to get it back out of the hard drive and into the library.

so did you learn your lesson? for future reference...

back everything up to cd, and you won't have to worry about this sort of thing

**rebirth** · August 5th, 2004, 04:23 PM

thank you, CJ. I really needed a proggie like that. Thanks! you're fuckin' awesome. Stay random!

**Omyn** · August 5th, 2004, 06:30 PM

Personal favorite of mine.

Handy Recovery 1.0
http://www.handyrecovery.com/handyrecovery-fw.exe

It has saved by butt plenty of times.

**shawners** · August 5th, 2004, 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by notbob

so did you learn your lesson? for future reference...

back everything up to cd, and you won't have to worry about this sort of thing

unless you get bad cd-r which in later years will find its way to the coasters section of your collection.. oxidation?
You can recover things that didnt get over written yet. Final recovery, Or easy recovery professional. You need to download a full working version off a p2p. Otherwise these trial ones, will only recover so much. and then when it finds the data, you have to register it to save it.