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Hello! Could you tell me if the files that I have deleted from my hard drive using simple delete command, are recoverable from a restored backup or a hard drive copy. For example if I delete a file, but copy the HDD to a new HDD and I try to recover the deleted file with special file recovery tools (Data Recovery or such) would that work? Best regards, Eve-Liin Salumäe |
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As I understand this trying to recover deleted files off the original HD will work with "special"(expensive) software. But not off the copy.............. The files are never really "erased" off the HD but at the same time they are not copied over to a new HD. peter -- "Those are my principles. If you don't like them I have others." "Eve-Liin" <Eve-Liin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:86FCEF1A-9E84-4997-96D7-11AD9B171152@microsoft.com... > Hello! > > Could you tell me if the files that I have deleted from my hard drive > using > simple delete command, are recoverable from a restored backup or a hard > drive > copy. > For example if I delete a file, but copy the HDD to a new HDD and I try to > recover the deleted file with special file recovery tools (Data Recovery > or > such) would that work? > > Best regards, > Eve-Liin Salumäe |
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On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:03:02 -0700, Eve-Liin <Eve-Liin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >Hello! > >Could you tell me if the files that I have deleted from my hard drive using >simple delete command, are recoverable from a restored backup or a hard drive >copy. >For example if I delete a file, but copy the HDD to a new HDD and I try to >recover the deleted file with special file recovery tools (Data Recovery or >such) would that work? > >Best regards, >Eve-Liin Salumäe The short answer is no. HDD copy/backup programs see deleted files as open space, which doesn't get copied. |
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The other replies are correct. On the HDD when a file is "deleted" what actually happens is that the space that the file occupies is simply freed up to be written over. So the file will be there until such times as you defrag or the space gets used by another file or app. As it no longer exists in the Master File table then it won't be seen as availabe to transfer. I'm afraid you are out of luck. TTFN. -- There are three types of people in computing, those that can count and those that can't. |
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Thank you for the replies! Now I know :-) /Eve-Liin "Eve-Liin" wrote: > Hello! > > Could you tell me if the files that I have deleted from my hard drive using > simple delete command, are recoverable from a restored backup or a hard drive > copy. > For example if I delete a file, but copy the HDD to a new HDD and I try to > recover the deleted file with special file recovery tools (Data Recovery or > such) would that work? > > Best regards, > Eve-Liin Salumäe |
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