Restore deleted recycle bin files

[Nick]

How can I restore a file I deleted/emptied from the
recycle bin? I'm using a tablet pc, ViewSonic.

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Nick,

Why'd you do that? Normally, a file deleted from the Recycyle bin is lost.
However, if the space it occupies has not yet been overwritten, this utility
can help:
http://hccweb1.bai.ne.jp/~hcj58401/

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Nick" > wrote in message
...
> How can I restore a file I deleted/emptied from the
> recycle bin? I'm using a tablet pc, ViewSonic.

[Nick]

Cause I'm stupid! Thanks for the lead.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Nick,
>
>Why'd you do that? Normally, a file deleted from the
Recycyle bin is lost.
>However, if the space it occupies has not yet been
overwritten, this utility
>can help:
>http://hccweb1.bai.ne.jp/~hcj58401/
>
>--
>Best of Luck,
>
>Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
>www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>
>"Nick" > wrote in message
...
>> How can I restore a file I deleted/emptied from the
>> recycle bin? I'm using a tablet pc, ViewSonic.
>
>
>.
>

[Ken Blake]

"Nick" > wrote in message
...

> How can I restore a file I deleted/emptied from the
> recycle bin?


"Deleting" a file doesn't actually delete it; it just marks the
space as available to be used. There are third-party programs
that can sometimes recover deleted files. The problem is that the
space used by the file is likely to become overwritten very
quickly, and this makes the file unrecoverable.

So your chances of successfully recovering this file is decent if
you try recovering it immediately after deleting it, and rapidly
go downhill from there. If you've been using the computer since
then (for example to write this question and read this answer),
your chances are probably very poor by now.

But if the file is important enough, it's worth a try anyway.
Stop using the computer in question immediately, if you haven't
done so already. Download an undelete program on a friend's
computer and bring it yours on a floppy to try.

If this fails, your only other recourse is to take the drive to a
professional file recovery company. This kind of service is
*very* expensive and may or may not work in your case.

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Ken Blake
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