Lost USB Storage Device
 

I keep a lot of my confidential bank details, bank balances, passwords,
customer account details, etc stored on a USB storage device. I prefer not
to keep them stored on my laptop for security reasons but ironically I have
lost my USB device and I fear I am going to have to make a good many calls
and letters to retrieve this information.



On my laptop I edited the excel file, that contains my data, only hours
before losing it. Does a pc keep a temporary copy of the file that I could
retrieve?



I would happily buy some un-delete software if the data can be retrieved. I
have made a point of not using the pc since knowing the USB device has been
lost so as not to possibly overwrite any temporary information.



Thank you

Lost USB Storage Device
 

Possibly the AutoRecover file IF you had that feature turned on and it
is still not over written, You would need to look in Excel to see where
its stored for your particular setup default is C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\

Tony wrote:
I keep a lot of my confidential bank details, bank balances, passwords,
customer account details, etc stored on a USB storage device. I prefer not
to keep them stored on my laptop for security reasons but ironically I have
lost my USB device and I fear I am going to have to make a good many calls
and letters to retrieve this information.



On my laptop I edited the excel file, that contains my data, only hours
before losing it. Does a pc keep a temporary copy of the file that I could
retrieve?



I would happily buy some un-delete software if the data can be retrieved. I
have made a point of not using the pc since knowing the USB device has been
lost so as not to possibly overwrite any temporary information.



Thank you

Lost USB Storage Device
 

While the data is important to recover and BobI has helped all there is
right now, if the USB drive is unencrypted, I would be contacting the
companies where any of these passwords, account information is used and
start changing that information also. You have given someone who finds this
drive valuable information to start stealing your identity. Hope it was
encrypted or at least password protected.


"Bob I" wrote in message
...
Possibly the AutoRecover file IF you had that feature turned on and it is
still not over written, You would need to look in Excel to see where its
stored for your particular setup default is C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\

Tony wrote:
I keep a lot of my confidential bank details, bank balances, passwords,
customer account details, etc stored on a USB storage device. I prefer
not to keep them stored on my laptop for security reasons but ironically
I have lost my USB device and I fear I am going to have to make a good
many calls and letters to retrieve this information.



On my laptop I edited the excel file, that contains my data, only hours
before losing it. Does a pc keep a temporary copy of the file that I
could retrieve?



I would happily buy some un-delete software if the data can be retrieved.
I have made a point of not using the pc since knowing the USB device has
been lost so as not to possibly overwrite any temporary information.



Thank you

Lost USB Storage Device
 

For more information on the Encryption File System (EFS) go to
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...y/cryptfs.mspx

Best Regards,

~Will

"LVTravel" wrote:

While the data is important to recover and BobI has helped all there is
right now, if the USB drive is unencrypted, I would be contacting the
companies where any of these passwords, account information is used and
start changing that information also. You have given someone who finds this
drive valuable information to start stealing your identity. Hope it was
encrypted or at least password protected.


"Bob I" wrote in message
...
Possibly the AutoRecover file IF you had that feature turned on and it is
still not over written, You would need to look in Excel to see where its
stored for your particular setup default is C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\

Tony wrote:
I keep a lot of my confidential bank details, bank balances, passwords,
customer account details, etc stored on a USB storage device. I prefer
not to keep them stored on my laptop for security reasons but ironically
I have lost my USB device and I fear I am going to have to make a good
many calls and letters to retrieve this information.



On my laptop I edited the excel file, that contains my data, only hours
before losing it. Does a pc keep a temporary copy of the file that I
could retrieve?



I would happily buy some un-delete software if the data can be retrieved.
I have made a point of not using the pc since knowing the USB device has
been lost so as not to possibly overwrite any temporary information.



Thank you

Lost USB Storage Device
 

Thanks for the advice.

One other reason for having the data on a small USB device was so that I
could on occasion go to meetings without my laptop and access data by
plugging it in to a pc at the meeting. Should I assume that the data could
be retrieved from that pc after I have left? Which would be a cause for
concern also.

"William Anderson" wrote in
message ...
For more information on the Encryption File System (EFS) go to
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...y/cryptfs.mspx

Best Regards,

~Will

"LVTravel" wrote:

While the data is important to recover and BobI has helped all there is
right now, if the USB drive is unencrypted, I would be contacting the
companies where any of these passwords, account information is used and
start changing that information also. You have given someone who finds
this
drive valuable information to start stealing your identity. Hope it was
encrypted or at least password protected.


"Bob I" wrote in message
...
Possibly the AutoRecover file IF you had that feature turned on and it
is
still not over written, You would need to look in Excel to see where
its
stored for your particular setup default is C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\

Tony wrote:
I keep a lot of my confidential bank details, bank balances,
passwords,
customer account details, etc stored on a USB storage device. I prefer
not to keep them stored on my laptop for security reasons but
ironically
I have lost my USB device and I fear I am going to have to make a good
many calls and letters to retrieve this information.



On my laptop I edited the excel file, that contains my data, only
hours
before losing it. Does a pc keep a temporary copy of the file that I
could retrieve?



I would happily buy some un-delete software if the data can be
retrieved.
I have made a point of not using the pc since knowing the USB device
has
been lost so as not to possibly overwrite any temporary information.



Thank you

Lost USB Storage Device
 

The data has to move to PC memory to be read, it may also be moved to
the page file, as I indicated earlier, the settings on the PC may result
in another copy residing on the drive. In any of those instances,
someone would need to make a determined attempt to recover the info from
the PC. That said, have you considered a PDA?

Tony wrote:

Thanks for the advice.

One other reason for having the data on a small USB device was so that I
could on occasion go to meetings without my laptop and access data by
plugging it in to a pc at the meeting. Should I assume that the data could
be retrieved from that pc after I have left? Which would be a cause for
concern also.

"William Anderson" wrote in
message ...

For more information on the Encryption File System (EFS) go to
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...y/cryptfs.mspx

Best Regards,

~Will

"LVTravel" wrote:


While the data is important to recover and BobI has helped all there is
right now, if the USB drive is unencrypted, I would be contacting the
companies where any of these passwords, account information is used and
start changing that information also. You have given someone who finds
this
drive valuable information to start stealing your identity. Hope it was
encrypted or at least password protected.


"Bob I" wrote in message
...

Possibly the AutoRecover file IF you had that feature turned on and it
is
still not over written, You would need to look in Excel to see where
its
stored for your particular setup default is C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\

Tony wrote:

I keep a lot of my confidential bank details, bank balances,
passwords,
customer account details, etc stored on a USB storage device. I prefer
not to keep them stored on my laptop for security reasons but
ironically
I have lost my USB device and I fear I am going to have to make a good
many calls and letters to retrieve this information.



On my laptop I edited the excel file, that contains my data, only
hours
before losing it. Does a pc keep a temporary copy of the file that I
could retrieve?



I would happily buy some un-delete software if the data can be
retrieved.
I have made a point of not using the pc since knowing the USB device
has
been lost so as not to possibly overwrite any temporary information.



Thank you

Lost USB Storage Device
 

Bob, he can't hold onto a "thumb drive" what makes you think he could hold
onto a PDA (LOL)?


"Bob I" wrote in message
...
The data has to move to PC memory to be read, it may also be moved to the
page file, as I indicated earlier, the settings on the PC may result in
another copy residing on the drive. In any of those instances, someone
would need to make a determined attempt to recover the info from the PC.
That said, have you considered a PDA?

Tony wrote:

Thanks for the advice.

One other reason for having the data on a small USB device was so that I
could on occasion go to meetings without my laptop and access data by
plugging it in to a pc at the meeting. Should I assume that the data
could be retrieved from that pc after I have left? Which would be a cause
for concern also.

"William Anderson" wrote in
message ...

For more information on the Encryption File System (EFS) go to
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...y/cryptfs.mspx

Best Regards,

~Will

"LVTravel" wrote:


While the data is important to recover and BobI has helped all there is
right now, if the USB drive is unencrypted, I would be contacting the
companies where any of these passwords, account information is used and
start changing that information also. You have given someone who finds
this
drive valuable information to start stealing your identity. Hope it was
encrypted or at least password protected.


"Bob I" wrote in message
.. .

Possibly the AutoRecover file IF you had that feature turned on and it
is
still not over written, You would need to look in Excel to see where
its
stored for your particular setup default is C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\

Tony wrote:

I keep a lot of my confidential bank details, bank balances,
passwords,
customer account details, etc stored on a USB storage device. I prefer
not to keep them stored on my laptop for security reasons but
ironically
I have lost my USB device and I fear I am going to have to make a good
many calls and letters to retrieve this information.



On my laptop I edited the excel file, that contains my data, only
hours
before losing it. Does a pc keep a temporary copy of the file that I
could retrieve?



I would happily buy some un-delete software if the data can be
retrieved.
I have made a point of not using the pc since knowing the USB device
has
been lost so as not to possibly overwrite any temporary information.



Thank you

Lost USB Storage Device
 

Actually, I use a program called Folder Lock (
http://www.newsoftwares.net/folderlock/ ) and it works pretty well on Flash
drives (Hide, scrambles or encrypts the files/folders/drives) and only takes
3 MB of the space to store the program on the thumb drive to transport it to
and use on all other computers. All my portable devices, USB hard drives,
thumb drives, etc. are protected this way.


"William Anderson" wrote in
message ...
For more information on the Encryption File System (EFS) go to
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...y/cryptfs.mspx

Best Regards,

~Will

"LVTravel" wrote:

While the data is important to recover and BobI has helped all there is
right now, if the USB drive is unencrypted, I would be contacting the
companies where any of these passwords, account information is used and
start changing that information also. You have given someone who finds
this
drive valuable information to start stealing your identity. Hope it was
encrypted or at least password protected.


"Bob I" wrote in message
...
Possibly the AutoRecover file IF you had that feature turned on and it
is
still not over written, You would need to look in Excel to see where
its
stored for your particular setup default is C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\

Tony wrote:
I keep a lot of my confidential bank details, bank balances,
passwords,
customer account details, etc stored on a USB storage device. I prefer
not to keep them stored on my laptop for security reasons but
ironically
I have lost my USB device and I fear I am going to have to make a good
many calls and letters to retrieve this information.



On my laptop I edited the excel file, that contains my data, only
hours
before losing it. Does a pc keep a temporary copy of the file that I
could retrieve?



I would happily buy some un-delete software if the data can be
retrieved.
I have made a point of not using the pc since knowing the USB device
has
been lost so as not to possibly overwrite any temporary information.



Thank you

Lost USB Storage Device
 

It's bigger, and you wouldn't leave it stuck in a USB port on someone
else's PC.

LVTravel wrote:

Bob, he can't hold onto a "thumb drive" what makes you think he could hold
onto a PDA (LOL)?


"Bob I" wrote in message
...

The data has to move to PC memory to be read, it may also be moved to the
page file, as I indicated earlier, the settings on the PC may result in
another copy residing on the drive. In any of those instances, someone
would need to make a determined attempt to recover the info from the PC.
That said, have you considered a PDA?

Tony wrote:


Thanks for the advice.

One other reason for having the data on a small USB device was so that I
could on occasion go to meetings without my laptop and access data by
plugging it in to a pc at the meeting. Should I assume that the data
could be retrieved from that pc after I have left? Which would be a cause
for concern also.

"William Anderson" wrote in
message ...


For more information on the Encryption File System (EFS) go to
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...y/cryptfs.mspx

Best Regards,

~Will

"LVTravel" wrote:



While the data is important to recover and BobI has helped all there is
right now, if the USB drive is unencrypted, I would be contacting the
companies where any of these passwords, account information is used and
start changing that information also. You have given someone who finds
this
drive valuable information to start stealing your identity. Hope it was
encrypted or at least password protected.


"Bob I" wrote in message
. ..


Possibly the AutoRecover file IF you had that feature turned on and it
is
still not over written, You would need to look in Excel to see where
its
stored for your particular setup default is C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\

Tony wrote:


I keep a lot of my confidential bank details, bank balances,
passwords,
customer account details, etc stored on a USB storage device. I prefer
not to keep them stored on my laptop for security reasons but
ironically
I have lost my USB device and I fear I am going to have to make a good
many calls and letters to retrieve this information.



On my laptop I edited the excel file, that contains my data, only
hours
before losing it. Does a pc keep a temporary copy of the file that I
could retrieve?



I would happily buy some un-delete software if the data can be
retrieved.
I have made a point of not using the pc since knowing the USB device
has
been lost so as not to possibly overwrite any temporary information.



Thank you

Lost USB Storage Device
 

We would hope anyway!

"Bob I" wrote in message
...
It's bigger, and you wouldn't leave it stuck in a USB port on someone
else's PC.

LVTravel wrote:

Bob, he can't hold onto a "thumb drive" what makes you think he could
hold onto a PDA (LOL)?


"Bob I" wrote in message
...

The data has to move to PC memory to be read, it may also be moved to the
page file, as I indicated earlier, the settings on the PC may result in
another copy residing on the drive. In any of those instances, someone
would need to make a determined attempt to recover the info from the PC.
That said, have you considered a PDA?

Tony wrote:


Thanks for the advice.

One other reason for having the data on a small USB device was so that I
could on occasion go to meetings without my laptop and access data by
plugging it in to a pc at the meeting. Should I assume that the data
could be retrieved from that pc after I have left? Which would be a
cause for concern also.

"William Anderson" wrote in
message ...


For more information on the Encryption File System (EFS) go to
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...y/cryptfs.mspx

Best Regards,

~Will

"LVTravel" wrote:



While the data is important to recover and BobI has helped all there
is
right now, if the USB drive is unencrypted, I would be contacting the
companies where any of these passwords, account information is used
and
start changing that information also. You have given someone who
finds this
drive valuable information to start stealing your identity. Hope it
was
encrypted or at least password protected.


"Bob I" wrote in message
.. .


Possibly the AutoRecover file IF you had that feature turned on and
it is
still not over written, You would need to look in Excel to see where
its
stored for your particular setup default is C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\

Tony wrote:


I keep a lot of my confidential bank details, bank balances,
passwords,
customer account details, etc stored on a USB storage device. I
prefer
not to keep them stored on my laptop for security reasons but
ironically
I have lost my USB device and I fear I am going to have to make a
good
many calls and letters to retrieve this information.



On my laptop I edited the excel file, that contains my data, only
hours
before losing it. Does a pc keep a temporary copy of the file that I
could retrieve?



I would happily buy some un-delete software if the data can be
retrieved.
I have made a point of not using the pc since knowing the USB device
has
been lost so as not to possibly overwrite any temporary information.



Thank you