PLEASE HELP: How to recover deleted .txt file?

maro · Post by **maro** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 2:05 pm

Today I accidentally deleted a .txt file using SHIFT+DEL.
I already tried the following software to recover it:
- Recover4All Professional
- Recover My Files
- Seacrh and Recover
- File Recover
- VirtualLab Data Recovery.
NONE of these programs can find my deleted file

I can recover other files which was deleted long time ago, but why I can't recover a simple .TXT file deleted 30 mins. ago???
What else can I do to recover it???

Thanks in advance.

striker8000 · Post by **striker8000** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 2:07 pm

check the recycle bin (just a guess)

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 2:09 pm

striker8000 wrote:check the recycle bin (just a guess)

Used shift key, deletes it right away.

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 2:13 pm

BTW, it looks like you're SOL. Maybe when you installed all those data recovery apps, it overwrote the deleted file.

maro · Post by **maro** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 2:13 pm

striker8000 wrote:check the recycle bin (just a guess)

Thanks for quick reply.
SHIFT+DEL = permanently delete file (without moving it to the recycle bin).

Any more ideas???

striker8000 · Post by **striker8000** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 2:14 pm

Prey521 wrote:Used shift key, deletes it right away.

maro · Post by **maro** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 2:15 pm

Prey521 wrote:BTW, it looks like you're SOL. Maybe when you installed all those data recovery apps, it overwrote the deleted file.

BTW, what means SOL? :2cool:

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 2:16 pm

maro wrote:BTW, what means SOL? :2cool:

sh*t outta luck

maro · Post by **maro** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 2:23 pm

Prey521 wrote:sh*t outta luck

lol.

Come on people, help me please

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 2:25 pm

If the file is that important, you can take it to a data recovery specialist..........I hope you can bend over and grab your ankles though.

Blisster · Post by **Blisster** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 2:25 pm

like the man said, you're pretty much SOL

maro · Post by **maro** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 2:27 pm

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 2:30 pm

I know how you feel, I'd be pissed too if I deleted my Yahoo cybersex chat logs!

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 2:31 pm

Well first off, there ain't nothin' accidental about SHIFT+DEL. That's like saying you accidentally rebooted your computer using CTRL+ALT+DEL.

Secondly, what the hell is in this one text file to go ape**** over? Celebrity female cell numbers? The secret to cold fusion? The Wargames missile codes?

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 2:33 pm

Prey521 wrote:my Yahoo cybersex chat logs!

May I offer my e-mail address?

Blisster · Post by **Blisster** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 2:33 pm

how about a nice game of tic-tac-toe

maro · Post by **maro** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 2:40 pm

Burke wrote:Well first off, there ain't nothin' accidental about SHIFT+DEL. That's like saying you accidentally rebooted your computer using CTRL+ALT+DEL.

I just selected a wrong file in Explorer.

Burke wrote: Secondly, what the hell is in this one text file to go ape**** over? Celebrity female cell numbers? The secret to cold fusion? The Wargames missile codes?

Usernames and passwords.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 2:44 pm

maro wrote:Today I accidentally deleted a .txt file using SHIFT+DEL.
I already tried the following software to recover it:
- Recover4All Professional
- Recover My Files
- Seacrh and Recover
- File Recover
- VirtualLab Data Recovery.
NONE of these programs can find my deleted file
I can recover other files which was deleted long time ago, but why I can't recover a simple .TXT file deleted 30 mins. ago???
What else can I do to recover it???

Thanks in advance.

First off, the more progs that you try, the less your chance of recovery... ]http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:Cm ... file&hl=en[/url]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=How+to+recover+deleted+.txt+file&btnG=Google+Search

Good luck!

thepieman · Post by **thepieman** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 7:22 pm

Try using a program called File Scavenger...choose the Exhaustive search.
You can use the demo to recover up to 64k and also to see if its recoverable before you buy . Its works well

Pie

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 7:33 pm

MadDoctor wrote:May I offer my e-mail address?

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 7:47 pm

MadDoctor wrote:May I offer my e-mail address?

LOL, no thanks, if I wanted to screw another hairy creature, I'd a married a Dominican woman. //runs and hides//

lance-tek · Post by **lance-tek** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 9:32 pm

well a norton un-delete app has worked well for me in the past ... I have been able to get files back even after a format of the wrong HDD. Believe it or not it is up to you ...

But, I would guess that since you have been installing software, then you may have restarted at some point since you deleted the file?

If so then I am not certain of whether or not you will have much luck retrieving it.

I would however say that if you have not, and you have a lot of memory, and have not needed to flush the memory for anything ... you may very well be able to recover it. However, on XP I believe that it will empty the heap (.NET lingo) every so often no matter what ....

If no restart yet .... you still have a chance ... if restarted ... I am not sure what you can do ....
-lance

thepieman · Post by **thepieman** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 9:54 pm

lance-tek wrote:well a norton un-delete app has worked well for me in the past ... I have been able to get files back even after a format of the wrong HDD. Believe it or not it is up to you ...

But, I would guess that since you have been installing software, then you may have restarted at some point since you deleted the file?

If so then I am not certain of whether or not you will have much luck retrieving it.

I would however say that if you have not, and you have a lot of memory, and have not needed to flush the memory for anything ... you may very well be able to recover it. However, on XP I believe that it will empty the heap (.NET lingo) every so often no matter what ....

If no restart yet .... you still have a chance ... if restarted ... I am not sure what you can do ....
-lance

The software I recommended is great for retrieving data...even a wiped disk or a Messed up Raid. I just retrieved stuff from a customers drive that he had Formatted with XP and there was stuff on the drive from not only the last format but the last format before that from a previous owner. It can check Defunct drives for Raid or exhaustive and normal search for a regular volume. I did a recover on a Blown raid drive and got back 100% of the guys stuff..for 39.00 and the chance to demo it first to see if you can get back your data its worth it. Check it out if you ever get a chance and need a recovery tool.

Pie

thepieman · Post by **thepieman** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 9:55 pm

Prey521 wrote:LOL, no thanks, if I wanted to screw another hairy creature, I'd a married a Dominican woman. //runs and hides//

They have nice big butts tho..I force mine to shave

Pie

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 9:56 pm

thepieman wrote:They have nice big butts tho..I force mine to shave

Pie

Your wife is Dominican? Yeah, they do have big ghetto booties!!! YUMMY!

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 10:01 pm

I've used GetDataBack several times and it's always recovered my data.

But if that area of the drive has been overwritten, you're SOL.

maro · Post by **maro** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 11:13 am

Thanks for everyone's help!
I'll try the software you suggested...

thepieman · Post by **thepieman** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 11:59 am

Prey521 wrote:

Your wife is Dominican? Yeah, they do have big ghetto booties!!! YUMMY!

Im not mrried...I meant dominican chicks that I dated in the past.
Pie