Members twistofcain Posted November 8, 2008 Members Share Posted November 8, 2008 last june i had a bit of a fight with my computer after installing itunes and well... i deleted my entire user account on my computer, including the files on it. is there any program i can use to recover these files? theres a certain song i wanna listen to and i can't find it anywhere... but i had it before my big episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dewysoss Posted November 8, 2008 Members Share Posted November 8, 2008 How in the {censored} did you manage that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the_bleeding Posted November 8, 2008 Members Share Posted November 8, 2008 if you've written any files or defragmented since then, chances are its gone. However, if its there... theres a way to get it, but i havent found anybody who will tell me how yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members twistofcain Posted November 8, 2008 Author Members Share Posted November 8, 2008 by deleting the user? it's not hard and when you delete it, it asks if youd like to delete the files too i clicked yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dewysoss Posted November 8, 2008 Members Share Posted November 8, 2008 by deleting the user? it's not hard and when you delete it, it asks if youd like to delete the files too i clicked yes this is what was made for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seagullplayer77 Posted November 8, 2008 Members Share Posted November 8, 2008 There's a program called PhotoRec that does a pretty decent job of recovering files, although I believe you need an operating system to run it. PhotoRec's free, but it's also pretty simple and I don't think it recovers file names. There's another program--the name of which eludes me right now--that does the same thing, only it's not freeware, and it does a better job of recovering files. Here's what I would do:1) Download an .ISO of Knoppix Linux and run it off the live CD--you should be able to access whatever's left of your files if you try that.2) Post your question on a computer forum--it's highly likely you'll get better help there than you will here. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slideroni Posted November 8, 2008 Members Share Posted November 8, 2008 I accidentally deleted a bunch graphics I did... paid a guy 160 dollars to recover them. He went through and got EVERY thing on my drive and put it on 8 DVDs. Embarrassingly, he of course saw all my pron. He kinda looked at me differently when I came to pick it up.:arg: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Say Ocean Posted November 8, 2008 Members Share Posted November 8, 2008 I accidentally deleted a bunch graphics I did... paid a guy 160 dollars to recover them. He went through and got EVERY thing on my drive and put it on 8 DVDs. Embarrassingly, he of course saw all my pron. He kinda looked at me differently when I came to pick it up. :arg: LLLOOOLLL Oh well, you'll never see him again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OverDriven Posted November 8, 2008 Members Share Posted November 8, 2008 So you want to snoop on your GF, eh? No need for the story here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members trey85stang Posted November 8, 2008 Members Share Posted November 8, 2008 after 4 months of using the hard drive... you're probably sol unless you pay big money (a data recovery company generally starts at $5k and there are no garuntees). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mesa4x12er2 Posted November 8, 2008 Members Share Posted November 8, 2008 lol at the people that pay for a data recovery. If it's overwritten it's gone. The end. The only companies that charge 1k+ for a recovery are with drives that are physically {censored}ed. You need to download some software. That's how other places will do it. There are a bunch out there. One I like a lot is called Final Data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members trey85stang Posted November 8, 2008 Members Share Posted November 8, 2008 lol at the people that pay for a data recovery. If it's overwritten it's gone. The end. Thats not entirely true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mesa4x12er2 Posted November 8, 2008 Members Share Posted November 8, 2008 Thats not entirely true. lol ok well if he has any hope recovering his song he better not have done it. The means to recover something any further he won't get access to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rockitsauce Posted November 8, 2008 Members Share Posted November 8, 2008 I had a word doc that I editted and saved and wish I hadnt. Is there an easy way get the old version? This was probably a month or so ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members isvoid Posted November 8, 2008 Members Share Posted November 8, 2008 Send it to the feds with a note "I think my friend put child pron on it, wat should I do?". They'll recover every single file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EvilMeow Posted November 8, 2008 Members Share Posted November 8, 2008 GetDataBack for NTFS let me get stuff that I lost 2 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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