OT: help with XP

[cristhiam]

Hey guys, how do you restore deleted items on a network? I was using my laptop and accidentally deleted some files from my other computer, I don't see them on the trash where do they go?

 

[givemeajob]

Unfortunately, unless you have some sort of third party product installed, they go bye-bye.

It may be possible to restore them on the remote storage device, whether another computer or external drive or what not by using a product made to undelete files. It is tricky but the longer you wait, the less of a chance you will have in getting the file back as the location of the storage device will get used again and whatever was there before will be gone.

TJ

 

[cristhiam]

Is there like a network recicle bin? I have norton but it's not installed, if I remember correctly norton gives you a warning when istalling that you can't recover files from before, just after intallation, it's been a while.

 

[markandkristen]

you can use the search feature maybe something will show up

 

[cristhiam]

I'm running a search now including hidden. Wife is not happy

 

[chrisstie]

Unless you have an undelete utility like norton or something maybe... deleting across a network i think is like using shift-delete to permanently delete things

Good luck with your recovery
(and we wont tell her about the porn you were trying to hide JK!)

 

[mrcrab]

Not a computer geek, but couldn't you use the restore feature in XP?

 

[cristhiam]

The restore feature works if something you installed messed up your computer so you could use it to go back to a previous stage, my problem is I deleted some pictures (no porn)

 

[cristhiam]

Got it! I downloaded this "Restore utility" from downloads.com. And I was able to recover all the files !!
Thank you for all the ideas.