Uneraser Computer Help!!!!

[sharkhark]

Any techie guys/gals on our forum that know of a good free (I assume shareware) program for unerasing.
I was having problems deleting files from my mp3 player, and with online advice succeeded.....in removing every music file on my computer.
28.8 gb worth!....sigh
I downloaded a supposedly free program that found it all (called diskinternals uneraser) but found out I have to buy a $60 us 'key' to unlock ability to complete the process.

Any advice?
(ps just got norton sytstemworks which includes 'go back' but I think it only works if you already had the program installed).

Thanks in advance if anyone can help? CHeers, Shark

[Weazl]

Hi,
What about a system restore to 2 days ago? Just restore your PC to an earlier date and there's no need for software however you will lose data or saves for whatever's been done during the time. Make sense? If not, PM me and I can help.

[sharkhark]

System restores don't bring back deleted files. They only bring back your system set up to where it was before, with your programs.

If it also brought back deleted files, you would end up with potentially thousands of emails etc that you are already deleted.

Appreciate the reply, but it won't help this situation.

[LobWedge]

I guess that you'll be making some backup discs if you get the files back...

Hey Colby!! Anything you can do to help out a fellow OGer? (I guess, technically he's a KGer...)

[Kilroy]

I Googled "Unerase utility" and there were 360,000 hits

There are some cheeper utilities here... http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/B...e-utility.html

You may be able to locate a free one to try, but I'll bet you get what you pay for. There are never any guarantees when trying to recover files that are gone from your recyle bin.

Hindsight is 20/20, but for the future...

What I do is have an extra hd that I do nightly backups of everything in MyDocuments. No hassle at all (unlike archiving to cd or dvd) and it has saved my bacon many times.

An 80 gig Maxtor HD can be had for just $69.95 Great insurance.
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pro...23&catid=10484

[AndrewMGA]

Here is a couple of good free utilities to undelete http://www.smartpctools.com/products/

The only downfall is that they must be installed first. If you have a second drive/partition install it there and you should be fine.

If you don't have any other place to instll it PM me your email and I'll send you the files so you can put them on a floppy and run it from there.

No guarentees that you'll get back all of the files but with that many MP3's you should get back most of them if you have not installed anything on your system.

Andy

[Colby]

The Diskinternals stuff is good. Most of the other products have to be pre-installed. Nothing in the recycle bin?

$60.00 may be good money spent. I don't know of any free/cheap products that will work, but of course, I've never had to look... Knock on wood.

[larry]

I used software called Search and Recover 3 to recover pictures on my digital camera. It is supposed to work on your computer as well. You can download a free trial version that you can only use 2 or 3 times then you have to decide to buy it or not.

[ondadl]

i have a program, just pm me or add danielwhitefield@rogers.com to messenger!

[g8r]

Can I ask how you managed to delete 28 gigs worth of songs and proceed to empty the trash as well?
I'm not trying to be facetious, just want to know what this online help told you to do, and what mp3 player you were using?

[Nat Williams]

I would assume that he did not need to empty the recycling bin. 28Gbs is too much for windows to hold in the recycling bin, if you delete something of that size you will often get a message saying "The following is too large for the recycling bin, do you want t odelete the items" (or soemthing like that) ... and that kind of message could lead you to believe that the mp3 player was making a confirmation about its contents, as opposed to windows itself.