$50 if you can help me retrieve a deleted file!

[Tuco]

Computer is at radio station. Interview was recorded in audio editing software that I dont know the name of. I can find out if its important.

Producer saved the file to a folder. He then edited it and thought he saved it to a new folder and deleted the original.

I was told that there is a way to save it. Help!!!!!!!!!!

Tuco.

[BiPolar_Nut]

A lot depends on the storage environment (network drive = no recycle bin) and disk activity (was it saved on a busy fileserver? Ten more time that passes the lower the chances of recovery).

First, check the obvious (not in local recycle bin and a thorough search for anywhere the producer might have saved the new file: search all drives (including network shares) for files w/ that sudio program's extension created today).

If no luck there, you will need to try some data recovery software, which may or may not work. A buddy of mine had had varying degrees of success with data recovery software...sometimes where one program fails, another works. Unfortunately, I have no specific software recommendations for you. Google NTFS Undelete Utility and see what turns up. I believe a few have trial versions that will only recover like up to 1 MB or something, but could tell you how much of it the reg'd version could recover...if it's enough, then reg it.

GL!

[agt]

Here are some freeware date recovery utils

ADRC Data Recovery Software Tools - http://www.adrc.net/data_recovery_software/index.html
Avira UnErase Personal - http://www.free-av.com/antivirclassi...a_unerase.html
FreeUndelete - http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/
PC Inspector File Recovery - http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm
VAIOSoft Recovery Manager - http://www.vaiosoft.com/products/recoverymanager.html

Credit to Neowin (http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=522081)

[BiPolar_Nut]

Mad props to your searching skills (or for taking the time to do it), agt! Good info [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[erbbysam]

Not free but well worth the $... mostly meant for full disk recovery and maintenance(works extremly well) but I'm pretty sure that it can do file stuff and such.
Spinrite - http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm

usually once a file is deleted it isn't totally dissapeared, it's just removed from the listing of files so it should be recoverable.

[hukilai]

Well, the idea is that if space occupied by your file has not been overwritten yet, you have quite a good chance to recover it. Otherwise, it less likely, but is possible in some cases, at least partially.