I know I'm barking up an empty tree here, but last night I deleted my entire Development Folder from my hard drive and didnt notice until this afternoon. it had about 5 months of source code in there. Is there ANY possible way of recovering some of that data? I used to have LookSystems Recovery Suite but lost it years ago.
On 25 Jan, Matthew Price <sgchev...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> I know I'm barking up an empty tree here, but last night I deleted my > entire Development Folder from my hard drive and didnt notice until this > afternoon. it had about 5 months of source code in there. Is there ANY > possible way of recovering some of that data? I used to have LookSystems > Recovery Suite but lost it years ago. > A3000 ROS3 40MB RISC Dev. HD
If you know some unique text strings that might be contained within your data, you can use my Disc Commander application to search the surface of the disc for the physical data, then using the markers, mark the beginning and ending of what you think your files are, then save marked block to directly read data off the disc and save as a new file.
One thing to remember though is NOT to WRITE anything to the disc, as the data will still be intact, but is likely to be overwritten as soon as you save any future data. Thus any recovery would need to be saved on another disc or floppy.
thanks Paul, tried it didnt work. I wrote a few files before I got your post. Luckily programming is just a minor hobby now, maybe 3hrs a week now compared to about 30-40 in 94-98.
"Paul Vigay" <pvi...@interalpha.co.uk> wrote in message
> On 25 Jan, Matthew Price <sgchev...@btinternet.com> wrote: > > I know I'm barking up an empty tree here, but last night I deleted my > > entire Development Folder from my hard drive and didnt notice until this > > afternoon. it had about 5 months of source code in there. Is there ANY > > possible way of recovering some of that data? I used to have LookSystems > > Recovery Suite but lost it years ago.
> > A3000 ROS3 40MB RISC Dev. HD
> If you know some unique text strings that might be contained within your > data, you can use my Disc Commander application to search the surface of > the disc for the physical data, then using the markers, mark the beginning > and ending of what you think your files are, then save marked block to > directly read data off the disc and save as a new file.
> One thing to remember though is NOT to WRITE anything to the disc, as the > data will still be intact, but is likely to be overwritten as soon as you > save any future data. Thus any recovery would need to be saved on another > disc or floppy.
> I know I'm barking up an empty tree here, but last night I deleted my entire > Development Folder from my hard drive and didnt notice until this afternoon. > it had about 5 months of source code in there. Is there ANY possible way of > recovering some of that data? > I used to have LookSystems Recovery Suite but lost it years ago.
ouch!
as paul said, once you start writing files again, you're likely to overwrite any trace of your files on the disc.
anyway, you surely just install from your last backup ;-)
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