DIGIT-ARC read-only archive · snapshot: July 23, 2026

How 2 Recover files

12 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/how-2-recover-files.19050/

PainKiller
PainKiller Original post #1
Nov 20, 2005 at 5:24 PM
hi all,

i accidentally deleted a user in windows xp using the administrator login. but now i reliased that this user had some very important data on his desktop. but becuase i deleted the user, all his data is gone....can any1 help me recover these files....? any help is appriciated

thanx
swatkat
swatkat #2
Nov 20, 2005 at 5:34 PM
Hi,
You can try tools such as PC Inspector File Recovery (freeware), R-Undelete to recover the files.
PainKiller
Nov 20, 2005 at 7:24 PM
thanx i tried O&O UnErase 2.0 and got all my files back...but let me tell u that for a rookie its not all that easy to use this software...neway thanx once again
PainKiller
Nov 29, 2005 at 10:46 PM
the recovered files does not seem to work........any image and doc files are working. none of the zips and rars seem to work........any ideas ????
Vishal Gupta
Nov 29, 2005 at 11:07 PM
There is no guarantee dude that all the files will be recovered successfully using ne such tool!

It depends upon many factors, like time period after deletion, etc.

So i think there is no such s/w, which allows u to recover all files every time :wink:
Choto Cheeta
Nov 29, 2005 at 11:18 PM
one other software that i personaly like... & have seen in real action... is

*www.stellarinfo.com/

but hay as Vishal says...

Vishal said:
There is no guarantee dude that all the files will be recovered successfully using ne such tool!
jay4u
jay4u #7
Nov 30, 2005 at 8:40 AM
Give a try to DRIVERESCUE... hope it works for you.....

And sorry BOSS data recovery is aforbidden fruit... the results are never garaunteed....
C
calvin #8
Nov 30, 2005 at 9:01 AM
i feel drive rescue is really effective. provided you haven't copied too many new files to the system after that file got deleted
V
Dec 1, 2005 at 12:36 AM
Try to search on GOOGLE !!!
I
icecoolz #10
Dec 1, 2005 at 12:15 PM
varungupta17 said:
Try to search on GOOGLE !!!

thats about as useful as a pen to a chicken! If you have nothing to say then I would suggest that you refrain from saying anything.

I personally have used "Get Data back" which supports both FAT and NTFS drives. It also supports SATA drives as well. I have used this to retrieve more than 100 GB of data. However in your case it might be difficult to retrieve workable data. Simply because since you deleted the account of a person, the relevant info is stored typically in C: and this drive is constantly being written to and written on top of. Hence the data might be unusable.
D
Dec 4, 2005 at 9:49 PM
agree with icecoolz getdataback is the best and to retrieve "c:" data is difficult, and getdataback is not free :mrgreen:
dIgItaL_BrAt
Dec 4, 2005 at 10:03 PM
u cud try PC inspector file recovery (it's free) although the integrity of the data is something that is doubtable.