Liger Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 (edited) Original Tutorial : http://forum.fluxiontech.com/index.php?showtopic=392 Hi fellow readers,I recently lost a file from my computer due to my habit of shift + deleting files which was really important. This is when I tried anything and everything to get it back. (Sadly I didn't) Now to prevent this from happening to you here is a quick guide on how you can un-delete these files. For the people who dont know the Shift + Del function, it is a fast way of deleting a file permanently from your pc without using the recycle bin. The only thing different is that its very hard to recover a shift deleted file (until now) I have tried an endless list of programs that "claim" that they can un delete shift deleted files but most og them just plain LIE! After searching the web far and wide I came to the tool that is the only thing that I found did what it said! Symantec's Norton GoBack 4.0 is this program. Now right about now you are probably whoaing and cursing Norton and its products but trst me this one is different. With a low memory footprint of about 6 - 7 MB Norton GoBack provides an exellent way to get that accidentally deleted files! When you have GoBack running restoring any file is as easy as pie! What you should look for when in the program is the "Advanced Disk Drive Restore" Function : Once you click on this you will see a log of the deletions/modifications that have been going on in your system. All you have to do is look for the file you want to restore in this list, right click and select Restore Drives C: D: to this event. (Drive names may vary.) Once you do that you will see this dialog box : Select the Previous option and then click OK when you see this dialog box : Once you do this, Norton GoBack will restart you system and when it is done restarting you wil lfind that same file you Shift + Del in the location you had deleted it from! I have really spent a lot of time looking at utilities that do such a thing and Norton GoBack is about the only one that worked. Note: You can only recover the files that you delete when GOBack is running, any file deleted when it is not running/installed cannot be recovered. Hope this helped. :) + Liger. GoBack's Url : http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/pr...recovery/ngb40/ Edited January 19, 2006 by Liger Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/422787-undeleting-shift-del-files/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartyjohnson Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Or, just use the recycle bin. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/422787-undeleting-shift-del-files/#findComment-587087282 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liger Posted January 19, 2006 Author Share Posted January 19, 2006 Or, just use the recycle bin. Huh? Do you have any clue what you are talking about? :rolleyes: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/422787-undeleting-shift-del-files/#findComment-587087286 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamwilmott Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Or, just use the recycle bin. For the people who dont know the Shift + Del function, it is a fast way of deleting a file permanently from your pc without using the recycle bin. The only thing different is that its very hard to recover a shift deleted file (until now) Sorry - the recycle bin wouldn't help. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/422787-undeleting-shift-del-files/#findComment-587087290 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartyjohnson Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Why shift+delete everything? Just use delete and then remove from recycle bin when you know you don't need it. I have many years in windows, so of course I know what I am talking about. Save some money and buy a game instead of this pos. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/422787-undeleting-shift-del-files/#findComment-587087293 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 "Note: You can only recover the files that you delete when GOBack is running, any file deleted when it is not running/installed cannot be recovered." if that was the first line of the post i could have saved a minute. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/422787-undeleting-shift-del-files/#findComment-587087502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
amrinders87 Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 "Note: You can only recover the files that you delete when GOBack is running, any file deleted when it is not running/installed cannot be recovered." if that was the first line of the post i could have saved a minute. :yes: No way I am installing Symantec products. :angry: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/422787-undeleting-shift-del-files/#findComment-587087509 Share on other sites More sharing options...
travl0r Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Try PC Inspector File Recovery Link Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/422787-undeleting-shift-del-files/#findComment-587087545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
travl0r Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 PC Inspector File Recovery can recover files even from formated partitions Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/422787-undeleting-shift-del-files/#findComment-587087583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macro Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Another program called File Recovery Angel, I have used before and worked well Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/422787-undeleting-shift-del-files/#findComment-587087596 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borbus Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 That's no good, something that can recover files that were deleted when nothing was running would have been worth a post. Thats just an advert for symantec goback. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/422787-undeleting-shift-del-files/#findComment-587087606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigCheese Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 The Undelete tool in TuneUp Utilities works well. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/422787-undeleting-shift-del-files/#findComment-587087611 Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonhead Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Try PC Inspector File Recovery Link :yes: :yes: :yes: Works and its free! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/422787-undeleting-shift-del-files/#findComment-587087630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Or, just use the recycle bin. There ya go: Dumbass Comment of the 2006. Did you even read the topic title? :rolleyes: Great tip. Might check it out myself. PC Inspector File Recovery prettuy such sucks and doesnt work. Tried it on 3 machines and nada. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/422787-undeleting-shift-del-files/#findComment-587087668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
travl0r Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 PC Inspector File Recovery works for me for years You have just to follow some basic rules to increase your chances of recovering files Read the prog docs carefuly I recovered files from formated disks many times IMHO you just didn't used it well Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/422787-undeleting-shift-del-files/#findComment-587087700 Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonhead Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 I use the Pc inspector smart recovery for recovering deleted pictures on my compact flash card. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/422787-undeleting-shift-del-files/#findComment-587087725 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spydoor Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 There ya go: Dumbass Comment of the 2006. Did you even read the topic title? :rolleyes: Great tip. Might check it out myself. PC Inspector File Recovery prettuy such sucks and doesnt work. Tried it on 3 machines and nada. So instead of just not using shift+del you would prefer to pay for and constantly run a 3rd party app to accomplish the same thing as the recylce bin? No one's forcing you to press the shift key. How about nominate the cut and paste advert for post of the year? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/422787-undeleting-shift-del-files/#findComment-587087727 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahhell Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 I feel sorry for you...you have Norton Antivirus with Go Back installed. Terrible software. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/422787-undeleting-shift-del-files/#findComment-587087739 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopyaedoff Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 The only thing to do when you have permently deleated a file is cry about the fact it will never return. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/422787-undeleting-shift-del-files/#findComment-587088030 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvme Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 The only thing to do when you have permently deleated a file is cry about the fact it will never return. not true. there is software that can get the data back. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/422787-undeleting-shift-del-files/#findComment-587088047 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxideNOS Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 any tricks withoout third party software would be great. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/422787-undeleting-shift-del-files/#findComment-587088085 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liger Posted January 19, 2006 Author Share Posted January 19, 2006 Try PC Inspector File Recovery Link Does it work on Shift+Deleted files? I dont think so ;) I feel sorry for you...you have Norton Antivirus with Go Back installed. Terrible software. 1. All the norton trolls should shut up. 2. THIS SOFTWARE DOES NOT REQUIRE YOU TO INSTALL THEIR ANTIVIRUS. It would have helped if you read the entire post. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/422787-undeleting-shift-del-files/#findComment-587088202 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaekwad2 Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 Does it work on Shift+Deleted files? I dont think so ;) Think again, it works fine as long as they haven't been overwritten. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/422787-undeleting-shift-del-files/#findComment-587088581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liger Posted January 20, 2006 Author Share Posted January 20, 2006 Think again, it works fine as long as they haven't been overwritten. from what I see here, this program is only able to recover a seleted number of extentions. Not everything ;) My way works for any file. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/422787-undeleting-shift-del-files/#findComment-587088668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 heres something no one has mentioned yet: Make Backups of important files often! see that was easy. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/422787-undeleting-shift-del-files/#findComment-587088669 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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