Need to recover 2 deleted files

**brelok** · November 24th, 2005, 08:01 PM

Hello.
I deleted 2 files from my disk, on MyDocuments, that i really need.
Can someone tell me how i can recover them?
Is there any free program and easy to use i can get for that ?
Can you pls help me?
Thank you very much.

**doddsy** · November 24th, 2005, 08:05 PM

have you looked in the recycle bin. it should be on your desktop.

**brelok** · November 24th, 2005, 08:08 PM

Really erased...
I made shift+delete

**mr.jiggyfly** · November 24th, 2005, 08:10 PM

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fil...d,23108,00.asp

**RamonGTP** · November 24th, 2005, 08:18 PM

I use a program called "Get Data Back" You can download it and do a scan for free, but if you want to recover anything it finds you need to register it.

**nunyadam** · November 24th, 2005, 08:23 PM

http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/uk/welcome.htm

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**brelok** · November 24th, 2005, 09:59 PM

I thank you for all your quick answers. In about 6 hours i will be at my pc again and i will try to recover the 2files, i will post telling you the results.

They are 2 very small files, maybe 5kb each. I don´t have another disk and i may have to use the same drive to recover them. In that case wich of the programs you told me should i use ?

**elroy** · November 24th, 2005, 10:11 PM

If they are only 5k you can recover them to a floppy or your hard drive if necessary. However depending on how much you have used the pc since deleting the files they may have been overwritten by Windows or some other program. Once overwritten they are gone.
The ideal situation is to shut down the pc immediately upon discovering your error and removing the drive. Then slave the drive in a 2nd pc. This prevents the data from being overwritten. Then try to recover the files and write them to the C drive of the 2nd pc. Good Luck.

**brelok** · November 25th, 2005, 05:07 AM

Great, i recoveres the 2 files ! But when i try to open them i get the error:
(they are *.xml)

"
The XML page cannot be displayed
Cannot view XML input using style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

An invalid character was found in text content. Error processing resource 'file:///C:/Documents and Settings/Hugo/My Docume...

INDX(
"

Can someone help me with this please ??

**RamonGTP** · November 25th, 2005, 05:46 AM

Its not uncommon for recovered files to become currupted. Especially if it wasn't recovered immediatly.

**boltyboyno1** · November 25th, 2005, 06:24 AM

Doesnt windows recovery un-delete files as long as the recovery backups are still there?

**swinggho** · December 1st, 2005, 01:44 AM

I had a similar problem, and I found a useful program called Easeus DataRecoveryWizard on GOOGLE. It recovered my deleted files, and all of the files are original.