Once you have emptied your recycle bin.... is their anyway of getting the stuff back??

Im a completel dick, and deleted over 1000 songs.....

 

I dont think you can?

although have you tried restoring the pc to an earlier point?

 

Maria, Once deleted from Recycle bin the space has been marked as free space.
Not there in viewable format, but never fully deleted (Unless of course you write over it with some thing else)

Try http://www.runtime.org/data-recovery-downloads.htm (Only a demo so not sure if it will recover or just find. I will check)

 

No i could give that a go i guess!

Let me rephrase what ive done.... i had a 'music' file on my desktop... i then copied all of my music file into my itunes.... i tehn deleted my music file... emptied the recycle bin...

now when i got to listen to a shong in the itunes it say:

''The song.......could not be used because the original file could not be found... Would you like to locate it?''

so i click yes.... and of course... it isnt there because ive deleted it!

 

Doh! I dont think a system restore would work as that should not affect files, only programs and settings. You could try a data recovery program, or a computer specialist should have no problem getting them back for you.

 

Lee - on that link you posted, which one do i download? the NTFS or the FAT?

 

you can get free online recovery programes,what they do is list everything that has been deleted and you pick them out to put back in to your docs/desktop.

Although i cant remember the one i used and dont still have it,there maybe a risk of the file being corupt aswell,but still worth a try.

infact ive just found a program now i'll try it and if it works ill post back here.

 

It depends on the settings in your recycle bin. If it set for secure file deletion (NSA or higher ) then you cannot recover the files. Anything lower then there are many software progs available to restore.

 

How do i find out?

 

If you are running XP or Vista and have never altered the standard settings then the default is a simple one overwrite which is recoverable.

 

nope it was a crap copy i had lol

sorry

 

sabres - i run vista, and i dont think ive ever altered anything!

Steve - thanks anyway!

 

http://www.undelete-plus.com/

Free, (limited time)
Easy to use.

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Thank you! ill give it a go!

 

Well, i did it, and it says i have over 8000 recoverable files, but only 153 mp3 files!

Where on earth have the rest gone then?

 

So it cant find your 1000 mp3's which you have just deleted today, yet it found nearly 8000 other files which were deleted ages ago(or certainly before the mp3's hmmmm

 

Ria, System Restore should bring them back. I've noticed loads of times I done a restore and found files on my desktop that I had binned before the restore....

 

how do i do a system restore then?

 

Its saying i have no backups available on this computer! So doesnt look like i can do one!

 

Is it possible that the rest of the music files are in that 8000 but not as mp3 files?

 

Thrush i did a restore.... didnt do anything! Well.. nothing related to the music anyway!

Rs1- i guess so, but how the hell do i figure it out as they are just all funny numbers and squiggles!!

 

I once had a problem with my PC and was told to do a system restore. Being the moron that I am I used the restore disc. Need I say anymore.

 

Well, now i have done the restore to last week, i did the scan again.... it still says i have over 8000 recoverable files, only 10 mp3's

 

Are you sure they are all in mp3 format, and not wma or similar?

 

I thought they were all mp3's!

i dont know?!

But i have nearly launched my laptop out of the window several times this afternoon!!

 

I've just deliberately deleted some mp3 and then emptied the bin and used the Undelete prog and it found them all, only tried 15 tho'.

Is your drive split c, d, e, etc or just c ?
If split did you search all drives?

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Let me know when and I'll hang about and catch it. I need a new one.

Benni.

 

focus... no im pretty sure it is just the c drive! hmmmmm i sooooooooooooo wish i knew more about computers!

 

When you are in Undelete, click on "My computer"
If you only have "C" that's all that shows.
If any more show you need to tick each drive before scanning although the bin is usually in "C".
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it shows C and D

ill give that a go now!

 

Try right clicking on the folder they were in and going to properties, go to the previous versions tab and see if you can go to an earlier date.

 

Dan - the thing is... i deleted the folder!

ok... so i did the scan again on C and D drive... and it now says i have 9956 recoverable files... but again only 10 of them are mp3's!

 

Was the folder on your desktop? If you browse to your desktop folder through my computer and then right click on it you should be able to restore that desktop folder to an earlier version.

Try going to c:\users\*username* then right click on the desktop folder and go to the previous versions tab.

 

Nope tried that... it doesnt give me a previous options tab!

 

does the properties for the folder not look like this?

http://www.microsoft.com/library/med...ingAShadow.jpg

 

Noo, it looks like this:

 

Handbrake turn......................................

Your mp3's were a file on the desktop?

That was a short cut to a folder somewhere.
You've probably lost the short cut not the files, that's why they aren't showing on Undelete.

The short cut won't show in Un delete, the files could still be around.

Go to;
"START"
"Search"
"Search for music"

put in *mp3 (doesn't have to be in red!) then press "SEARCH"

If all the music shows, it's still there.

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Mwhahahahaham you DIV

 

Hang about, so the music is copied succesfully in to itunes yes? If this is the case then the files should still be on the PC, itunes will move it in to it's own folder no?

Try looking in my Documents, my music and there should be an itunes folder? Or just do a search for folders named itunes... There should be a folder that holds all you music, if so then when itunes says it cant locate the folder just point it in that direction.... You will of course have to do this for all the music you deleted but it's better than nothing!

Hope that works...