Help: NTFS Undelete Utility?
Mike Brannigan MCSE
Livingstone Song wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> Is there a file recovery utility for NTFS partioned drive?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Livingstone
No, there is no undelete for NTFS. There may be some messy shareware
about but the NTFS structure effictivly makes it very hard to build any
sensible undelet functionality.
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dave porter
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ls...@qualcomm.com (Livingstone Song) wrote:
> Is there a file recovery utility for NTFS partioned drive?
No.
Bill Bosacker
ls...@qualcomm.com (Livingstone Song) wrote:
>Is there a file recovery utility for NTFS partioned drive?
Yes there is. I am aware of two different programs, but I only remember
that some one at Info World wrote one of them. I haven't used it, but
it was made available through their WWW server. The other one was much
more elaborate from what I remember, but I don't remember who wrote it.
Later daazzzzz.......
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Bill VanAlstyne
Mike Brannigan MCSE <Mi...@shinobi.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>No, there is no undelete for NTFS. There may be some messy shareware
>about but the NTFS structure effictivly makes it very hard to build any
>sensible undelet functionality.
Actually, there is a commercial program that does this, but it is part
of another program. The program you have to get is DISKEEPER by
Executive Software (Glendale, CA, USA). DISKEEPER is a disk
defragmenter that runs in lowest-priority background as an NT service.
It works for both FAT and NTFS volumes. When you get it, you also get
UNDELETE, which works only on uncompressed NTFS files (*not* FAT or
HPFS), and only in the presence of DISKEEPER.
Since I am still running 100% FAT, I didn't bother to install
UNDELETE, so I can't vouch for how well it works. However, the
documentation (though brief) indicates an understanding of how NTFS
works, and DISKEEPER is an outstanding NT utility (IMO), so I'd say
the chances are pretty good.
BTW, I'd really recommend DISKEEPER in any case. Keeps your HDD very
clean and unfragmented, and once you set it up as a service and set
its schedule (mine runs 24 hours a day), you never have to think about
it again. It just works. Cool software.
Bill VanAlstyne
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