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Hello there, my friend accidently erased important files that had ended up in the recycle bin. Is there a way to recover them, or are they erased for good? Thanks.

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by thechas

You can use 3rd party file recovery utilities such as Norton System Works, or V-Com Fix-It to recover most deleted files.

Caution: The less you do with the drive, the easier it will be to recover the files.

Chas

by ctmoore1998

There are several 3rd party recovery apps out there. Go to CNET.COM, register it should still be free then go to downloads and do a search for file recovery you'll find many apps to choose some will give you a 30 day free trial so if this is not a regular occurance you might want to just try one of those and if you like it then go ahead and purchase or not....

by dklippert

If they are in the Recycle bin, double click the Recycle bin icon, select the file and choose Restore on the File menu.

by dklippert

Sorry, rereading your question, I see taht th bin was emptied. Try one of the previous answers. There is a chance (not 100%) that you can get them back.
Good luck!

by wlbowers

Once you trash a file and empty the trash the file is still on the drive, the area has been reset as avaible to the system.

Here is the tricky part. The more you use the computer the more of a chance the computer will use that reallocated space,and at that time overwriting the file.

There are a lot of good unerase programs that will recover the files as long as the space hasn't been reused. At that point your only option is a recovery service that will be costly and no guarantee.

Good Luck

Lee

by duanem5

Yes just double left click the mouse on recyle bin and then left click once on retore all.

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