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Deleted files on NT server

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by menbere.haile

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We have WAN all NT servers as PDC as well as BDC. When user logged in to a domain their login script map network drive such as F: as user home directory.

When users delete file from their F: drive or any other network drive we could not find it on user workstation or on the server recycle bin. Where does it go?

When we had Novell we used SALVAGE and restore the file or directory without a problem. Could you please solve this mystery for us with out restoring from the backup tape?

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by mike o

Sorry, but I believe any time you delete a file across the network, whether on the server or from another client on the network, it is simply deleted and gone.

by lee.holden

With NT 4.0, there is no Wastebasket into which deleted files are temporarily placed when they are deleted over a share. Locally delete files will use the Wastebasket unless you shift-delete or have disabled the wastebasket. The only recourse short of tape restore is to quickly acquire a third-party software package such as UnDelete. This will work ONLY if the hard disk blocks which originally contained the file(s) in question have not already been overwritten. Good luck.

by calle lindström

When Yuo delete file, which is in the mapped
drive (in server), the file is gone for ever.
Thats how NT behaves. In local machine,
when You delete a file, its not deleted,
You don't see any entry to the file, but its there, and the copy of it is in the recycle bin so You can restore it if You want.
What You need is a third party software,
try www.ontrac.com or something else.

by teddyrux

Unfortunately, a file deleted across a network connection with NT cannot be recovered with the recycle bin. Go to www.sysinternals.com and download "fundelete". This should take care of your problem.
Good luck
Robert

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