Recover deleted files on NT server

The best way is from a backup.

If the backup is corrupted or unavailable. then download one of the file recovery programs from www.download.com and install the program to a floppy or another computer.

Take the program on a floppy to the server with the lost file and see if you can recover it that way. Sometimes this works, sometimes not -- it really depends on whether other information has been written to the hdd and if that other information has overwritten any part of the original file, it will not recover properly.

Good luck.

If you don't have a backup (which I hope you do!), you may be able to recover them using Executive Software's Undelete program. You should purchase Undelete, anyway, because it solves this problem in the long run by creating a Network Recovery bin,which saves all files deleted on any drive on the server, whether deleted from a client workstation or directly on the server. Undelete comes with a utility (which is also a free download from their website) that will try to recover files directly from the hard drive without having Undelete already loaded. This is called "emergency recovery" or something like that. However, if you've had a lot of read/write activity on your hard drive in the interim, you may be out of luck - it's worth a try, though. Go to their web site - www.executivesoftware.com - and you should be able to download the free utility. Hope this helps!

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