John,

Once a folder is deleted it is almost impossible to recover the files
which were inside it.
The only tool which might work (to my knowledge) is one of the old DOS
based sector editors.  The old Central Point PCTOOLS program was the most
reliable (IMHO) and it even had a semi-automated method of rebuilding a
file from the directory chains.  The trick is/was finding the beginning
sector.

Norton had one also, but it was a fairly primitive piece of work.  It
could edit the sector contents, but not rebuild a chain.   Instead of
improving their product, they (Norton) bought out the competition (Central
Point) and killed the better product (PCTOOLS).   Oh well......

Jim Meagher
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----- Original Message -----
From: John Chin <>


> Hi:
>
> A friend of mine accidentally deleted many hours worth
> of multimedia files from his hard drive and wants to
> recover his work. The files were of his parent's wedding
> and he was working on them feverishly to finish in time
> for their 50th wedding anniversary this Saturday. Instead
> of backing up his files, the files were deleted.
>
> He was using the 16-bit WINFILE application in Windows 95
> so the deleted video software directory, the deleted data
> subdirectory, and the files are NOT in the recycle bin.
> He did not have Norton, or other disaster prevention software
> installed.
>
> So he needs an after-the-fact data recovery utility.
>
> The only product I can come up with is LOST and FOUND
> (cf: http://www.powerquest.com/product/laf/index.html),
> but I have no experience with this, nor any other current
> recovery software on the market.
>
> Can anyone share any working experience with LOST and FOUND,
> or can recommend any other recovery software for this task?
>
> The objective is to recover data files which were two deleted
> subdirectories deep on the D: drive. Once the damage was done,
> no other work, including recovery attempts, was attempted, so
> the files and directory structure are not overwritten.
>
> Your prompt replies and assistance is greatly appreciated.
> I would also appreciate a BCC: to me personally. Thanks, in
> advance.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Chin
>
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