-=PCTechTalk=- Re: AAAhhhhh I don't believe it!!!
- From: "Bashful Bob" <Bashfulbob@xxxxxxx>
- To: "PCTT" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 19:47:15 -0500
If you have not defragged there may be a chance to recover the lost data.
(If the tech didn't do that either). In other words if the HD was not
rewritten to after the deletions and/or new stuff down loaded on the HD.
When things are stored on the HD they are not necessarily stored on the HD
in one contiguous location. They may be store in several locations on the
hard drive. Therefore, the last few bytes in the first location where the
next location of data is stored and so on and so on. Also, when something is
store, the beginning (first) location of the stored data is store in a table
on the HD. When something is deleted the information in the table that tells
where the first location for that data is located is what is deleted. The
actual data remains on the HD till something is saved that over writes the
existing dated, or until the HD is reformatted or defragged. That is because
the table tells the storing process that that particular space is available
even when old existing data form a deleted program is there. Now that I said
that, understand that the new data to be stored may not be stored in the
place where existing data is that the HD says other data can be stored there
because the size of the new data to be stored may be to large for the space
available that has the old data there. (YEWWWWWWWWwwwwwwwwwww)
There are programs that can recover the table location, thereby looking like
it recovered the data. A good tech should have more sophisticated programs
for that then what may be available over the counter.
I am sorry, I do not at this particular moment recall the names of any
program that can do this. I was thinking Norton's might be one, but I am not
sure.
Hope this helps and that I have made sense.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Scott" <conrod@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 6:21 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: AAAhhhhh I don't believe it!!!
> Unfortunately I am not in the big smoke where top techs are laying around
on
> the ground like autumn leaves. With a choice of 2 in the town you can bet
> I'd pick the wrong one.
> I downloaded Handy Recovery and that came up with huge numbers and is a
> trial version........... and you are right jpg's everywhere. Well, I will
> have to see what happens. Perhaps I'll send the Twit an account for "lost
> items, lost patience, lost time etc"
> Lyn
>
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