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You know how they say you cant ever really delete anything off your computer?

I think I asidentaly deleted this presentation I tape recorded and I really need to get it back..does anyone know how I can get to it?

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Michael Leibman offline Verified User (1 year, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
Littleton, CO, US | 1 year, 3 months ago (29 minutes after post)

Yes, search the web for programs that “unerase” or “undelete” files. There are some out there that are free to use for a short time. The information might not be on the disk (or in RAM) any more, but it might be, because most files systems just change the index what instructed to delete something. good luck.

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Michael Leibman offline Verified User (1 year, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
Littleton, CO, US | 1 year, 3 months ago (30 minutes after post)

“when instructed”, that is.

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Michael Leibman offline Verified User (1 year, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
Littleton, CO, US | 1 year, 3 months ago (30 minutes after post)

or! do you have a “recycle bin” ?

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Joy. offline Verified User (3 years, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (16 hours, 32 minutes after post)

I allways empty my recycle bin when I see its open :( its just a habbit…

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Joy. offline Verified User (3 years, 2 months) Long Term User Shouts: 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 3 months ago (16 hours, 33 minutes after post)

and I looked somethin up and did one of those little timperary things and a whole crap load of things that didnt make since to me showed up…

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curiouslogi offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (1 day, 20 hours after post)

here is an example http://www.tech-pro.net/how-to-recove… try google search for ‘recover deleted items’ but beaware of malware in the process.

good news is as long as you haven’t rebooted since dleteing the file, there is a chance of recovery

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Michael Leibman offline Verified User (1 year, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
Littleton, CO, US | 1 year, 2 months ago (6 days, 12 hours after post)

Oh, sorry, I unsubscribed to all the posts. :( I wasn’t ignoring you. This may be way too late, but if you still want help I happen to have recovered many very deleted things before.

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