File Server Share: Where do deleted files go? 1

[cakecop]

I have a file server with shared folders for 30 users. Each PC user is mapped to one shared folder with their name. We backup the shares, not the local PCs.

If they are on their desktop and they delete a document located on the share, it is not in their local Recycle Bin, or in the file server Recyce Bin. Where did it go?

 

[nsanto17]

If was deleted from a share then it is gone and must be restored from the last sucessfull backup.

 

[Freestone]

There are alternatives to restoring from backup. We've used version 4 of the following software on Windows 2000 servers with good results:

http://www.undelete.com/undelete/undelete.asp?RId=1&SId=5&CId=13

Your mileage may vary.

 

[technome]

Undelete" from executive software, I won't build a server without it. Sure beteats going to tape

Up to the minute file recovery, multiple revisions, logs of user deletions, aloows users to undelete files if they are permitted. Great software

Maintenance contract ?, not much to maintain

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[Hockeman]

If you are running Windows Server 2003 you can setup Volume Shadow Copy Services. Its free with your purchace.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...Ref/2b0d2457-b7d8-42c3-b6c9-59c145b7765f.mspx

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"Experince That Counts

 

[technome]

It may be free, but unless you have it set to create a shadow every 5 minutes, you won't get recently delete files back..shadow copy is resource intensive, so you won't want schedule it for more than a few times a day, so "Undelete" is still the best solution for deleted files..by all means use shadow copy, as "undelete" takes over where shadow copy leave off.


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Chernobyl disaster..a must see pictorial

http://www.kiddofspeed.com/default.htm