xp where are they now!

[mthompo]

hi,

a user has deleted a file from a shared folder on
a client comuter.
the shared folder had full permission
the file is not in either the host or client recycle bin - where, if anywhere, do files go?
or is it lost for good

 

[tordoffm]

Files deleted from a network share don't visit the recycle bin - they just go away!

Files deleted from a local drive (by default - unless set to do otherwise) do go to the recycle bin first.

If you're wanting to avoid this in the future, start running backups!

Sorry!
Mark

 

[mthompo]

thanks for your reply tordoffm

 

[Diancecht]

Well, if files are deleted the same way as in local mode after emptying the recycle bin, you can still recover them by using an undelete tool in the target machine, asumming there haven't been (is this correct?) much hard disk activity.

Cheers,
Dian

 

[jrbarnett]

There's always your latest backup, assuming you have got one???

John

 

[Auger282]

when things are deleted from a shared drive on a server. The file is deleted on the server. Typically people have backups of the server shared drives. If you are running win2003 server you could be running shadow copies (live backup copies)... and sometimes you can run undelete programs to recover the data but the undlete software would have to be located out on the server.

 

[mthompo]

thanks again - tried several undelete demos - none showed
anything, there were backups when the excel file crashed but user deleted them!!!
i know there should have been copies elsewhere but this shared excel sheet only had to last till end of week
when sql/asp solution went live