i deleted the files because i gave them to the cop and now i need them to help get my grand children back no smart remarks please just honest answers. I thought about haveing someone come in and hack my computer would that help or just help them. I know this person and feel safe in doing so so should i or just keep trying on my own.
2006-11-17 11:26:30 · 12 answers · asked by furby_lost 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
my computer has crashed and has been defragmented several times can we go to the mother board.
2006-11-17 11:32:17 · update #1
It's very unlikely that it will still exist. When you delete a file it frees up the disk space for other files to be written, so it's highly likely that the file has been partly or completely overwritten (unless you have done very little work on the computer since and have never defragmented the hard disk).
PC Inspector is one of the many programs you could use to see what, if anything, is recoverable: http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/uk/download.htm
Note that System Restore (even if there is a date there before you deleted the files) will NOT recover data files, only system files, which will be of no use to you.
2006-11-17 11:30:03 · answer #1 · answered by Owlwings 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you deleted a file that long ago, it may be impossible by normal means to recover, as the data where it was located may have been overwritten many times.
Depending on how critical the file is, you can look for a forensic data recovery service in your area. They can possibly recover the data, but these services are very expensive.
2006-11-17 11:32:26 · answer #2 · answered by OzHawk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At this point it would take the resources of a government computer forensics lab.
The motherboard is not a file storage device. It's the circuit board that the processor & other chips & other devices plug into.
2006-11-17 12:02:10 · answer #3 · answered by John's Secret Identity™ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you've used your computer a lot and saved and deleted a lot of data it has probably been overwritten beyond recovery. Search for a good recovery program that searches your free space for deleted data.
2006-11-17 11:31:25 · answer #4 · answered by littleevilzombiegirl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no longer if any component you have executed on account that has over written the disk area used via the deleted data. that's fantastically no longer likely you would be waiting to get well any of them. in case you defrag the perplexing stress they're already long gone. there is unfastened Undelete classes on the internet.
2016-10-22 06:50:49 · answer #5 · answered by avey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even hacking into the computer probably won't help. Can you get it back from the cop?
2006-11-17 11:34:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In all honestly, they are very likely long, long gone, unless you've never emptied your trash/recycle bin. The disk sectors they were written on have been overwritten many, many times by now. Sorry about that.
2006-11-17 11:31:45 · answer #7 · answered by Sola_Balisane 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Even if you use data recovery software the recovered files will be corrupted. sorry to say that there is no hope.
2006-11-17 11:37:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could take it to a pro and have them run a recovery program on it but if its been years those files have probably been overwritten
2006-11-17 11:32:39 · answer #9 · answered by spankdis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check out a program called ontrack easy recovery
http://www.ontrack.com/
2006-11-17 11:59:00 · answer #10 · answered by big_chris_fool 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋