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Possible to undelete?

Muse

Muse

Lifer
I always highlight files and press Shift+Delete, which deletes without putting files in my recycle bin. On this occasion I ran a .BAT file that deleted the files in a certain directory, which also doesn't involve the Recycle Bin. Is there a way I can retrieve those files? It's not huge, but I want to. It's my HD recording of the Super Bowl. I didn't mean to delete the files but ran the .BAT file out of habit. :Q

Note: I posted this in Software for Windows (mistake), and got one answer:

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It's possible, but the more you use the drive the less of a chance you
have of it working. The first thing I would probably do is boot a Linux
LiveCD, install ntfsprogs (Ubuntu LiveCDs let you install things to the
system running in memory) and try ntfsundelete from there.

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Can someone clarify this or add to it? How exactly can I do it? I haven't used the drive yet.
 
Nothinman is helping me with this. The thread in Software for Windows (yes, it was the wrong place, but I am getting help).

This is the thread.

I have downloaded Ubuntu LiveCD 7.10 ISO and written the image to a CDR and will boot from it soon and try to undelete the files. Meantime, I'm being careful not to use that HD at all, which isn't a major problem for me (unless I make a mistake 😱 ) If I hadn't made a mistake, I wouldn't be having to do this.
 
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