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Deleted a directory on the root drive, need it back. Doh
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From
26/04/2007 09:58:14
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
 
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26/04/2007 09:17:39
Jay Johengen
Altamahaw-Ossipee, North Carolina, United States
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Forum:
Windows
Category:
Computing in general
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01220064
Message ID:
01220121
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26
>Problem solved in that the directory wasn't actually necessary, so it's ok that it was deleted. But, I am a big shift-delete guy, so I still would like to know how to get stuff back when I do delete that necessary directory...
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>>I used shift-delete and deleted a directory I didn't really intend to delete. I used WinUndelete, but it did not find that directory. I haven't written anything to the drive, other than using IE. Anyone know what I can do? Running XP Pro.

Shift-delete deletes data permanently (no Trashcan), so perhaps you better get used to deleting just with the Delete key.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
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