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Can data that was on a VM be recovered if not in Recycle bin
I realize the answer is probably no but doesn't hurt to ask. We have a VM file server (ESXI) that had a folder deleted probably a year or more ago. Its not in our current backups. Are there any VMware or windows recovery tricks we can to do recover that at this point?
Check if you have the Shadow copy enabled on that computer, that should probably help you if you have it enabled if not, it's lost since the data is there in the 1st days but the OS could have written on in one year of normal operation like Hancock said.
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No our backups only go back 45 days, I did find an un-delete tool that could see the files on the disk so we bought it. I was able to export the files to my PC. The problem is none of them (mostly excel and PDFs) open. Its as if they are all corrupted. Might there be any tools that can repair these files or are we out of luck?
I think you will find, what you have retrieved is garbage, the files will have been overwritten with data, so the files are not complete.
have you had success in opening any intact files ?
have you had success in opening any intact files ?
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Yea I think you're probably right. No none of them I have tried will open
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I'm sure you're right, had to ask, thanks
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Thanks for the confirmation
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Do you have backups from when just after the folder was deleted to restore the VM ?