How to Unerase a file on a NTFS drive
I erased a file on a network NTFS drive. my "S" drive.
I went into my desktop recycle bin and couldn't find it.
How can I unerase files and folders on a network drive.
I went into my desktop recycle bin and couldn't find it.
How can I unerase files and folders on a network drive.
If your administrators have enabled Volume Shadow Copy (they should have in almost all cases), then you look at the previous versions of the folder that contained the file and you'll be able to recover it from there. Otherwise, you'll need to contact the admins and have them restore from backups. If the admins aren't good and don't have backups, you can try recovery software such as GetDataBack, but this isn't free and I believe it has to run on the server.
Unfortunately, files that are erased from a network drive will actually never end up in the recycle bin.
There is probably only a small chance that the Volume Shadow Copy service is enabled.
But you could try to check yourself by right clicking on the folder and select Properties
Normally the "Previous Versions" tab should then show any previous versions.
If enabled then it might be even possible that you are able to restore the file yourself.
But it could also be that the Administrators limited this or limited access to this tab or that the service is simply not enabled.
Normally servers should be backuped daily and it's probably best to contact your service desk to request a restore of the file.
The file is deleted on the disk of the server so the recovery has to be done on the server.
But running recovery software on servers is not something admins would probably do for only 1 file.
There is also a high chance that the same disk blocks will be used for another file and if the disk is used regularly and you wait too long then the chance to get the file recovered is very small. It will also require special recovery software that supports the Windows Server version and the storage system.
There is probably only a small chance that the Volume Shadow Copy service is enabled.
But you could try to check yourself by right clicking on the folder and select Properties
Normally the "Previous Versions" tab should then show any previous versions.
If enabled then it might be even possible that you are able to restore the file yourself.
But it could also be that the Administrators limited this or limited access to this tab or that the service is simply not enabled.
Normally servers should be backuped daily and it's probably best to contact your service desk to request a restore of the file.
The file is deleted on the disk of the server so the recovery has to be done on the server.
But running recovery software on servers is not something admins would probably do for only 1 file.
There is also a high chance that the same disk blocks will be used for another file and if the disk is used regularly and you wait too long then the chance to get the file recovered is very small. It will also require special recovery software that supports the Windows Server version and the storage system.
There is probably only a small chance that the Volume Shadow Copy service is enabled.If the admins are incompetent or unqualified, I agree with you. Shadow Copies debuted in 2003. 17 years ago. Unless there's a very good reason not to, they should always be enabled on a file server and after 17 years, any qualified admin should know/do this.
try this method : https://it.clas.ufl.edu/kb/recover-files/
or use a data recovery soft like easus : https://www.easeus.com/storage-media-recovery/recover-files-from-network-drive.html or GDB http://www.runtime.org/
or use a data recovery soft like easus : https://www.easeus.com/storage-media-recovery/recover-files-from-network-drive.html or GDB http://www.runtime.org/
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did you try recovery soft?
Your best bet is to log on to the host of the shared folder and look in it's deleted files area, and undelete it there.
Unless you have "versioning" enabled on your Windows computer for that folder?
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