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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: aliboo13 on November 27, 2005, 07:46:19 AM

Title: How do I undelete accidentally deleted files?
Post by: aliboo13 on November 27, 2005, 07:46:19 AM

The other day my younger sister got a windows XP alert pop-up telling her that the computer was almost out of disk space. It suggested she perform disk cleanup to free up space. She did this and deleted a bunch of stuff that shouldn't have been deleted (Internet Explorer, ActiveShield, Microsoft games, and others). I tried to perform a system restore to a date before she made these changes but all the system restore dates before the unwanted changes had been deleted as well.  

Is there anyway to recover or undelete what was lost during the disk cleanup? Or at least is there a way to find out exactly what was deleted so I would know what had to be replaced or reinstalled?

Thanks to anyone who can help

Title: Re: How do I undelete accidentally deleted files?
Post by: Peccavi on November 27, 2005, 08:01:58 AM

Try Easy Recovery.

Title: Re: How do I undelete accidentally deleted files?
Post by: patio on November 27, 2005, 08:13:00 AM

You can also try running sfc /scannow which will check XP system files and replace them if they are missing or corrupt...have your XP CD handy as it might request it.

patio.  B)

Title: Re: How do I undelete accidentally deleted files?
Post by: GX1_Man on November 27, 2005, 09:06:25 AM

Do you have a legal Windows CD to reinstall when you need to?