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01-08-2007, 12:55 PM
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Need help with laptop
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No more obstacles
Join Date: Jul 2005
City: Marin County, Nor Cal
State: California
Posts: 893
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I want to find some pics and video's that I took of my car from a couple years ago. They've been erased for a while but does anyone know if it's possible to try and find them again?
I've done searches for hours on my laptop trying to find them but no luck.
I was under the impression that nothing gets fully erased off your computers.
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01-08-2007, 01:06 PM
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Re: Need help with laptop
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
State: South Carolina
Posts: 3,747
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I no computer expert, but are they in your "Recycle bin". |
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01-08-2007, 01:22 PM
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Re: Need help with laptop
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#2 (I Wish I Could Lope Like A tC)
Join Date: Apr 2006
City: Pineville/Alexandria
State: Louisiana
Posts: 1,265
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Im not sure whats its called but I have seen someone use a program that you could retrieve things that have been del up to a certain date...
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01-08-2007, 01:24 PM
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Re: Need help with laptop
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Pizza Lover
Join Date: Aug 2003
City: PSU
State: Pennsylvania
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if they arent in your recycling bin, they are gone for good...
i believe there are programs that can retrieve them though. |
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01-08-2007, 01:31 PM
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Re: Need help with laptop
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No more obstacles
Join Date: Jul 2005
City: Marin County, Nor Cal
State: California
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lol no they're not in the recycle bin. I've done searches where i tell the comp to bring up any file ending in jpg or bmp or avi. I guess they're lost forever then. wish i knew some hackers
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99 Cobra: flowmasters, 18x9.5 cobra R's, soon to be tuned and geared. daily driver
99 V6:in avatar, Mac Cai, true duals/flowmaster 40's ,UDP, custom tuned, bullitt suspension 18" wheels...taken by mother nature
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01-08-2007, 01:45 PM
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Re: Need help with laptop
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Eyes So Tight I Pass For An Asian
Join Date: May 2003
City: Huntsville
State: Alabama
Posts: 27,131
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If they have been gone for awhile you probably lost them as the harddrive has probably written over the sector that held them. |
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01-08-2007, 01:47 PM
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Re: Need help with laptop
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WTF^^...
Join Date: May 2003
City: Hoover / Florence
State: Alabama
Posts: 27,117
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when you delete something it basically is still right there untouched, you just tell your computer that it is ok to write over the memory that the file was using. Over time its probably been written over~ so its gone. Even if it hasnt been its not easy to find that information again.
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01-08-2007, 05:40 PM
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Re: Need help with laptop
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Bob is Good.
Join Date: Jun 2004
City: Greenville
State: Texas
Posts: 5,168
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They may or may not still be there. Your computer does not actually remove anything like Spec said. It just deallocates the memory. It doesn't go through the trouble of setting every single bit back to zero or anything of that nature.
If you're lucky, that space hasn't been allocated for anything else and the files can still be recovered. Programs that are capable of doing this are usually pretty damn expensive though. |
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