Recommend me a... File recovery programme.

[JamesMio]

If all else fails try these guys for data recovery:

http://www.kingdomit.co.uk/

Can't get either ntfs undelete, or PC Inspector to work off of a flash drive. One doesn't even see the C drive, and the other wont scan it!

[mr.anderson]

Go to portableapps.com/download, download the Platform only. Install that onto a USB jobby.

Then go to http://www.piriform.com/recuva/builds and download Recuva Portable. Install that onto your USB jobby.

Plug into laptop and start recovering data.

[phi-dan]

Originally Posted by phil24_7

Hail lord geek... Please detail me the steps I need to put it on a flash drive, as i don't really want to put it on the laptop with the lost files.

Install the program onto your PC
Browse to C:\Program Files and look for PC Inspector File Recovery
Copy that folder across to your removable drive

(sorry couldn't reply last night - Windows 7 64bit through a wobbler on my PC and it's not happy. Back at work at geek central now so free interwebs!)

[phi-dan]

Originally Posted by mr.anderson

Go to portableapps.com/download, download the Platform only. Install that onto a USB jobby.

Then go to http://www.piriform.com/recuva/builds and download Recuva Portable. Install that onto your USB jobby.

Plug into laptop and start recovering data.

Haven't used that particular app, but I do like the portable apps platform / suite

[madcockney]

Portable apps are very good, not just from the fact that you want to carry all your essential apps around on a on a flash (memory) drive or a portable HDD and be able to run, but also in these situations. If files have been lost or deleted then there is always the possibility that you will overwrite the files that you are trying to recover with the recovery program if installed on the same drive.

Just another matter if you have a virus on your system and then get rid of it/them don't forget to afterwards turn of the roll back restore facility in windows so it deletes any previous restore points that may contain virulii. You can then turn it back on if you want to.

Originally Posted by mr.anderson

Go to portableapps.com/download, download the Platform only. Install that onto a USB jobby.

Then go to http://www.piriform.com/recuva/builds and download Recuva Portable. Install that onto your USB jobby.

Plug into laptop and start recovering data.

I happened upon Recuva last night, installed it onto the USB drive and it ran without any problems. It recovered over 72000 files, so once I'd sorted through the ones I wanted, and recovered them, it was 05:30!

That portable app looks quite good, I may put that on one of my flash drives for future use.

Originally Posted by madcockney

Just another matter if you have a virus on your system and then get rid of it/them don't forget to afterwards turn of the roll back restore facility in windows so it deletes any previous restore points that may contain virulii. You can then turn it back on if you want to.

I didn't do this... Schoolboy!

Originally Posted by phi-dan

Install the program onto your PC
Browse to C:\Program Files and look for PC Inspector File Recovery
Copy that folder across to your removable drive

(sorry couldn't reply last night - Windows 7 64bit through a wobbler on my PC and it's not happy. Back at work at geek central now so free interwebs!)

It worked where the others wouldn't (due to them being installed straight onto the flash drive I expect), so I rate it.