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Title: Recovering Files
Post by: JonathanEngr on August 14, 2009, 09:31:26 AM

I simply cannot believe what I've done.  I'm so, so careful about file redundancy, and use my D-Link as a mirrored array for my file server, which is then backed up every night to a removable HDD that is swapped out every week.  But...

I had to recover one of my computers earlier this week, and backed up my Outlook e-mails to a pst file.  I copied this file to the server (the DNS-323), and eventually copied it to one of the physical drives within the computer I was restoring.  I then deleted the file from the server thinking I no longer needed it.  Not thinking, after I receoved the PC I formatted the other drives (which I use as backup), and started backing up the PC.  When it came time to restore the e-mails, the file was gone.  I tried a few programs from the web to find the files lost from the formatting, and while it found some files, the pst file (2 GB in size), wasn't one of them.

I know the file was on the D-Link, but cannot find a program to look for deleted files that will work over a network.  Do any exist?  If not, is the USB option on the D-Link easy to use?  Will it mess up my network connectivity if I take it off of the network and plug it directly into the PC?  Are there any native file utilities on the D-link to recover deleted files? 

I'm up against a wall here.  The D-link is my file server, and I don't want to write any files to it in case the file is still there.  However, I *need* to write files to it.  Thus, I"m stuck.  Any help would be greatly, greatly appreciated!!!!!

Title: Re: Recovering Files
Post by: jsorhaug on October 20, 2009, 06:46:03 AM

Did you get a response to your question?  I'm facing the same problem and is looking for software to assist with accidentally deleted files on my DNS-323 drives... anyone?

Thanks a lot,
Jan

Title: Re: Recovering Files
Post by: gunrunnerjohn on October 20, 2009, 06:54:35 AM

Why is that the only copy of the file in question?

Remember: Data you don't have at least two copies of is data you don't care about.

Title: Re: Recovering Files
Post by: ECF on October 21, 2009, 09:56:38 AM

I think the best option would be to install the drives into a Linux PC and run a data recovery program for Linux.