Re: Recovering deleted files

["Sherry" sherry@xxxxxxxx]

will it work with win98?

> Tim Baehr, an eon ago:
>
> >Attached is a Zip file containing BigBin, a free utility for Win95 from
> >PCMagazine. When you run it, BigBin sits in your system tray and intercepts
> >DOS deletes, sending them to the Recycle Bin.
>
> For a newer version, go to
> http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/pctech/content/16/11/ut1611.001.html
>
> Jack Schafer, a bit later:
>
> >Does BigBin capture XyWin deletes?
>
> No it doesn't. I've just tried. All it does is intercept DOS deletes. It
> won't do anything about deletes made by regular doze programs that don't
> use the recycle bin (or that you've told to skip the recycle bin, something
> I tried just now with Servant Salamander for research purposes). It won't
> do anything about deletes made in Take Command. And pretty obviously it
> won't do anything to help you if, seconds after emptying the recycle bin,
> you realize that there was something vital therein.
>
> Not that any of this concerns me. But I was interested in a free undelete
> utility as many of my clients are, uh, severely "challenged" and have a
> habit of "losing" things on the hard drives of the computers they're using.
> (Many have no grasp of such concepts as "hard drive".)
>
> A few months back, I used Take Command's DEL to zap a bunch of files -- and
> immediately realized that the deletion had been a mistake. I guessed that
> there was a reasonably priced Win9x-compatible undelete utility, or even a
> free one. I guessed right: I downloaded, tried out, paid $25 for,
> unlocked, and used "Recover4All" in a short time (or, if you prefer,
> "period of time"). I'm glad I got it; I don't begrudge the man his $25.
> (Take a look at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Kaus/ if interested.)
>
> What surprises me, however, is that PC Rag doesn't seem to have got around
> to producing anything similar. The cynic within me says that this might
> somehow be related to the continuing appeal to the masses of Symantec's
> "Norton" utilities, and Ziff-Davis' continuing ad revenue from Symantec.
>
> So, for my impoverished/mean clients, can anyone come up with a
> Win9x-understanding freebie undelete utility?
> :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
> Peter Evans 
>


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Sherry@xxxxxxxx