Help! re: deleted files

[coral]

I inadvertantly deleted files from the shared file library while in LimeWire. I would like to restore them but can't find them anywhere. I thought they might be in my recyle bin but they are not there. can someone please help me?

[Lord of the Rings]

Oh oh! you want to be very very very careful before deleting any files from LW's Library window. Deletions are permanent.

The only way you might possiby retrieve them is thru a file retrieval utility such as norton utilities. There are some others. If you're really dead-serious about retreiving the files you've deleted, you should stop doing anything else on that hdd before you attempt to use a file retrieval utiltiy. Otherwise any new files will write over the skeletons of the previous files that were stored there thus reducing/cancelling any chance of retrieving such files.

[Norm]

coral,

Lord Of The Rings is correct. I can recommend a free recovery tool that saved my beans when I accidently deleted pictures of my grandaughters graduation.

Go here to get a free copy - http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/PC-In...ml?tag=lst-0-2

And as LOTR said do it right away. Every file you write could be writing on top of the files you want to recover.

Norm

[coral]

thanks for your replies. it was too late this time but i downloaded the software for future use. also, it is good to know that deletions in LW are permanent and now will be much more careful.
thanks again