recovery

[Guest Teddy379]

Hello,

 

I've accidently deleted a very important file... it was a .zip archive

type with a password on... well, I did a recovery thing, and I got it

back, but when I tried to open it it said the file is damaged/no

archive and all that...

 

Is there any way to get wot ever is working from it??? maybe by hex

editting or anything of that kind???

 

thanks

[Guest philo]

Re: recovery

 

 

"Teddy379" <teddy379@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> Hello,

>

> I've accidently deleted a very important file... it was a .zip archive

> type with a password on... well, I did a recovery thing, and I got it

> back, but when I tried to open it it said the file is damaged/no

> archive and all that...

>

> Is there any way to get wot ever is working from it??? maybe by hex

> editting or anything of that kind???

>

> thanks

 

 

here is something that might work

 

http://www.ziprecover.com/?rid=google&kid=zr0201

 

never tried it myself though

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: recovery

 

 

"Teddy379" <teddy379@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:313f2a18-5111-46d0-b406-1816a326a979@s8g2000prg.googlegroups.com...

> Hello,

>

> I've accidently deleted a very important file... it was a .zip archive

> type with a password on... well, I did a recovery thing, and I got it

> back, but when I tried to open it it said the file is damaged/no

> archive and all that...

>

> Is there any way to get wot ever is working from it??? maybe by hex

> editting or anything of that kind???

>

> thanks

 

Seeing that it's very important, could you get it back from

your backup?

[Guest philo]

Re: recovery

 

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message

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>

> "Teddy379" <teddy379@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:313f2a18-5111-46d0-b406-1816a326a979@s8g2000prg.googlegroups.com...

> > Hello,

> >

> > I've accidently deleted a very important file... it was a .zip archive

> > type with a password on... well, I did a recovery thing, and I got it

> > back, but when I tried to open it it said the file is damaged/no

> > archive and all that...

> >

> > Is there any way to get wot ever is working from it??? maybe by hex

> > editting or anything of that kind???

> >

> > thanks

>

> Seeing that it's very important, could you get it back from

> your backup?

>

>

 

LOL

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: recovery

 

 

"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message

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>

> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message

> news:eY4xVhocIHA.1960@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>

>> "Teddy379" <teddy379@gmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:313f2a18-5111-46d0-b406-1816a326a979@s8g2000prg.googlegroups.com...

>> > Hello,

>> >

>> > I've accidently deleted a very important file... it was a .zip archive

>> > type with a password on... well, I did a recovery thing, and I got it

>> > back, but when I tried to open it it said the file is damaged/no

>> > archive and all that...

>> >

>> > Is there any way to get wot ever is working from it??? maybe by hex

>> > editting or anything of that kind???

>> >

>> > thanks

>>

>> Seeing that it's very important, could you get it back from

>> your backup?

>>

>>

>

> LOL

 

You'd be surprised how many people do actually have a

backup of an extremely important file, perhaps made some

time in the past, and forget about it when the panic sets in.

If not then it's the usual steep tuition fee they have to pay

for the basic lesson in backing up important files.

[Guest philo]

Re: recovery

 

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message

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> "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message

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> >

> > "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message

> > news:eY4xVhocIHA.1960@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> >>

> >> "Teddy379" <teddy379@gmail.com> wrote in message

> >>

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> >> > Hello,

> >> >

> >> > I've accidently deleted a very important file... it was a .zip

archive

> >> > type with a password on... well, I did a recovery thing, and I got it

> >> > back, but when I tried to open it it said the file is damaged/no

> >> > archive and all that...

> >> >

> >> > Is there any way to get wot ever is working from it??? maybe by hex

> >> > editting or anything of that kind???

> >> >

> >> > thanks

> >>

> >> Seeing that it's very important, could you get it back from

> >> your backup?

> >>

> >>

> >

> > LOL

>

> You'd be surprised how many people do actually have a

> backup of an extremely important file, perhaps made some

> time in the past, and forget about it when the panic sets in.

> If not then it's the usual steep tuition fee they have to pay

> for the basic lesson in backing up important files.

>

>

 

 

One of my friends who has his own buisiness was up all night troublshooting

some customer

equipment and was way over-tired.

 

I stopped by in the morning and he was fooling with his computer...

then I heard heard him say something like : But I don't have a "J:" drive...

and before I could yell: "Don't do that!!!!"

 

He deleted it! (Well he certainly did not have a J: drive then...it was

his external USB drive)

 

 

His backup was about a week old, so it would not have been a complete

"end of the world" situation...but still a major dumb move.

At that point I told him *not* to do anything other than to go to bed...

and do *nothing* with the drive until he got some recovery software.

 

The next day he used Partition Magic and the drive was luckily recovered...

had he made any attempt to do something with the drive...he probably would

have been out of luck.

 

But it's amazing what happens when one panics.

 

One day I was working in a nuclear power plant *no it was not an emergency

situation*

but I was under an extreme amount of pressure. We were way behind on a major

project

and most of the company where I was employed for was working 17 hours a day

, 6 days a week to get the

project completed ASAP. (BTW: The delay was not our company's fault, it was

the utility itself, but that's another story.)

Anyway...I had to call my office from a pay phone. (This was back in the

days when cell phones were dash-board mounted)

 

Well, as I was saying...I was so tired and over-wrought that my mind blanked

out entirely and I could not remember my phone card credit

number... The only thing that entered my mind was our family's telephone

number back from when I was a kid!!!

Something I doubt I'd ever been able to recall if I tried!

[Guest Teddy379]

Re: recovery

 

well, I don't have a back up, and I don't want it to be my first

lesson lol

 

I did recover it but it's damaged... I searched my computer for the

file name, bec. i used to have a back up of it on all my drives ( C,

D, E and so on) but I couldn't find it...

 

sooo, well, I'm going to try the zip recovery thing, and partion

magic... if anyone has other solutions please let me know...

[Guest philo]

Re: recovery

 

 

"Teddy379" <teddy379@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> well, I don't have a back up, and I don't want it to be my first

> lesson lol

>

> I did recover it but it's damaged... I searched my computer for the

> file name, bec. i used to have a back up of it on all my drives ( C,

> D, E and so on) but I couldn't find it...

>

> sooo, well, I'm going to try the zip recovery thing, and partion

> magic... if anyone has other solutions please let me know...

 

 

I'd give that zip recovery utility a try.

please post back and let us know if it worked

[Guest Teddy379]

Re: recovery

 

On Feb 20, 8:15 pm, "philo" <ph...@privacy.net> wrote:

> "Teddy379" <teddy...@gmail.com> wrote in message

>

> news:41da1dc3-05af-41ed-b8ab-01ab112af5f0@q70g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...

>

> > well, I don't have a back up, and I don't want it to be my first

> > lesson lol

>

> > I did recover it but it's damaged... I searched my computer for the

> > file name, bec. i used to have a back up of it on all my drives ( C,

> > D, E and so on) but I couldn't find it...

>

> > sooo, well, I'm going to try the zip recovery thing, and partion

> > magic... if anyone has other solutions please let me know...

>

> I'd give that zip recovery utility a try.

> please post back and let us know if it worked

 

well I did try it but it like took forever and no out put, sooo, I

created a simple zip archive, I put in it an empty .txt file and

tested the program on that zip... well, the .txt file was recovered,

of coarse the archive wasn't damaged... then I encrypted the archive,

and repeated the test, same thing, it took forever and no out put.. I

think they have a bug with encrypted archives... my damaged archive is

encrypted and I do remember the password... any further help would be

appricaited a lot.. thanks

[Guest philo]

Re: recovery

 

 

"Teddy379" <teddy379@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> On Feb 20, 8:15 pm, "philo" <ph...@privacy.net> wrote:

> > "Teddy379" <teddy...@gmail.com> wrote in message

> >

> >

news:41da1dc3-05af-41ed-b8ab-01ab112af5f0@q70g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...

> >

> > > well, I don't have a back up, and I don't want it to be my first

> > > lesson lol

> >

> > > I did recover it but it's damaged... I searched my computer for the

> > > file name, bec. i used to have a back up of it on all my drives ( C,

> > > D, E and so on) but I couldn't find it...

> >

> > > sooo, well, I'm going to try the zip recovery thing, and partion

> > > magic... if anyone has other solutions please let me know...

> >

> > I'd give that zip recovery utility a try.

> > please post back and let us know if it worked

>

> well I did try it but it like took forever and no out put, sooo, I

> created a simple zip archive, I put in it an empty .txt file and

> tested the program on that zip... well, the .txt file was recovered,

> of coarse the archive wasn't damaged... then I encrypted the archive,

> and repeated the test, same thing, it took forever and no out put.. I

> think they have a bug with encrypted archives... my damaged archive is

> encrypted and I do remember the password... any further help would be

> appricaited a lot.. thanks

 

 

I'm out of ideas...

You may want to Google for zip repair utilities...

 

I know there are a lot of them...but don't know if any will work on your

file

[Guest Teddy379]

Re: recovery

 

On Feb 21, 1:34 am, "philo" <ph...@privacy.net> wrote:

> "Teddy379" <teddy...@gmail.com> wrote in message

>

> news:a666a46b-fd28-4a90-a4b5-3da075462529@c33g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...> On Feb 20, 8:15 pm, "philo" <ph...@privacy.net> wrote:

> > > "Teddy379" <teddy...@gmail.com> wrote in message

>

> news:41da1dc3-05af-41ed-b8ab-01ab112af5f0@q70g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...

>

>

>

>

>

> > > > well, I don't have a back up, and I don't want it to be my first

> > > > lesson lol

>

> > > > I did recover it but it's damaged... I searched my computer for the

> > > > file name, bec. i used to have a back up of it on all my drives ( C,

> > > > D, E and so on) but I couldn't find it...

>

> > > > sooo, well, I'm going to try the zip recovery thing, and partion

> > > > magic... if anyone has other solutions please let me know...

>

> > > I'd give that zip recovery utility a try.

> > > please post back and let us know if it worked

>

> > well I did try it but it like took forever and no out put, sooo, I

> > created a simple zip archive, I put in it an empty .txt file and

> > tested the program on that zip... well, the .txt file was recovered,

> > of coarse the archive wasn't damaged... then I encrypted the archive,

> > and repeated the test, same thing, it took forever and no out put.. I

> > think they have a bug with encrypted archives... my damaged archive is

> > encrypted and I do remember the password... any further help would be

> > appricaited a lot.. thanks

>

> I'm out of ideas...

> You may want to Google for zip repair utilities...

>

> I know there are a lot of them...but don't know if any will work on your

> file

 

yeah I've already started to do that... anyways, if anyone reads this

post and he knows a good repair thingy, please post it here... I'd be

glad :)

 

Thanks