Guest stjoe5373@news.postalias Posted May 9, 2008 Posted May 9, 2008 Hi, Due to a non profit organization we have limited funds, so at this time I have the resources to backup data every night but it replaces the backup every night it doesn't append to it. I'm using the NT Backup program, with that being said I had a user yesterday delete a file over the network, the file was stored on the server and they where at thier workstation. I came in today and they said they accidently deleted the file yesterday, obviously with the backup running last night it over wrote the file that was there, is there anyway to get that file back? Thanks Craig
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted May 9, 2008 Posted May 9, 2008 Re: restore file <stjoe5373@news.postalias> wrote in message news:O0PJhXdsIHA.4952@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Hi, > Due to a non profit organization we have limited funds, so at this time I > have the resources to backup data every night but it replaces the backup > every night it doesn't append to it. I'm using the NT Backup program, with > that being said I had a user yesterday delete a file over the network, the > file was stored on the server and they where at thier workstation. I came > in today and they said they accidently deleted the file yesterday, > obviously with the backup running last night it over wrote the file that > was there, is there anyway to get that file back? > Thanks Craig If you overwrote the .bkf file then there is no chance to retrieve it. It's time to review your backup operation. You could add a further disk to your server for a ridiculously small amount of money and use it to store all user files for several days before overwriting them. This would nicely complement your current off-site backup process.
Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] Posted May 11, 2008 Posted May 11, 2008 Re: restore file stjoe5373@news.postalias wrote: > Hi, > Due to a non profit organization we have limited funds, so at this > time I have the resources to backup data every night but it replaces > the backup every night it doesn't append to it. I'm using the NT > Backup program, with that being said I had a user yesterday delete a > file over the network, the file was stored on the server and they > where at thier workstation. I came in today and they said they > accidently deleted the file yesterday, obviously with the backup > running last night it over wrote the file that was there, is there > anyway to get that file back? Thanks Craig Surely they can swing for a few removable hard drives so you can swap them out & store backups offsite. They may be a nonprofit, but they can't afford to lose their data any more than a for-profit corporation can. That said, if you run W2003 or up and have volume shadow copies enabled, you can restore it from the "previous versions" tab - heck, the user can restore it him or herself if they have the VSS client loaded on their workstation. If you're not using something with VSS (or don't have it enabled already) the data is gone.
Guest George Yin Posted May 12, 2008 Posted May 12, 2008 RE: restore file Hello, Thank you for your post and as well as to Pegasus and Lanwench for sharing these information. Unfortunately, if you have already overwritten the backup file, there is no way to achieve lost data from that .bkf file. You can try some third-party to retrieve these deleted data from the disk if you haven't made additional changes to that disk. However, it is not easy to do this. To avoid the same problem in the future, as Lanwench mentioned, the best way is to enable Shadow Copies for Shared Folders. Shadows Copies for Shared Folders uses the Volume Shadows Copy service to provide point-in-time copies of files that are located on a shared network resource, such as a file server. This is easy to configure and easy to retrieve any accidentally deleted files. For more detailed information about this, please refer to: Introduction to Shadow Copies of Shared Folders: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/scr.mspx Besides, you may need to download Previous Versions Client for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. You can download them from: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=20487 I hope this helps. Sincerely, George Yin Microsoft Online Support Microsoft Global Technical Support Center Get Secure! - http://www.microsoft.com/security ===================================================== When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so that others may learn and benefit from your issue. ===================================================== This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
Guest George Yin Posted May 15, 2008 Posted May 15, 2008 RE: restore file Hello, I am just writing to see how everything is going. If you have any updates or need any further assistance on this issue, please feel free to let me know. I am glad to be of assistance. Sincerely, George Yin Microsoft Online Support Microsoft Global Technical Support Center Get Secure! - http://www.microsoft.com/security ===================================================== When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so that others may learn and benefit from your issue. ===================================================== This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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