Utility To See Deleted Folders

[Guest Will]

Is there a good utility that would inspect a "Basic" NTFS volume and find

deleted folders? Somehow on one of my installations the entire system32

folder has gone missing.

 

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Will

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Utility To See Deleted Folders

 

 

"Will" <westes-usc@noemail.nospam> wrote in message

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> Is there a good utility that would inspect a "Basic" NTFS volume and find

> deleted folders? Somehow on one of my installations the entire system32

> folder has gone missing.

>

> --

> Will

>

 

If your System32 folder has gone missing then your installation

is crippled. Windows cannot possibly work without it. If Windows

still works then you're looking in the wrong place. What makes

you think it's missing?

[Guest Will]

Re: Utility To See Deleted Folders

 

I know all of this already. I booted Sysinternals ERD Commander and

physically inspected the drive. The system, system32, and repair folders

are all missing.

 

Now, back to the original question: Is there a utility that would inspect

an NTFS file system for missing folders?

 

--

Will

 

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

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> "Will" <westes-usc@noemail.nospam> wrote in message

> news:5vadnZf-h-_5IcDVnZ2dnUVZ_jidnZ2d@giganews.com...

> > Is there a good utility that would inspect a "Basic" NTFS volume and

find

> > deleted folders? Somehow on one of my installations the entire

system32

> > folder has gone missing.

> >

> > --

> > Will

> >

>

> If your System32 folder has gone missing then your installation

> is crippled. Windows cannot possibly work without it. If Windows

> still works then you're looking in the wrong place. What makes

> you think it's missing?

>

>

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Utility To See Deleted Folders

 

There are a large number of undelete tools - use Google to

search for them. Before you make the effort, keep in mind

these points:

- Deleting the System32 folder is quite difficult since many

of its files are locked while Windows is up and running.

If this was my machine then my first step would be to

determine exactly how this feat was achieved.

- Most if not all undelete tools work under Windows. You

would need to connect the problem disk as a slave disk

to some other machine before using such a tool.

- My own System32 folder contains 4500 files. I think your

chances of recovering each and every one of them are close

to zero. I also think that it would take much less time to rebuild

the system than to invest (waste?) time on an undelete effort.

 

 

"Will" <westes-usc@noemail.nospam> wrote in message

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>I know all of this already. I booted Sysinternals ERD Commander and

> physically inspected the drive. The system, system32, and repair folders

> are all missing.

>

> Now, back to the original question: Is there a utility that would

> inspect

> an NTFS file system for missing folders?

>

> --

> Will

>

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

> news:eRzSTCD1IHA.4704@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> "Will" <westes-usc@noemail.nospam> wrote in message

>> news:5vadnZf-h-_5IcDVnZ2dnUVZ_jidnZ2d@giganews.com...

>> > Is there a good utility that would inspect a "Basic" NTFS volume and

> find

>> > deleted folders? Somehow on one of my installations the entire

> system32

>> > folder has gone missing.

>> >

>> > --

>> > Will

>> >

>>

>> If your System32 folder has gone missing then your installation

>> is crippled. Windows cannot possibly work without it. If Windows

>> still works then you're looking in the wrong place. What makes

>> you think it's missing?

>>

>>

>

>

[Guest Will]

Re: Utility To See Deleted Folders

 

I agree it is nothing short of amazing that the machine would lose such

critical folders as system32. As best I can guess, it was an O&O Defrag

that went very bad.

 

If I have to recover individual files, then I agree with you rebuild is

quicker. I had hoped I could recover the entire folder, and that the

folder still has intact references to its files.

 

--

Will

 

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

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> There are a large number of undelete tools - use Google to

> search for them. Before you make the effort, keep in mind

> these points:

> - Deleting the System32 folder is quite difficult since many

> of its files are locked while Windows is up and running.

> If this was my machine then my first step would be to

> determine exactly how this feat was achieved.

> - Most if not all undelete tools work under Windows. You

> would need to connect the problem disk as a slave disk

> to some other machine before using such a tool.

> - My own System32 folder contains 4500 files. I think your

> chances of recovering each and every one of them are close

> to zero. I also think that it would take much less time to rebuild

> the system than to invest (waste?) time on an undelete effort.

>

>

> "Will" <westes-usc@noemail.nospam> wrote in message

> news:pOOdncV5edK7M8PVnZ2dnUVZ_uOdnZ2d@giganews.com...

> >I know all of this already. I booted Sysinternals ERD Commander and

> > physically inspected the drive. The system, system32, and repair

folders

> > are all missing.

> >

> > Now, back to the original question: Is there a utility that would

> > inspect

> > an NTFS file system for missing folders?

> >

> > --

> > Will

> >

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

> > news:eRzSTCD1IHA.4704@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> >> "Will" <westes-usc@noemail.nospam> wrote in message

> >> news:5vadnZf-h-_5IcDVnZ2dnUVZ_jidnZ2d@giganews.com...

> >> > Is there a good utility that would inspect a "Basic" NTFS volume and

> > find

> >> > deleted folders? Somehow on one of my installations the entire

> > system32

> >> > folder has gone missing.

> >> >

> >> > --

> >> > Will

> >> >

> >>

> >> If your System32 folder has gone missing then your installation

> >> is crippled. Windows cannot possibly work without it. If Windows

> >> still works then you're looking in the wrong place. What makes

> >> you think it's missing?

> >>

> >>

> >

> >

>

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