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So you mean that the 7zip file manager deletes files in a way that cannot
be recovered? That sounds dangerous.
-Tony
On Tuesday, 1 December 2015, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> Sorry... not so. Many recovery utilities cannot undelete a 7z file. This is
> why I'm asking if anyone specifically knows of one that does recover such
> files.
>
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 2:07 PM, Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure I understand the problem. You're looking to recover a file
> > that you deleted without meaning to. A file recovery utility (and there
> are
> > lots out there, Recuva just happened to be the first Google result)
> should
> > recover ANY file type. It won't open it, but it will undelete it so that
> > you can open it in whatever your archive utility is.
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com
> <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Windows 8.1 NTFS
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com
> <javascript:;>>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Which operating system and version and which file system?
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 7:52 AM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com
> <javascript:;>>
> >> > wrote:
> >> > > Do you know of a sure-fire way to unerase a 7z file?
>
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