roeelo Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 Hello all. First of all, Recuva is great!! You've saved me some important info. I have a question. let's say i have a folder with a document and a picture inside. I managed to recover the document and the picture, but the folder itself i didn't found. it's important to me because of it's name and the date he was created. How can i find and restore the empty folder to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted June 6, 2009 Moderators Share Posted June 6, 2009 The deleted doc and pic that Recuva found might have the folder name in the Info tab, or set the View Mode in Options/General to Tree. I don't know any way of getting the folder creation date back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roeelo Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 Well, you are right. The folder name can be restore too, but the only thing that missing is the creation/modified date of the deleted folder. If someone know how to restore it, or why it can't be restore - I'll be happy to hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted June 6, 2009 Moderators Share Posted June 6, 2009 Yes, if you choose Restore Folder Structure in Recuva options then the full directory path is indeed restored, but with the date of the restore of course. I guess that this is because you're creating a new folder, and Windows is not going to let any common or garden application write data in the MFT. As far as I understand the myriad complexities of NTFS the directory has an entry in the MFT as well as the files, and would have a date created timestamp. However Recuva doesn't show directory entries as seperate entities: whether they can't be or Recuva doesn't think it serves any point is not anything I can pontificate on. I would think that as the folder structure can be restored then there's no mileage in trying to patch together an old directory entry. I think you have to concede that a request to reinstate the create date of a directory is rare, I've never come across it here before. Date modifed is of course pointless, it will be the date the files were deleted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roeelo Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 I think you have to concede that a request to reinstate the create date of a directory is rare, I've never come across it here before. Well, i am a unique person Thank you for your educated explanation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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