himok Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Yesterday, I deleted a rar password secured file, today I tried to recover it, but Recuva cant recover it, State: "Unrecovable", Comment:"File`s data could not be found on disk." Recuva found my file in $RECYCLE.BIN, I am 100% sure I didnt overwrite file. What I can do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
himok Posted April 21, 2022 Author Share Posted April 21, 2022 10 minutes ago, himok said: Yesterday, I deleted a rar password secured file, today I tried to recover it, but Recuva cant recover it, State: "Unrecovable", Comment:"File`s data could not be found on disk." Recuva found my file in $RECYCLE.BIN, I am 100% sure I didnt overwrite file. What I can do? I just read that files 4gb+ are unrecoverable, so there is no way I can recover it? It was over 8gb file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted April 21, 2022 Moderators Share Posted April 21, 2022 Can you restore the file from the recycle bin? Yes, I believe that NTFS zeroes the cluster addresses when deleting files greater than 4 gb. I have no idea why but NTFS is not designed to recover deleted files. You could try a deep scan in a desperate hope that the file is in one extent and Recuva will recover it, but the odds against that are pretty long. Apart from that the file is unrecoverable, although a professional data recovery company may be able to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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