Getting deleted save files back

Post » Thu Dec 10, 2015 4:43 pm

Hey,

I was just going through may save file (to delete some older files) and I accidental managed to delete my latest save file. Is their anyway to get it back?

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Nichola Haynes
 
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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 5:36 am

Not that I'm aware of.

RIPPERONI PEPPERONI.

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Alexander Lee
 
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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 5:16 am

Thy going tp you trash bin, as most of deleted items are stored there if you haven't cleaned it

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Tanya Parra
 
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Post » Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:16 pm

It's not in the trash bin

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Miranda Taylor
 
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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:50 am

Then its gone, start over. I feel you man becouse it happened to me i had to restart everything, but you know where most of the stuff is so it should be easier to finish the game

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Angela Woods
 
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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 3:22 am

Oh man you should have backed them up somewere man like internet or a second hard drive, I feel your pain though that would be bad.
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Horse gal smithe
 
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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 8:01 am

That svcks, ok then, thanks for helping out ;)

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David John Hunter
 
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Post » Thu Dec 10, 2015 10:03 pm

Check you recycle bin first, if it's not there you can download recovery software. If you are going to go this route do it before you do anything else on your computer (particularly playing fallout and saving).

On my phone so links are difficult to add but, Google a free program called recuva (https://www.piriform.com/recuva)

Good luck
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Toby Green
 
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Post » Thu Dec 10, 2015 8:11 pm

Thanks, can you guide me through how to search for just Fallout 4 files instead of all of the hard drive files

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Evaa
 
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Post » Thu Dec 10, 2015 11:31 pm

At work so guessing but "my documents/my games/fallout4/saves" I know that's the wrong slash, but don't seem to have the other one on my phones keyboard.
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Fanny Rouyé
 
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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 8:12 am

I think if you deleted the file while playing Fallout 4, it's gone. If you deleted it from the folder in your documents it would be salvageable from your recycle bin or with recovery software.

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Cat Haines
 
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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 6:31 am

It should be recoverable, unless Bethesda scrubs your hard drive when deleting files. I imagine they would issue a delete file command and let the os handle the rest.

Little background: when you delete a file it basically marks the space that the file occupied as "available" it does not actively remove the file. If a new file needs to be written and that space is available, it will then overwrite the old file. Note: even after this it is possible with the right tools to try and recover the file.
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Nitol Ahmed
 
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Post » Thu Dec 10, 2015 4:20 pm

Add the speed disk, delayed disk write all Win has had in it since XP, it was optional before then, and chance of recovery drops dramatically.
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Laura Simmonds
 
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Post » Fri Dec 11, 2015 12:52 am

I can't seem to find the file, so I will start over. Thanks for all your help Delardra in particular, as well as everyone else

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Hussnein Amin
 
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Post » Thu Dec 10, 2015 4:20 pm

Try using Recuva. It searches your hard drive for "deleted" files. When a file is "deleted" it is not automatics erased from the hard drive. Instead Windows simply changes the locations (sectors) where the data has been written to on the hard drive to be "available", meaning if new data needs to be written to the hard drive, then Windows may overwrite the sectors where your saved game is located. If none of the saved game sectors have been overwritten with new data, then it is possible to recover your saved game. Give it a try, it's free.

https://www.piriform.com/recuva/download

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Lady Shocka
 
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Post » Thu Dec 10, 2015 6:03 pm

This. I can confirm that files delete via the FO4 menus do NOT get to the recycle bin (but are GONE).

There are certainly PC utilities out there to try and recover deleted files, but that's a PC conversation, not a Fallout 4 one.

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