Sometimes it is. PACK copies the non-deleted records in a new file, then delete the original file and renames the new one. So technically it's a file deletion operation, which can be recovered from disk using specialized tools, such as the ones produced by http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com/.
The degree of success may vary, though; the sooner the recovery process is started, the greater chances of success. The reason is HDD reports the sectors where the original file was stored as free and they are overwritten sooner or later. Once overwritten, the recovery will fail. As far as I know, there are tools which can recover data from overwritten sectors (this is why utilities that wipe the content of a harddisk do multiple overwrites on same sectors), but I have never seen such a thing. And I believe they're not as successful as they say though. > -----Original Message----- > From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech- > boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ajoy Khaund > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 3:18 AM > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: Retrieve Data after pack & index > > Hi, > > After deleting some records and issuing a PACK and then deleting the > indexes for the table and creating the indexes again is it possible by anyone > to retrieve the deleted the data. Is there any software by which someone > will be able to retrieve the data. Any kind of information will help. Sometimes > some people ask these questions and I am at a loss of words. If any software > can recover it please let me know. > > Currently what I am telling them that's its not possible & that its something > like you have an excel sheet of say 100 rows. You then delete 20 rows and > save it. After saving whether it possible to recover the deleted rows?? > > Thanks in advance. > > Bobby > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/000c01cbccf3$9ee83b50$dcb8b1f0$@gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
