How can i read all information in a filesystem

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How can i read all information in a file system including file allocation table and deleted files. I need to recover deleted files using C# i.e. how can i undelete files like some file recovery tools do???

Posted 23-Aug-13 1:17am

abhitechno

Updated 23-Aug-13 18:28pm

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[no name] 23-Aug-13 7:19am

http://www.codeproject.com/Questions/67924/How-do-I-recover-deleted-files-in-C

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ) 23-Aug-13 8:50am

What have you tried?

abhitechno 24-Aug-13 0:26am

nothing! I'm clueless and in desperate need of some direction.

Richard MacCutchan 24-Aug-13 4:32am

Then you are unlikely to succeed with this project. Reading file system allocation tables and other internal information is not a straightforward process, and would probably need a C/C++ interface to access the actual data. If you are really serious about this then you need to use Google to do a lot of research into the subject.

abhitechno 24-Aug-13 5:11am

some sort of direction or link to such an interface would be really helpful

Richard MacCutchan 24-Aug-13 6:42am

As I said, you need to use Google. This is a big subject, you cannot do it in a few lines of code.

Matthew Dennis 25-Aug-13 12:49pm

Did you check the trash bin for the file?

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syed shanu · Answer 1 · 2013-08-25T22:49:00

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Hi,
Check this link,Might be useful for you.

Undelete a file in NTFS[^]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8819188/c-sharp-classes-to-undelete-files[^]

http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/topic/164491-working-with-the-windows-recycle-bin-with-c%23/[^]

Posted 25-Aug-13 22:49pm

syed shanu

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abhitechno 26-Aug-13 6:01am

thanq