recycle bin??

[zestril5]

Using Windows 2000 Professional Server with 12 W98se systems.
All files for each system are kept on the server in a folder designated specifically for the particular terminal. I was asked the other day what happens to files that are deleted. They do not appear in the W98 recycle bin.
I know that when you delete files from a floppy they do not go to the recycle bin so I assume that the same rules are applying here.
My questions are ..... do the files get held anywhere on the server awaiting deletion? Is there a way to get back deleted files as easily as recovery from the recycle bin using the current setup?

 

[Shift838]

When deleting them off a server resource, once deleted they are deleted. You will not be able to restore them unless they were backed up to a tape media or something of that sort.

 

[OUCATS]

You are correct as far as deleted local files (on the client harddrive or floppy) going to the recycling bin on client computers. But the recycling bin acts totally different on a Win2K server when a client deletes a network file. On a network share, the file is immediately deleted (do not pass go, do not collect $200). The only way to recover a file is to either run a undelete utility on the server (the sooner the better chance you have of recovering it) or to install an application that turns the server recycling bin into a recycling bin that acts like a client's recycling bin. One such program that will do both for you is Undelete Server by Executive Software. I haven't officially used it yet, but I have ordered it and it should be arriving any day now.

I thought this was weird that MS didn't create a server recycling bin that allows administrators a chance to recover deleted files so I did some research. It seems that MS wanted their servers to have "C2" security out of the box. One of the requirements of C2 security is that when a network file is deleted, that it's immediately deleted.

http://www.ntsecurity.net/articles/index.cfm?articleid=2293

Hope this helps.

 

[zestril5]

Thank you for the responses.
I looked at Undelete Server. At that price I think people will just have to be a little more diligent about what they delete.
My resolution for this particular network will be to advise everyone to make a floppy copy before deleting anything. Mark and date it and get rid of the floppy when you realize it was ok to delete it in the first place.
Thanks again.