Restoring Deleted Files

[MadMango]

You can delete files from the Open dialogue box within SW. My question is, where do they go? Can they be restored? I thought that they went to your Recycle Bin, but they don't.

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[SBaugh]

I just tried it and mine went to the Recycle bin. Maybe it's a windows setting?

I do know that if you hold the Shift key down and select Delete it [red]Permanently[/red] deletes the file.

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[aamoroso]

There is a windows setting on the Recycle Bin. If you right mouse button on your recycle bin and select properties you can set it to delete files immediately and not keep them in the bin.

 

[MElam]

If the files are on a network, they will not go to the Recycle bin.

 

[Standing]

I also tried deleting from the Open dialogue box within SolidWorks. It even asked me if I wanted it to go to the Recycle Bin. I am using Windows 2000.

Bradley

 

[MadMango]

These files were on a network, so I guess that means they are lost for ever. Oh well...

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[Standing]

MadMango,
That is the problem we had in the beginning of PDM with our vault on a server. We started working on the server in a mapped drive labeled our name. The more files we had in our folder the slower SolidWorks got. The associates started deleting the files from their folders. Then they started wanting them back. As you found out the deleted files go into vapor space.
To solve this problem of keeping our folders small and being able to bring back files I wrote a Visual Basic 6 program to move the files in our folders on the server to our C:\ drive in a folder called backup1, backup2 and etc.


Bradley

 

[aamoroso]

There might be a network Recycle Bin, or your network admin might have a failsafe. I would talk to the network people at your workplace and see if there is anyway to access the file. We use a Mac network and we have recycle bins on the servers, also we do a tape back up weekly. We also do a local back up from the network to a local machine daily to prevent losing valuable data. Something to consider, or perhaps your network people are already doing this.

 

[PDMAdmin]

I agree with aamoroso 100%. It is critical to back up data like the PDM vault files, so check with your network admins. If they don't keep backups of that data, it's time to give them some tough love.