Where does deleted content go?

[nicky9499]

Hi guys. This is quite an emergency so please understand if I sound a little over-anxious. The more time elapsed the lesser chance of recovery.

I have a nice miniroute being worked on over the last few weeks. I was poking around CMP just now and noticed a session for it I wanted to delete but never got around to, so I just pressed delete and confirmed. Now I go into TRS06 but cannot find my route.

Where does deleted files go after such an operation? Before a delete, where does the file usually reside? I'm using Undelete Plus and don't know which folder to recover from.

Nicholas.

 

[nicky9499]

Guys please, this is very urgent.

 

[JCitron]

Guys please, this is very urgent.

There's a folder called trash where you installed Trainz, or at least it exists in TS2009. I was able to recover a couple of things from there already. I can't guarantee it, but good luck anyway.

John

 

[nicky9499]

Hi there.

I checked it. But it's empty.

This is weird. The session name is "base2". I remember deleting it, and not "Coal County". Is there some button I could have inadvertently pressed? Like "delete item and dependencies" or something?

There's absolutely no trace of this file, even with the file recovery software.

Cheerio,
Nicholas.

 

[Approach_Medium]

That is very odd. Are you sure you deleted the session file, and not the route?
I have deleted sessions before, and never lost an entire route in the process, although if you use certain programmable assets such as AJS Junction Controller, your data will disappear from the controller if you don't save the session.

BTW, when you are working on a route, do you save with a different file name each time? I never overwrite a route, that way I can always go back to a previous one.

FW

 

[nicky9499]

Yes, i overwrite. It's set on a 20 minute autosave. It's one entire week of beautiful work, I think I'm going to cry.

 

[nicky9499]

Okay, I've sorted them out by filename. What is the closest possible filename for a route? I've got some unknown file types (.flt, .stg, .gid, .bin, .dat, .tlb).

 

[sterrett]

Just a Suggestion!

Hi Nicky

Sorry - this is a long shot, but it worked for me a while ago.

Open up Content Manager and search for files by "Author" and "nicky9499" and see if your deleted file appears. If it does, you can "Edit" and "Commit".

Sometimes sessions you delete in Surveyor are only hiding! I hope you're lucky!


(I just looked at my files and there are over 20 deleted sessions sitting there!)

 

[American_Connections]

Losses

Yes, i overwrite. It's set on a 20 minute autosave. It's one entire week of beautiful work, I think I'm going to cry.

One week! Think about my losses of the exact copy of my ranch land senario; and even more, the very first one I worked on for over seven years! All gone due to a stupid mistake.:'(

 

[srr89]

One week! Think about my losses of the exact copy of my ranch land senario; and even more, the very first one I worked on for over seven years! All gone due to a stupid mistake.:'(

Now that must suck. It always stinks to lose something you have worked on for so long, that's why its a good idea to always backup your major projects.

Robby :wave:

 

[nicky9499]

Okay AC, now that I can sympathize with. I currently have an entire hard drive full of photographs since 2004 to 2008 awaiting funding for professional recovery - I dropped it. I guess life isn't complete without setbacks.

Nicholas.

 

[nicky9499]

Hi Nicky

Sorry - this is a long shot, but it worked for me a while ago.

Open up Content Manager and search for files by "Author" and "nicky9499" and see if your deleted file appears. If it does, you can "Edit" and "Commit".

Sometimes sessions you delete in Surveyor are only hiding! I hope you're lucky!


(I just looked at my files and there are over 20 deleted sessions sitting there!)

Hi.

I've tried that parameter, the locally modified parameter, the filename parameter and the author kuid parameter. All turn up zero. This is rather mysterious disappearance and I'm growing used to the fact that I've permanently lost the route. Thanks for your suggestion though.

Nicholas.