Accidentally deleted content of a zipped file

[Dr_Groningen]

Hi there,

I have accidentally deleted the contents (only the contents, not the zip file itself). I do not know how to recover the files. Is it possible at all? Any idea?

[Sir_SiLvA]

no.
if you drink the content of a bottle, you still have the bottle but the content is gone.

[Dr_Groningen]

Not the response I wanted to hear... Thanks

[HolgerK]

In case your zip file is placed on an NTFS drive where System Protection is turned on:
- Open the property page of the file
- goto tab "Previous Versions"
- select a date before your accidental removed the content
- [Restore]

You can even use TC to browse the file versions from this date:
http://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=153815#153815

Regards
Holger

[Dr_Groningen]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately there seems not to be any previous version of neither the file nor the folder it is saved in.

[ghisler(Author)]

You can also try an undelete tool - TC creates a copy of the zip, copies over all remaining files, the deletes the old and renames the new file. The data should still be on the disk if it wasn't overwritten by other files in the meantime...