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Old June 29th 20, 06:55 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,rec.photo.digital
Arlen Holder[_6_]
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Default Microsoft's new free Windows File Recovery command-line tool retrieves deleted files

Dateline today...

o *Microsoft's new free "Windows File Recovery" command-line tool*
https://www.theverge.com/21306670/microsoft-windows-file-recovery-tool-app-download-features
"You'll be able to use Microsoft's new tool to recover MP3 files,
MP4 videos, PDF documents, JPEG images, and typical Word, Excel,
and PowerPoint documents."

"Microsoft's file recovery tool has a default mode that's designed
primarily for NTFS file systems. It will recover files from a
corrupted disk or after you've formatted a disk."

"A second signature mode will likely be the more popular option,
allowing users to recover specific file types across FAT, exFAT,
and ReFS file systems."

o *Windows file recovery tool*
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/windows-file-recovery/9n26s50ln705
"Accidentally deleted an important file? Wiped clean your hard drive?
Unsure of what to do with corrupted data?

Windows File Recovery can help recover your personal data.

For photos, documents, videos and more, Windows File Recovery supports
many file types to help ensure that your data is not permanently lost.

Recovering from a camera or SD card? Try Signature mode, which expands
beyond NTFS recovery and caters to your storage device needs.

Let this app be your first choice for helping to find what you need from
your hard drive, SSD (*limited by TRIM), USB drive, or memory cards.

Visit http://aka.ms/winfrhelp for the user guide and reach out to
[Email of] for further support or feedback."
--
"Microsoft already provides a Previous Versions feature in Windows 10 that
lets you recovery documents you may have deleted, but you have to
specifically enable this using a File History feature that's disabled by
default."
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17128/windows-8-file-history
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Old June 29th 20, 10:30 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,rec.photo.digital
Peter Jason
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Default Microsoft's new free Windows File Recovery command-line tool retrieves deleted files

On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 17:55:41 -0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder
wrote:

Dateline today...

o *Microsoft's new free "Windows File Recovery" command-line tool*
https://www.theverge.com/21306670/microsoft-windows-file-recovery-tool-app-download-features


Does this have to be downloaded? I tried but I got repeated shopping
screens & nothing has appeared in the Download folder. How is this
to be downloaded?
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Old June 29th 20, 11:07 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,rec.photo.digital
Paul[_10_]
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Default Microsoft's new free Windows File Recovery command-line tool retrieves deleted files

Peter Jason wrote:
On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 17:55:41 -0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder
wrote:

Dateline today...

o *Microsoft's new free "Windows File Recovery" command-line tool*
https://www.theverge.com/21306670/microsoft-windows-file-recovery-tool-app-download-features


Does this have to be downloaded? I tried but I got repeated shopping
screens & nothing has appeared in the Download folder. How is this
to be downloaded?


Is that in the App Store ?

Maybe you need a barge pole, a piece of string, and a magnet ?
Surely that will work.

The reason I say that, is I visited several enthusiast sites
who "pretended" to have WINFR, and after they tease you with a
few advertising-laden webpages, it leads to the same Microsoft
Store page :-) It turns out there's no warm taco or burrito
waiting for you, on the web. Just cold, hard, Microsoft Store.

Paul
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Old June 29th 20, 11:28 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,rec.photo.digital
Arlen Holder[_6_]
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Default Microsoft's new free Windows File Recovery command-line tool retrieves deleted files

On Tue, 30 Jun 2020 07:30:31 +1000, Peter Jason wrote:

Does this have to be downloaded? I tried but I got repeated shopping
screens & nothing has appeared in the Download folder. How is this
to be downloaded?


Hi Peter Jason,

This is breaking news, so we'll be learning more soon, I'm sure.
o Where this article says it's hard to find, but they show how to find it:

o *Microsoft adds WINFR file undeletion tool to the Microsoft Store*
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/06/microsoft-adds-winfr-file-undeletion-tool-to-the-microsoft-store/
"Although it isn't yet built into Windows, Microsoft has finally
released its own file undelete tool - it's called Windows File
Recovery, and it works with the newest builds of Windows
(variously known as 20H1, 2004, and 19041)."

Specifically, they mention how difficult it is to find by normal methods:
"the tool certainly could be easier to find. When we looked for Windows
File Recovery by name on Bing, in a freshly installed Windows 10 2004
VM, we got buried under pages of ads for other things.

Moving onto the Microsoft Store, the experience was no better - when
searching for its exact name, we couldn't find the Windows File Recovery
tool until we'd filtered our results first to Apps only, then to Tools &
Utilities only.

Once we'd finally found the tool and verified that we met the system
requirements, installation was a click away."

Given the huge Windows market share, this brand new capability could be a
big deal to anyone who ever lost a photo (which is pretty much almost
everyone) who then had to use freeware on Windows, or on a USB drive, or a
flash card, etc. to recover lost videos, photos, screenshots, etc.

In fact, almost the _entire_ article cited above discusses how to recover
lost digital image files, which all of us (almost) have needed in the past.
--
This tool may be the 1st used when needing to recover lost digital images!
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Old June 29th 20, 11:42 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,rec.photo.digital
Arlen Holder[_6_]
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Default Microsoft's new free Windows File Recovery command-line tool retrieves deleted files

On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 18:07:04 -0400, Paul wrote:

The reason I say that, is I visited several enthusiast sites
who "pretended" to have WINFR


Hi Paul,

It's breaking news, so we'll all learn more soon I hope.
o The beauty of Usenet is we can all pitch in to flesh out missing details.

It's a boon to anyone with lost photos and videos on Windows who uses
freeware to get them back from their USB flash devices (maybe even their
camera itself?)

As such, your experience searching for the download is similar to what
others reported, where it's breaking news that, apparently, someone
"found", at least according to this:
o Microsoft quietly created a Windows 10 File Recovery tool, how to use
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-quietly-created-a-windows-10-file-recovery-tool-how-to-use/
"Microsoft has created a Windows 10 File Recovery Tool
that recovers deleted files and forgot to tell anyone."

That article, dated the 27th, says it was "found" by someone:
"Windows sleuth WalkingCat recently discovered a program
created by Microsoft called the 'Windows Recovery Tool.'"
https://twitter.com/h0x0d/status/1276810514157297664

That article describes the three modes:
o Default mode:
This mode uses the Master File Table (MFT) to locate lost files.
Default mode works well when the MFT and file segments,
also called File Record Segments (FRS), are present.

o Segment mode:
This mode does not require the MFT but does require segments.
Segments are summaries of file information that NTFS stores in the MFT
such as name, date, size, type and the cluster/allocation unit index.

o Signature mode:
This mode only requires that the data is present and searches for
specific file types. It doesn't work for small files.
To recover a file on an external storage device, such as a USB drive,
you can only use Signature mode.

That article shows how to install it and use it to recover lost files.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/r/windows-file-recovery/9n26s50ln705
--
Anyone who has lost photos on USB drives or flash cards may benefit.
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Old June 30th 20, 12:26 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,rec.photo.digital
Paul in Houston TX[_2_]
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Default Microsoft's new free Windows File Recovery command-line tool retrieves deleted files

Arlen Holder wrote:
Dateline today...

o *Microsoft's new free "Windows File Recovery" command-line tool*
https://www.theverge.com/21306670/microsoft-windows-file-recovery-tool-app-download-features
"You'll be able to use Microsoft's new tool to recover MP3 files,
MP4 videos, PDF documents, JPEG images, and typical Word, Excel,
and PowerPoint documents."


I'll stick with Recuva for the time being.

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Old June 30th 20, 12:43 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,rec.photo.digital
Rene Lamontagne
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Default Microsoft's new free Windows File Recovery command-line tool retrieves deleted files

On 2020-06-29 5:07 p.m., Paul wrote:
Peter Jason wrote:
On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 17:55:41 -0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder
wrote:

Dateline today...

o *Microsoft's new free "Windows File Recovery" command-line tool*
https://www.theverge.com/21306670/microsoft-windows-file-recovery-tool-app-download-features


Does this have to be downloaded?Â* I tried but I got repeated shopping
screens & nothing has appeared in the Download folder.Â*Â* How is this
to be downloaded?


Is that in the App Store ?

Maybe you need a barge pole, a piece of string, and a magnet ?
Surely that will work.

The reason I say that, is I visited several enthusiast sites
who "pretended" to have WINFR, and after they tease you with a
few advertising-laden webpages, it leads to the same Microsoft
Store page :-) It turns out there's no warm taco or burrito
waiting for you, on the web. Just cold, hard, Microsoft Store.

Â*Â* Paul

Hi Peter and Paul, I followed the link you gave and ended up in the
app store , searched for and found it somehow after a few screwy pages
clicked GET and it downloaded , installed and launched in a Command box
as advertised.

The version number is 0.0.11.761.0, You need Windows 2004 19041.xxx to
run it.
Something screwy about getting it as I seemed to require a little
runaround in the store.
But it is there.

Addenum.
I posted this in the wrong thread so here I am with another correction
the version number is 0.0.11761.0.
Also when I was ****ing around in the app store I just remembered it
said App is installed, but I don't think I was up to that point yet. Is
it possible that that app is part of 2004 19041?I can't check now unless
I reinstall yesterdays Macrium backup'

Rene



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Old June 30th 20, 01:14 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,rec.photo.digital
Rene Lamontagne
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Default Microsoft's new free Windows File Recovery command-line tool retrieves deleted files

On 2020-06-29 6:43 p.m., Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 2020-06-29 5:07 p.m., Paul wrote:
Peter Jason wrote:
On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 17:55:41 -0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder
wrote:

Dateline today...

o *Microsoft's new free "Windows File Recovery" command-line tool*
https://www.theverge.com/21306670/microsoft-windows-file-recovery-tool-app-download-features


Does this have to be downloaded?Â* I tried but I got repeated shopping
screens & nothing has appeared in the Download folder.Â*Â* How is this
to be downloaded?


Is that in the App Store ?

Maybe you need a barge pole, a piece of string, and a magnet ?
Surely that will work.

The reason I say that, is I visited several enthusiast sites
who "pretended" to have WINFR, and after they tease you with a
few advertising-laden webpages, it leads to the same Microsoft
Store page :-) It turns out there's no warm taco or burrito
waiting for you, on the web. Just cold, hard, Microsoft Store.

Â*Â*Â* Paul

Hi Peter and Paul,Â*Â* I followed the link you gave and ended up in the
appÂ* store , searched for and found it somehow after a few screwy pages
clicked GET and it downloaded , installed and launched in a Command box
as advertised.

The version number is 0.0.11.761.0, You need Windows 2004 19041.xxx to
run it.
Something screwy about getting it as I seemed to require a little
runaround in the store.
But it is there.

Addenum.
I posted this in the wrong thread so here I am with another correction
the version number is 0.0.11761.0.
Also when I was ****ing around in the app store I just remembered it
said App is installed, but I don't think I was up to that point yet.Â* Is
it possible that that app is part of 2004 19041?I can't check now unless
Â*I reinstall yesterdays Macrium backup'

Rene




OK, just reinstalled yesterdays Macrium backup (3min 29 sec) and here I
am and no it is NOT part of 2004 19041.329.

So went back to the link and this time it showed up without searching,
So clicked GET and it downloaded then clicked INSTALL and it did, then
clicked LAUNCH and away we go, running in a command prompt no sweat or
shenanigans this time.

Rene


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Old June 30th 20, 02:08 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,rec.photo.digital
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Default Microsoft's new free Windows File Recovery command-line toolretrieves deleted files

Paul in Houston TX wrote:
Arlen Holder wrote:
Dateline today...

o *Microsoft's new free "Windows File Recovery" command-line tool*
https://www.theverge.com/21306670/microsoft-windows-file-recovery-tool-app-download-features

Â*Â*Â* "You'll be able to use Microsoft's new tool to recover MP3 files,
Â*Â*Â*Â* MP4 videos, PDF documents, JPEG images, and typical Word, Excel,
Â*Â*Â*Â* and PowerPoint documents."


I'll stick with Recuva for the time being.


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Old June 30th 20, 02:12 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,rec.photo.digital
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Default Microsoft's new free Windows File Recovery command-line tool retrieves deleted files

Arlen Holder wrote:

Paul wrote:

The reason I say that, is I visited several enthusiast sites
who "pretended" to have WINFR


It's breaking news,


There are other names for that.

so we'll all learn more soon I hope.


You're more amusing in the Apple group.
 




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