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Windows XP OS

My Computer got infected by some virus and deleted most of the files in the Desktop.

Now, i am recovering the data from Hard Disk by connecting to an another Computer.

I am able to fetch the files from C:\

But, how to get the files from Desktop which got deleted. Is there anyway to retrieve from Recycle Bin? Where this Recycle bin is located in C:\ ?

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They probably wouldn't be in your recycle bin, since they were not deleted in the usual manner (from a normal user session). But if you want to check and be sure, the default location of the recycle bin on XP is c:\recycler. This folder will be hidden so you might have to enable hidden files/folders to see it. If you don't find the files in there, I have had luck with Active@ Undelete - third party disk recovery software. – charnley Mar 21 '11 at 16:02
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Recuva is free and may be able to find your files

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care to explain how one might do that with Recuva? – Ivo Flipse♦ Mar 22 '11 at 21:39
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If they are deleted you can try a recovery tool for NTFS if you think they are on the recycle bin you should look for them on DRIVE:\$Recycle.Bin (replace DRIVE with C: or D: or whatever your disk is mounted on).

I would advise you try to recover your data from a Linux based operating system like Ubuntu you'll get less chances of getting a virus copy and you can also see hidden Windows files more easily.

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Look in your user account temp folder, some malware moves all the Start menu items and desktop items in there, believe it or not. Look for numbered folders 1,2,3,4, etc

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