Recovering Deleted Top Level folders Folders

Owned by Daniel Maletz (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Dec 15, 2022 by Ahmad Abdullah
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(info) Only for Server Admins

In the current version there is no possibility for a user to recover a top level folder if he deleted it, but there is a possibility for the administrator to recover those folders.

If it is configured the folders are moved to BACKUP_REMOVE inside the storage base path of your server when a user deletes it. (Check Preferences → Storage → Move folders to backup directory when users delete them)

To recover those files just create a new folder in web interface for the user and move the files from BACKUP_REMOVE to the new folder in your storage. Make sure that the MetaData aren't copied to the folder too!
After the next scheduled scan of the folders the files are showing up in the web interface for the user.

Depending on the configuration of the server this takes either one hour or it is done at 0:00 in the night.


IMPORTANT

(warning) If the folder got encrypted it is not possible to recover the folder. 


Example:

  • Folder to recover: "Documents"
  • Storage path in this example: /storage
  • Configuration of the folder scan: Continuous
  1. Create a new folder in web interface for the user. For example "Recover", as user or let the affected user do this
  2. Copy every subfolder and file from /storage/BACKUP_REMOVE/username/Documents to /storage/username/Recover
  3. (error) Don't copy the folder /storage/BACKUP_REMOVE/username/Documents/.PowerFolder
  4. After the copy finished you only have to wait until the next scan of the folders. In the worst case this happens after an hour.
  5. Now the user should be able to see his/her files online again.(Only