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Undelete in Rockbox?

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TheAlmightyGuru:
I accidentally deleted a song in rockbox using the context menu. I checked the manual, and I don't see any mention of an undelete feature, but I also don't see any mention that deleting is permanent.

Any chance of getting the song back?

evilnick:
You *should* be able to run an undelete utility from your PC when the player is connected, but make sure not to write anything new to the disk first.

TheAlmightyGuru:
I didn't know if Rockbox had a built-in recycling bin or not. I was able to get the song back with the program, "Undelete Plus". Thanks for the pro tip!

bluebrother:

--- Quote from: TheAlmightyGuru on March 22, 2010, 11:35:22 AM ---I didn't know if Rockbox had a built-in recycling bin or not.

--- End quote ---

It does not. It wouldn't make much sens anyway.

gulak:

--- Quote from: bluebrother on March 22, 2010, 12:51:42 PM ---
--- Quote from: TheAlmightyGuru on March 22, 2010, 11:35:22 AM ---I didn't know if Rockbox had a built-in recycling bin or not.

--- End quote ---

It does not. It wouldn't make much sens anyway.

--- End quote ---

A recycle bin makes perfectly sense. Imagine you deleted 100 files over the time. This results in 100 times delete and 100 clicks to confirm the deletion.

With a recycle bin there's no need for confirmation on delete, only when you want to empty the recycle bin. This saves you 99 clicks (neglecting the clicks to go to the recycle bin and open the context menu to empty the bin)!
Another advantage is that there's less likely to delete a file by mistake.

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