Tested the following softwares :R-studio,Easy Recovery,Active Undlelete,Restorer2000,Getdataback,Directory Snoop ,Smart Undelete, File recovery Pro, EmergencyRecovery,WinUndelete, Restoration and few other that cannot install/run in NT4.0
and none can find files deleted by Total Commander and not overwritten!!
Any ideas?

What kind of files do u want to recover did u try media tools .

From what filesystem?

File system is NTFS(winNT) and it would be best to find software that I will not have to install on the critical PC, but run through network(is there Norton Unerase version that can do that?) or run off a floppy
Mostly zip files were deleted

Check out http://www.ntfsundelete.com/
there is an ISO available so you won't have to install a thing

Have your tried Stellar Phoenix NTFS data recovery software ?
If not download the demo from: http://www.stellarinfo.com/recover-windows-nt.htm
Scan your hard drive. If you are able to see the data through demo then you can save it by getting the full version.

It performs NTFS data recovery after corruption of critical system data area structures like MFT record.

Hope it may resolved your issue.

thanks for the input but none helped:(
in addition Norton unerase.exe neither from Norton emergency floppy nor from Norton utilities for windows NT that I put on a bootable floppy cannot see the NTFS hard disk at all !!??
Only after running ntfsdos.exe driver they do but cannot find the deleted files!I also tried Active unerase dos floppy version without success!
Any other ideas ?

Hi,

I doubt there is anything under DOS able to deal with this problem.
I would disable the whole drive's filesystems by changing the signature of the MBR (MHDD: switchmbr command),
then attach the drive under a working system running XP or W2000, and for example getdataback.
rameez asked what kind of files do U need, and I repeat this question because it can make some difference.

regards,
pepe

Also try PCInspector file recovery, it is free for personal use. Ver 3.0 is better than the newest version. Have it scan entire drive not just first 10,000 sectors. It will work if your data has not been overwritten.

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TC has a plugin that wipes the file when you delete it. Maybe this was deleted with it?