How do I “unempty” the recycle bin in Vista?
Unfortunately there is no unempty feature in windows. Once you delete/empty the recycle bin, windows is not able to find the files. You can download free software off the Internet that will recover deleted files (google – recover deleted/lost files from hard disk). This will only work if the part of the hard disk that the files were on has not been used to save other files. Just download the free software and scan your pc for deleted files and recover them.