# Elastic Search 2.4.1 Windows Service

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-2-4-1-windows-service/353453>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 16, 2024, 10:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-2-4-1-windows-service/353453 "2024-02-16T10:50:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Franco.dicarlo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@Franco.dicarlo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Franco.dicarlo)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 10:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-2-4-1-windows-service/353453/1 "2024-02-16T10:50:02Z")

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Hi to all,  
I have a 2.4.1 Elastic Search installed as a service on a windows server.  
I was working with ES in c#, I was trying to delete items in a specific index.  
Unfortunately I deleted more data than necessary,I immediately made a backup of the folder (i have a snapshot but is too old).  
in the file system, in the folders and in files i see the information deleted, obviously they are difficult to understand. So when the ES service starts the data is deleted.  
I restored a new instance of ES to test with the folder backup, but when the service starts the data is deleted.  
I believe the data is marked for deletion, is there a way to recover and read it in a humane way?  
Tanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-2-4-1-windows-service/353453/2 "2024-02-16T12:46:23Z")

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As far as I know there is no tooling available to recover deleted data. You are also using a very, very old version which I personally have not used in many years so I would recommend you upgrade to the latest version as there likely will be more people able to help with more recent versions.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-2-4-1-windows-service/353453/3 "2024-03-15T12:47:11Z")

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Closed on March 15, 2024, 12:47pm UTC

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