Recover Files - DFS Deleted

Hi,
Someone in our office ran an incorrect robocopy command which ended up in alot of information being deleted from a DFS.
The changes were made on the source folder which was not up to date with the destination folder so I assume all our missing files and folders are hiding in the Staging folder. I guess first is, is this assumption correct.
Assuming that is correct how can I got about trying to get these files and folders. Unfortunately our Backup to Tape and Previous either have not worked or were too old to capture the changes I need. I cant seem to find what I need in the Conflict and Deleted
folder etc etc.
We are running Server 2008.
Cheers,
Zac Avramides

Hi Zac,
Above all, I would like to confirm if there is a DFS replication group configged - if so, we may able to get files back.
From your description, files are not replicated to destination folder. I assume a /mir or a /move is performed. Please noticed that this action may not involve DFS as it is directly deleted by Robocopy. Also
staging folder is size limited so even if files are moved to staging folder, some of them may already be deleted.
Now please check the conflictanddeleted folder. See if any file is inside - there is a
script which could help restore files inside conflictanddeleted folder to original location. So the question is whether or not these files are there.
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