Recover deleted directory?

Besides destroying file's contents, some file wiping software also makes an attempt to ensure that, once wiping has been performed, no information about the file is left in the file system's metadata, such as directory entries. FAT file system, for example, only replaces the first character of the filename in the corresponding directory entry, when a file is removed. This may be a problem if the user doesn't want to leave traces, such as partial file name and, possibly, creation and modification dates on the physical medium. The solution to this problem is to wipe deleted entries in the directory containing the file after wiping the file itself.