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| Thread ID: 105372 | 2009-11-29 21:48:00 | Lost everything after reinstall of XP | Dreamcicle (15468) | Press F1 |
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| 834701 | 2009-11-29 21:48:00 | Firstly I would like to thank everyone for their advanced help with the mess that I created. I can honestly say that I have no clue how this happened, but my computer shut down and continued to attempt to reboot itself for quite some time. I have Windows XP SP2, and decided to reinstall just so I could stop the havoc of this thing constantly rebooting itself. Everything went well except I realized that all of my programs, pics, and documents are gone! I have downloaded and purchased File Recover from PC Tools, ran the scan, saw my files, and it will not allow me to recover them, constantly receiving an error code. I have contacted Their support, and have yet to hear back from them, so I came here for advice. Is there ANY way to retrieve these files, and if so, could someone walk me through the process? Thanking you again for your help and time, |
Dreamcicle (15468) | ||
| 834702 | 2009-11-29 22:03:00 | If you purchased it have you put the serial in to activate it? What does the error code say? Depending on how much you've installed (after you reformatted), you're going to have less chance of getting most of whatever back. You should have connected it to another system then reinstalled the program on that to recover whatever. Did you download the file for registered users (from the site), not the trial? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 834703 | 2009-11-29 22:05:00 | STOP using your PC now as you will be overwriting the deleted files. Take your PC to a tech who can slave the HDD and recover as much data as possible. Once again STOP using your PC NOW and you may be able to retrieve more data. |
xyz823 (13649) | ||
| 834704 | 2009-11-29 22:05:00 | During the reinstall of XP you would have got an option of doing a Repair Install by pressing R or doing a new install by pressing ESC. Do you remember which one you did? |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 834705 | 2009-11-29 22:08:00 | Yes, I downloaded it from the site, including purchasing the software, and entering the registration #'s. The error code says: "An attempt was made to move the file pointer before the beginning of the file". Error code: 131". |
Dreamcicle (15468) | ||
| 834706 | 2009-11-29 22:10:00 | During the reinstall of XP you would have got an option of doing a Repair Install by pressing R or doing a new install by pressing ESC. Do you remember which one you did? It would not let me repair it, just reinstall. Are you serious, I need to get off my computer? Oh goodness. |
Dreamcicle (15468) | ||
| 834707 | 2009-11-29 22:24:00 | The more you use your computer, the more of your old files will be overwritten. They should be easy to recover but you will need someone with a working program. Again, like darkstar09 said.. STOP using the computer. If you have another one to use to come on here, that would be good. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 834708 | 2009-11-29 22:30:00 | Loggin it off now. | Dreamcicle (15468) | ||
| 834709 | 2009-11-29 23:04:00 | Lets hope that you used another account other than administrator before you reinstalled over the top...if you did, there is a change you can retrieve the files... | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 834710 | 2009-11-29 23:26:00 | It would not let me repair it, just reinstall. Are you serious, I need to get off my computer? Oh goodness. If its done a complete format / reinstall you will have lost data, while some may be recoverable a lot wont be. And as mentioned DONT use the PC as the more its used the more will be lost. Seriously - while help on this forum is good, you would be better off taking the PC to someone who knows what they are doing to recover what data is available. Its easy to give advise, but its easier if someone is actually in front of the PC to see whats really happening. |
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