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Old March 22nd, 2002 Top | #1
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i was copying a file into another directory, and it asked me to delete something, i thought i was deleting the copy, but i deleted like half of my directory, anything i can do to get it back? System restore says "Restoration Incomplete" and undelete programs don't work either =(
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Old March 22nd, 2002 Top | #2
 
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long as you didn't shred them, which you didn't, you can recover them, need a program to do it...don't defrag, or scandisc till you get back what you need
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Old March 22nd, 2002 Top | #3
 
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Get a program like Lost and Found. That should be able to get them back as long as nothing has been written over them.
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Old March 23rd, 2002 Top | #4
 
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yea, try not to do much on your box til;l you get back what you lost
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Old March 23rd, 2002 Top | #5
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If you have another drive in your system download EasyRecovery into it... And run it on the drive you lost info... Becaful 'cause everything you do with the computer has the potential to overwrite what you deleted...

If you need the pro version Pm me...
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Old March 23rd, 2002 Top | #6
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i got it, thanks
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Old March 23rd, 2002 Top | #7
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Sorry I missed the "undelete programs don't work either =("...
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Old March 23rd, 2002 Top | #8
 
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let us know if everything came back
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Old March 23rd, 2002 Top | #9
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No, there is a much easier way. If you are using Windows XP and I think you are from the info under your user name, then just use XP's System Restore.

>start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>System Restore

Just follow the easy step by step instructions. It's easy.
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restore says "Restoration Incomplete"
... hopefully u didn't lose anything too important

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Old March 23rd, 2002 Top | #11
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i got easyrecovery, trying it right now, i'll let u know if it works, thanks for all the help =)
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Old March 23rd, 2002 Top | #12
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damn, didn't work for some files, i moved some of the files from another directory so i got those, but some just don't appear =(
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Old March 23rd, 2002 Top | #13
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damn, the .rar and .zip files weren't readable!! anybody know of a prog that makes the .rar and .zip and .mpg files actually readable? they won't open properly =(
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Old March 23rd, 2002 Top | #14
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Why don't you just use System Restore?

It will revert your computer back to the way it was before you deleted all those files.
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Old March 23rd, 2002 Top | #15
 
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he's allready ..tried restore...no good, try doing the same recovery with a differant program
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Old March 24th, 2002 Top | #16
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i've used 2 programs but it still doesn't work, =(
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