Re: Repair turned into reinstallment...all my files gone!!

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Pegasus (MVP) wrote:


<sld1986@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,
My laptop originally began restarting and giving me a kernel input
error...it was all downhill from there. After about two days of this,
in the middle of a paper, it just would not start. It said there was a
file that was either missing or corrupt. So I went through my
computer's tech support and they said that they could repair it without
losing my files. Well, long story short, somehow a repair reinstallment
turned into a complete reinstallment and I lost every file on my
computer. I was able to get the programs and software back, but all of
my files are gone. I had a lot of papers and projects that are very
important to me and now they are completely gone. Is there any possible
way that I would be able to recover these lost files (such as word
documents, powerpoints, etc.)? Thanks
Sarah


In one word: No. The reinstallation overwrote all your files.
Handing the machine to a technician without backing up your
files was a very serious mistake.

There are two groups of PC users: Those who back up their
important files regularly to an independent medium, and those
who don't. Ultimately everyone ends up in the first group. The
transition can be very painful. Members of the second group
don't seem to realise how effective and inexpensive a 2.5" hard
disk in an external USB case is when used for backing up
important files.

Actually there are 3 groups of PC users. The third group has long since
learned that Windoze is an unstable toy operating system and the best way
to prevent such occurances is to stop using a toy operating system like
Windoze and to move on to using a real operating system like Linux. I'd
advise the OP to stop using Windoze now, while this dreadful experience is
still clear in her mind. She should install a Linux distro (Ubuntu is a
great choice) and not have to face this silliness in the future.

Cheers.

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security exist because of inherent weaknesses in the Microsoft operating
system." McAfee



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