Re: files suddenly gone

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On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:31:00 -0800, Memyself <memyself@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Well, I tried your suggestions but I can't get either one of them to work. I
sent e-mails to them and am waiting to see what they say. Thanks anyway. I do
wonder if Windows Updates can cause this? I heard that some microsoft updates
can cause problems for ZoneAlarm users. I don't use ZA, but I wonder about
other applications.
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nothing succeeds like bs

System Restore didn't work? What do you mean by that? Did it succeed
in restoring, but things are still messed up? Maybe you need to
choose an older restore point.

Data Retrieval: it will cost you more than a new computer to have that
done.

Geek Squad: they are prohibitively costly as well and THEY SUCK.


"nass" wrote:



"Memyself" wrote:

I log off before going to bed and everything's fine. I log on this morning
and my computer acts like a new one just out of the box with no files on it.
XP and pre-installed stuff is there, but my documents, music, pictures,
e-mails saved in Outlook; all gone. Should I just hire one of those guys who
Data Retrieval or what? System Restore is totally useless. Is Geek Squad any
good?
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nothing succeeds like bs

Try to restore to yesterday and see if that will help.
Make sure the machine malware and virus free by scanning with whichever
security software you have and anti-malware.

If the above didn't help try one of the tools below.
PC INSPECTOR™ File Recovery 4.x
http://www.pcinspector.de/Sites/file_recovery/download.htm?language=1
Undelete Plus
http://undelete-plus.com/
HTH,
nass
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http://www.nasstec.co.uk


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Max
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