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Disaster

  • 29-10-2009 5:10pm
    #1
    abouttobebanned
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,943 ✭✭✭


    I think I know the answer to this already...but here goes.

    Was working away on the PC earlier when it just went black and back to the start up screen. I pressed F10 to recover...and of course it wiped my computer back to DAY one. All my files gone. I'm fcuked aren't I?


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  • #2
    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    Stop using it NOW!!!!!

    try installing this http://www.pcinspector.de/Sites/file_recovery/info.htm?language=1 it's free and set it running and see what it can get back for you.

    The files are only permanently gone if over written, so just because you delete some thing doesn't mean it's gone for ever.

    Also have a look in the root of c:\ to see if it made a back up (unlikely) might get called windows old or something.


  • #3
    EKRIUQ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,387 ✭✭✭EKRIUQ


    It's possible you just installed again on a new partition but as calex71 pointed out nothing might have been deleted yet but its being queued up to be deleted, there are a couple of programs that may be able to retrieve it.

    At any stage were you asked do you want format the disk?


  • #4
    abouttobebanned
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,943 ✭✭✭abouttobebanned


    EKRIUQ wrote: »
    It's possible you just installed again on a new partition but as calex71 pointed out nothing might have been deleted yet but its being queued up to be deleted, there are a couple of programs that may be able to retrieve it.

    At any stage were you asked do you want format the disk?

    Nope...I pressed f10 and went away downstairs...nothing else was asked after that


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