| 6 dj smurf, on Jan 10, 2009 7:12:25 am GMTIf you have done a restore/ pc recovery on a compaq e-mail me. There is a reason your hard drive disk space remains the same and yes it is actually fairly easy to get all the files you had, im talking about pictures, mp3's, word, ect. it a simple process you need to preform in safe mode. Don't waist money on software, I have done this a few time while not thinking and have always found my files. putting them back where you want them can be a bit of a pain, but you wont loose them. Not sure what other computers this works on however its always worth a try. | Hello, I had the same problem. I lost all my documents/excel/pictures. I am so very upset and really would love to have your assistance. I have a compaq and am using windows xp home edition.
It seems like the systems crashed for many individuals.
Yesterday I contacted compaq and the women I talk to informed me to put in my disk and follow step by step.I specifically asked her if I could retrieve any of my stuff on the computer prior to completing this. She informed me everything would still be on the computer. NOT TRUE(not yelling at you).
I did this and when it was all completed my computer went back to factory reset. I never cried so hard as I lost pictures of my mom and her last visit to me.
My outlook express-all emails were gone, address book gone, however all the games I downloaded from gamehouse were still intact. Which I found strange.
I spent over nine hours on the computer yesterday and when I contacted compaq after all was said and done they did not help me at all.
It says to email you, I have no clue how I am to receive an email back from you. I will come back and check on here.
Kindest Regards,
Annette |
| 17 Mic, on Jan 16, 2009 10:09:43 am GMTI need your urgent assistance, i had to do a system recovery and i think i have lost everything...Im sick to the stomach over the lost pictures. I am running windows xp. can you please please please help me. | 208 buford, on Sep 21, 2009 2:12:31 pm BSTI went back to far when I resored.Lost everything. Black screen |
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| 18 prakz, on Jan 18, 2009 8:02:30 pm GMTI have had the same problem i have compaq and have windows home edition
i had to do system recovery because it told me too
plz plzz help meee | Keep reading mate follow the steps toward the bottom of this forum | 77 browneyedgirl, on Mar 8, 2009 2:12:59 am GMTI got your message on how to recover files . But i have 2 user files they both have programs in them. I am using vista. Can anyone help me |
| 138 Amit, on May 14, 2009 7:08:48 am BSTHi,
I am using compaq pressario laptop. OS got crasher then i asked for a system recovery DVD from them. I ran it without taking any backup of my drives. i thought it would just delete my C drive files, where OS is installed. But after running it I found that it brought the system to the factory setting. All the drives deleted , a single C drive & a recovery drive was formed.
I lost all my personal data which i have put in D drive.
Can i get my data back?
Please reply me
Amit |
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| 21 azure, on Jan 19, 2009 6:45:50 am GMTHi I did a restore and i think i lost all my pic for the last 5 years and doc for work can you please HELP me asap please....... | Reply to djsmurf | 174 BRIGGSY, on Jul 23, 2009 4:11:22 pm BSTYOU, MY FRIEND, ARE AN ABSOLUTE GENIUS! I CANNOT POSSIBLY EMPHASISE HOW GRATEFUL I AM TO YOU FOR YOUR HELP. I PERFORMED A SYSTEM RECOVERY 7 DAYS AGO, AND "LOST" ALL MY MUSIC, VIDS ETC, AND I LITERALLY HAVENT SLEPT PROPERLY SINCE FOR TRYING VARIOUS WAYS OF RETRIEVAL, TODAY I REPHRASED THE QUESTION ON MY SEARCH BAR WHICH LED ME TO YOUR ADVICE POSTED ON KIOSKEA.NET, WHICH I FOLLOWED STEP BY STEP IN AROUND 10 MINS. I HAVE NOW GOT ALL MY DATA BACK AND I'M OVER THE MOON! PHOTOS OF MY LITTLE GIRL'S 3RD BIRTHDAY, MUSIC, FILMS- THE LOT! I AM SO HAPPY! I OWE YOU BIG TIME MY FRIEND, AND I WISH YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES ALL THE VERY BEST, IN THIS LIFE AND THE NEXT. TAKE CARE AND ONCE AGAIN- THANK'S. | 184 razzi, on Aug 9, 2009 2:54:22 am BSTPlease help. I had to do a system restore just now and it said that my files would be backed up in my C drive. I can see my iTunes library and other things but I can't see my pictures or all my word files that were in my documents. Can you tell me how I find these and restore them. I traveled for several years and have hundred of pics and I'm writing a novel (120 pages so far) and I lost it. Also i have 2000 songs in iTunes.
Please help: razzigirl@gmail.com |
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| I came across your post. Can you please help? I had to do a system restore and I know my files didn't delete; they're saved in a backup file. I can see my iTunes library but can't open it. I can't find my pictures or my Word documents. My disk is full and I can't download anything so I know everything is still on my hardrive. How do I find it and open it again? I have 2000 songs on iTunes and hundred of pictures. Also I'm writing a novel (120 pages so far) and need my Word documents.
I'll pay you through paypal if you can help me. PLEASE HELP!
razzigirl@gmail.com
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| Please help. I came across your post. I had to do a system restore on my windows XP and I know my files didn't delete. they're backed up. I can see my iTunes library but it won't open. I can't see my pictures or Word files. Please help me? I'll pay your through Paypal even.
razzigirl@gmail.com
thank you. |
| 212 HelpJJ, on Oct 6, 2009 6:10:39 am BSTDjsmurf,
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP, I did a system restore where it restored my computer to it's original settings and I thought I saved my doc to an external hard drive but turns out I did not and in "my doc" folder I had my life in there, from my family pics to resumes and papers from school. PLEASE help me I have lost my mind and have not been able to sleep in days.
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| 27 tashayne, on Jan 20, 2009 4:01:13 am GMTFirst of all, when i start my computer and the HP blue screen comes on, i don't have an option for <F8>, so what do i do from there....? this is driving me crazy. i am on windows xp | The option does not appear on most computers.
If the computer is running, shut down Windows, and then turn off the power
Wait 30 seconds, and then turn the computer on.
Start tapping the F8 key. The Windows Advanced Options Menu appears. If you begin tapping the F8 key too soon, some computers display a "keyboard error" message. To resolve this, restart the computer and try again.
Ensure that the Safe mode option is selected.
**(just regular safe mode)**
Press Enter. The computer then begins to start in Safe mode.
hope this helps, there are some more destructive ways of getting into safe mode but this one works best | 203 nicker, on Sep 11, 2009 6:26:55 pm BSTHey ive had the same problem and I've tried to do exactly what you said about F8 and safemode. Except that after choosing only safemode, it goes to a blank black screen. and that's it.
I did have something saying that a file is missing before my computer went haywire in this manner. can you help me? I'd appreciate it sooo much! |
| 204 nicker, on Sep 11, 2009 6:26:57 pm BSTHey ive had the same problem and I've tried to do exactly what you said about F8 and safemode. Except that after choosing only safemode, it goes to a blank black screen. and that's it.
I did have something saying that a file is missing before my computer went haywire in this manner. can you help me? I'd appreciate it sooo much! |
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| 35 lem, on Jan 22, 2009 8:59:33 pm GMTHey,
Need your help. Did a system recovery on my compaq. The c: drive shows the same amount of space used up but can't seem to locate the files that were there. By the way when doing the recovery it did say that the files I creatd would not have been deleted. | Keep looking on this forum there is a link to a page that I posted. It has the process to recover your files. | 45 paulp331, on Feb 8, 2009 8:12:05 pm GMTI just wanted to thank you for sharing your post on restoring files after PC recovery.
Bravo. Your advice worked better than three PC restore tools I downloaded and other
search processes I tried. I appreciate your willingness to share you expertise.
What was lost has now been found!
Best regards-Paul P |
| 82 Meg1, on Mar 12, 2009 4:11:08 am GMTI accidentally pushed teh power button on my computer and it started running the safe mode page...but wouldn't let me go into safe mode, it would only let me do hp recovery...which I did and lost everything. I am using a Microsoft Windows XP (media center edition, server pack 2...I don't know if this helps), is there a way for me to restore all my pictures, music and documents? Your input is appreciated, Thank you!
Meg |
| 83 Meg1, on Mar 12, 2009 4:39:09 am GMTI accidentally pushed teh power button on my computer and it started running the safe mode page...but wouldn't let me go into safe mode, it would only let me do hp recovery...which I did and lost everything. I am using a Microsoft Windows XP (media center edition, server pack 2...I don't know if this helps), is there a way for me to restore all my pictures, music and documents? I thought I should also mention that it's a HP pavillion a1130n. Your input is appreciated, Thank you!
Meg |
| 165 peachesforva, on Jul 8, 2009 4:39:44 am BSTPlease answer my forum post, i did everything you said to restore my computer after a system restore but when i got to the last few steps , i couldnt do because no security question came up after i was at the advanced options on the owner tab, im using a emachines computer with windows xp home edition |
| 213 lizzy, on Oct 6, 2009 8:57:26 pm BSTHi djsmurf . I am writting to you becuase I did a sysytem restore on my gateway laptop but i need to get back some documents for work but i dont know how to please walk me through the steps. |
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| 42 vanessa_starbuck, on Feb 2, 2009 2:51:21 am GMTYes im replying to your message, i recovered my computer and lost everything. PLEASE HELP!!! |
| My son's Compaq Presario notebook is keeps going to the Windows Advanced Options Menu screen at power on automatically with no key presses at all, and none of the menu choices gets us back to Windows XP Home. It occasionally will boot properly, and when it last did, we cleaned and defragged the HD because there was <1% free space. There is now >10GB free. I get a "Invalid boot.ini Booting from c:\windows", but that happened even when XP was seemingly working. I'll try repairing boot.ini from the CD Recovery console, but can't see how that will help. I checked for stuck keys, too. Has anyoone experienced this before? I'm trying to avoid reinstalling from the CD and losing all his programs. Thanks. | How many hard drives or drive letters did you have?
did you introduce another hard drive to the system? If so I would remove it and see if it behaves.
if not try this...
Click --> START --> RUN
TYPE:
MSCONFIG
CLICK -->OK
CLICK on the: BOOT.INI (Tab)
Click the : [Check All Boot Paths] Button.
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Your Boot.ini should look similar to this below...
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[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
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Probably you have more than one line under [operating systems]. Leave only the one desired.
MSCONFIG might just fix it for you. if you follow the steps above..
If you want to hand edit it, let me know. |
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| 44 nessa777, on Feb 5, 2009 7:14:54 pm GMTHi, I googled the problem and you came up. My husband did a system restore on our HP pavillion using windows XP. WE LOST everything! These pics of my kids can never be replaced, and im going through a nasty custody battle and lost all my word doc. too. please help me if you can recover this stuff if you know how. thanks,
vanessa | 156 Amy, on Jun 13, 2009 4:28:39 am BSTI had the same thing happen to me just a week ago. Were you ever able to find your pictures? I am still trying to locate mine.
Amy |
| 200 Bella, on Sep 5, 2009 4:12:57 am BSTDid you get your files.. I have the same darn thing... but I reversed this once a long time ago,, I have gotten outa computers since,, and I am trying to remember what Idid,, I will let you know
my email
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| 46 nessa777, on Feb 9, 2009 7:27:44 pm GMTHi, I had contacted you previously. Please help me. My husband did a system restore on our compaq HP Pavillion a1340n
we are running on windows XP. We have lost all my docs. for my upcoming custody court case and all my evidence, pics of family for years. I am in a bad shape! Please help me if you have any advice, on how I can find these files-most files were on Microsoft works, and word docs. and the pics in C: my pictures.... I am lost. HELP
Vanessa | 63 Toddimus, on Feb 21, 2009 5:41:21 am GMTWas your problem ever resolved, were you able to find your pics and important documents?
If not I may be able to help you with some software that searches for deleted files, even after a hard drive is formatted.
Todd |
| 64 Toddimus, on Feb 21, 2009 5:42:35 am GMTEmail me at toddjumper@gmail.com if you have not retrieved your files yet, I may be able to help. |
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| 50 jamesbelbin, on Feb 12, 2009 12:25:51 pm GMTHi mate.
i have recently performed a system restore which has resulted in a new user in my documents. all my old docs as the old user name are still there in c:docs and settings but it says access is denied. even though another user from that profile can be accessed. can yuo help me access it? compaq laptop running windows xp home | 1. clone the disc to another Hard Drive.. not in windows but with a real boot level cloner.. (to be safe).
If its another user, they probably enabled (or you had) Encryption for his/your Profile and Personal Documents...
--> Restart:
In Windows XP Home Edition: You can login as built-in Administrator in Safe Mode only.
In XP Professional: Press CTRL + ALT + DEL twice at the Welcome Screen
and input your OLD USER NAME and Password
or
Administrator and the password
in the classic logon window.
You have to have to log into the Account Name and enter their/your Password to gain access to those files..
It doesn't a matter if you are an Admin account if you (or they) enabled encryption.
ANOTHER THING: IF THE ACCOUNT IS MISSING FROM LOGIN... (AFTER YOU CLONE YOUR DISK) LOGIN TO AN ADMIN ACCOUNT (YOURS, If it's one)... AND RE-CREATE THE (( SAME NAMED )) ACCOUNT THE SAME SETTINGS.
IN THEORY YOU SHOULD SEE THE LOGIN AT THE NEXT RESTART AND HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE FILES YOU saw before but couldn't access..
There are programs out there that can gain access but i think if i suggest it, I may break a few rules..
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| 51 guido261, on Feb 14, 2009 7:02:17 pm GMTSame problem here, did a reinstall and lost everything. I did the safe mode and got alot back, although its there, i cant open the pics. Favorites wont open either. One thing i am looking for is my 5 years of saved emails and contacts. I cant seem to locate that part in safe mode. |
| 53 Lila, on Feb 15, 2009 2:25:27 pm GMTHi, i have the same problem. I did the system recovery thingy, and lost almost just about everything i had before. So, i was wondering if you could help me get them back, because i'm in a desperate mood as of now.
Thanks,
Lila | IF YOU DID A WINDOWS RESTORE.. THE BEST THING IS TO DO:
1. TURN OFF THE COMPUTER ASAP!
2. Connect your (Windows) Hard Drive to another computer (via an adapter if its a laptop) and set it as a SLAVE in BIOS... so that the other system boots correctly into its own Windows..
3. Install "Get Data Back for NTFS" or "GET DATA BACK FOR FAT" whichever applies to the type of partion you have windows installed on. (NTFS is DEFAULT so try that first.) (BTW: I DONT WORK FOR THEM NOR GET PAID FOR THIS LOL, MAYBE I SHOULD hehe jk)
4. Now Scan Your (messed up) hard drive that is connected.
5. If you find what your looking for and it can recover it, you'll have to buy it I think.
The reason why I suggest this program is because its simple and it has worked for me in the past (compared to others..). There are better ones but they cost about $400 that recover deleted emails.. and MS docs, XL.. JPG... all that.. but you might as well try a data recovery company if you cant do it.. and are willing to spend that much.
Good Luck!
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| 61 vikktor24, on Feb 19, 2009 1:32:06 am GMTDj smurf,
I have a compaq presario running on Windows XP. I did a system recovery & also lost all my pictures, music & personal files. I called the Compaq Customer Service but they were not useful. I heard through the grapevine that it's actually possible to restore all my old personal stuff. CAn you please walk me through this. Your help is highly appreciated.
thank you... |
| 65 Free-coh, on Feb 22, 2009 3:16:14 pm GMTHi, I am interested in finding the photo's of my kid's after a Compaq system recovery, I see by your post that you may be able to help me out. I would much appreciate it...I consider myself fairly knowledgeable about my pc but this one has me stumped...Thanks in advance |
| 67 Mrs. Chef, on Feb 24, 2009 1:22:06 pm GMTI have done system restore, and lost my files. I did this once before and restored them after trying several times through restoring permissions in safe mode. I don't know what I did exactly that made my files reappear but now I have done it again. I can see the files and folders when I look in C:Documents and Settings/User Data but all the folders are empty and I cannot access the files. One time I looked in the back up folders I created, and I see the files in the folders, they are not empty but I still can't access the files. Because I didcreate a backup file, I could restore most of my missing data, but some of my videos and stuff are still not there. How do i get the stuff I see in the User Data folder into a usable format?
Mrs Chef. |
| 72 Sue, on Mar 4, 2009 4:18:48 am GMTI need help recovering my files. A System recovery was done and not a restore. I have vista windows can you please help me all the taxes i did for this season are on those files.....Thanks |
| 74 mcm, on Mar 6, 2009 10:07:02 pm GMTHi can you tell me how to restore files -thanks a million!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 |
| 75 Steve, on Mar 7, 2009 4:22:21 pm GMTI did a system recovery on a compaq. my files are hidden. can you walk me through the safe mode process to select data of which i wish to get back please.
thanx a million |
| 76 Paulinha, on Mar 8, 2009 1:51:34 am GMTHii.. OMG... u think u can help me ?/
I was reading just now about how u did get back deleted files doing something on safe mode...e need to try it..
i did everything already and couldn't find what I lost. Can you tell me the secret please..
Thank you very much! | 168 briardguy, on Jul 10, 2009 5:52:31 am BSTDid you ever get the instructions on how to find lost data after a system recovery? if so, can you send them to me please ? thanks |
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| 80 Tweety, on Mar 11, 2009 1:39:12 pm GMTI could definitely use your help. I am like the others, I restored and lost all of my pic, doc, etc. I would very much appreciate any help you can give on getting them back. I have windows xp home edition. |
| 87 Ashes, on Mar 12, 2009 6:45:46 pm GMTI did HP recovery on a HP Pavillion...can you help me?? I lost all my pictures of my family and am heartbroken about it.
Thanks alot!
Ashes |
| 89 Mark, on Mar 17, 2009 1:58:40 am GMTMy dad is in hospice and lost all of his family pictures doing a system recovery on a COmpaq. Can you help? |
| 90 swingpar, on Mar 17, 2009 8:46:11 pm GMTI'm contacting you cause i saw a thread about you having the info of getting a pc up and running after it being turned off during a restore... right now it's only able to get to safe mode but i don't know what to do there. It's a Dell with windows xp pro.. I'm at a loss... ty for your time |
| 91 Bobo, on Mar 19, 2009 10:12:53 pm GMTHi,
I have recently restored my compaq and I can't access my original files. It has created a new user profile for me which is similar to my original user name. When I navigate to the original user directory in explorer and click on it I get a message ""C:\Documents and Settings\username" is not accessible. Access is denied. I am set up as an administrator, and my kids accounts are all user. It copied their accounts and I was able to access their files?? can you please help me! |
| 94 becky, on Mar 21, 2009 10:45:17 pm GMTHey - I did a complete system restore and cant find any files, can you help???? |
| 95 gaored, on Mar 22, 2009 9:51:19 pm GMT"If you have done a restore/ pc recovery on a compaq e-mail me. There is a reason your hard drive disk space remains the same and yes it is actually fairly easy to get all the files you had, im talking about pictures, mp3's, word, ect. it a simple process you need to preform in safe mode. Don't waist money on software, I have done this a few time while not thinking and have always found my files. putting them back where you want them can be a bit of a pain, but you wont loose them. Not sure what other computers this works on however its always worth a try."
I need help with this problem. I have a file recovery program, but as it restores the files, it's still recognizing the restored files as deleted ones in the file recovery.
¡JAM! | 211 tom24, on Oct 4, 2009 3:57:23 pm BSTHi, doing a restore on Compaq Presario 900. Need to know how to get friends files back aqfter reinstall of xp, thanks, Tom. |
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| 96 ihoriok, on Mar 23, 2009 2:09:09 am GMTHello!!!!
I lost all staff in Documents folder after recover my computer. In your message you wrote that you know how to get back all pictures, music, .... if you willy do please send me massage how.
thank you. |
| 97 cp9037, on Mar 23, 2009 7:22:44 pm GMTHey dj smurf. I have done a pc recovery on my compaq and I have no idea where my photos and music is located. can you please tell me the process in which i need to go through in order to recover them. please i really need your help. |
| 99 jessica, on Mar 26, 2009 3:56:00 pm GMTHelp me find my missing pictures please. |
| 101 Noazman, on Mar 27, 2009 2:51:49 am GMTHello. I did system recovery on a compaq and need to recover my .doc, mp3, and hopefully email files.
I could really use some help.
Thanks! JB |
| 102 PAM, on Mar 28, 2009 10:06:10 am GMTWhile surfing the net i came across ur message.
I am from India
Recently I did a system recovery as my system was having trouble starting up. It was going into a continuous loop and dint go to WINDOWS screen at all. So i did a system recovery by prsesing F10 thinking it will restore to my original state and i lost all my files.
Now i cannot see my old files or folders. Especially my excel files.
How do i get back my files before my recovery
RECOVERY and RESTORE are two different things.
I couldnt restore becoz the computere was not booting properly and windows dnit open for me to use my mous. The only option i had was to press F10 and do a recovery and thereafter its like a clean slate, all my files of the last four years are missing.
Please help. |
| 103 Nyl, on Mar 29, 2009 3:55:57 pm BSTWhat do I do when I go safe mode? How do I restore my files. |
| 104 yogi, on Mar 29, 2009 5:43:45 pm BSTYes I have a compaq runnig xp Did a restore and was told I would have to reinstall programs but would'nt loose data well I lost all my documents. Do you have a solution.
Thanks George |
| 105 Nyl, on Mar 29, 2009 6:57:44 pm BSTI did the recovery and lost all my files and pictures. What you have to do to restore your old files? |
| 106 Ricci boy, on Apr 2, 2009 12:27:07 am BSTHi Mate,
Having this problem with a v5000 laptop with XP. Files haven't been deleted but cant find them, how do I recover them?
Cheers
Ric |
| 108 pmwilkers, on Apr 2, 2009 4:04:04 pm BSTHi...i had to do a system recovery and all my date files go saved on my c:drive now i cant get them back where they need to go...i have some micorsoft office programs and some pic in there...i no longer have the disk and would hate to have to buy them again...any help would be great...thank you so much |
| 109 meegz, on Apr 3, 2009 11:26:37 pm BSTYo i have a windows xp.... i installed and unistalled some antivirus stuff it restarted and everythings fine but i had to delete windows defender and so.. i turned of my comp turned it on the next day and all my documents were missing daze of music, video, and word docs//// wtf.. please help... |
| 110 IDSpud, on Apr 4, 2009 3:46:44 am BSTHi, I've lost access to my files (music, pictures, documents) due to a Windows profile corrupting. Unfortunately I deleted the Windows profile and tried to create a different profile using the same name to see if I could access the files again. It didn't work, but I think my files are still on my hard disk because the available space has not changed. Any possible help on being able to get them back again would be appreciated. Using Windows XP Home - SP3.
Thanks! |
| Could you please help me i am desperate to retrieve my work as i am a student in year 11 and i need to hand in coursework by the time i return to school so i would greatly apreciate any help or advice you can give me.
Thank You |
| 116 terborg, on Apr 13, 2009 10:47:44 am BSTDJ Smurf, you are the best thanks for your kindness in posting how this can be done...I did what you suggested and got every document , pic , song and video back....i so appreciate your help....
Imagine this was was caused by a Compaq/HP tech support personnel in india who I gave permission for a remote acess to my pc to fix my cd drive and the idiot did a system restore...and promised to call back and never did.....than they said sorry they cannot help me... that there is no way I can get back my stuff....and they are Compaq/HP tech support in india, who had a hard time understanding me I spoke to at least 7 ppl and 3 supervisors...........They refused to refund my money after not fixing my cd drive and losing my stuff...so I placed a stop payment...curses to them
Can you please let me know if there is a way for me to recover my emails? I found 3 .pst files via a search but not sure if this is it and how to export to oulook...please respond back on the forum is case someone else need the info...thanks |
| 117 picqui, on Apr 14, 2009 1:50:38 pm BSTHi there... I did a system restore on my compaq and my files are missing... it says that I have used 58G of my C drive so I am assuming they are here somewhere. Lots of photos and music files. Can you help me find them? I am a single mom and a songwriter who has no money to buy a restore package. I would be eternally greatful. |
| 118 CompaqKid, on Apr 14, 2009 11:12:27 pm BSTHey i just performed Compaq Recovery on my Compaq Presario S4100NX and have lost over 100$ worth of music and tv shows from itunes. are these kind of files recoverable? if they are any information is helpful! :0 |
| Hi, I am using Compaq and after system recovery I found out that all the files , excel , word etc went missing. I would like to ask ur help as those missing files include my thesis...Please help. I am using microsoft vista Thank you very much |
| 120 Same issue, on Apr 16, 2009 8:22:46 pm BSTHi Smurf,
Can you please send me the instructions how to recover lost files after PC recovery, I am using compaq system.
Thank you sir. Your help in this will be really appreciated. | 167 briardguy, on Jul 10, 2009 5:48:51 am BSTI'm in the same boat. Have an HP and did a system recovery...... all is lost.... can someone PLEASE send me the instructions on how to retrieve my jpgs & docs in safe mode?
thanks millions ! |
| 197 marie, on Aug 28, 2009 3:05:46 am BSTPlease help me I have windows xp... done a system restore and lost all of my pic..music..etc.
what can i do 2 recover them... |
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| 121 lostdata, on Apr 18, 2009 5:21:55 pm BSTCan u plz help me get my pictures and videos of my kids back.............i ve lost all of their childhood pics and videos as i did the system restore .........plz plz plz help me.......thank u |
| Hey Mr DJ Smurf,
I see you are a clever person. Hence I am contacting you about a similar problem. I am running Win XP Home edition. I have recently received my Compaq HD from the shop after it crashed with a HDD problem. From the shop we were able to source my old files. 3 days after receiving it back it crashed again. I have since reinstalled it after downloading a HDD drive off the internet and reinstalled and ran a system recovery and lost my old files.
I'm hoping you can send me some hope with your reply regarding recovering the original lost files?
I joined up this forum although I'm not a geek, I think I'm pretty much on my way?
I look forward to hearing from you..
nix e |
| 124 patrick, on Apr 19, 2009 5:11:54 pm BSTCna you please help me becaus ei have my whole world on my laptop and i need the doc et. back |
| 126 AMZ, on Apr 28, 2009 1:02:55 pm BSTHello,
I see that you can help me...I recently did this pc recovery Crap...excuse my french...lol...and i cant find any of my music or pictures...the majority of my memory consist of those files...so i figured they werent deleted because all the space that has been used is still there...where and how can i restore them back to the way they were... |
| 130 kk, on May 2, 2009 12:55:17 pm BSTI have a compaq and had to do a restore. I have lost all of my pictures. I am running xp. Thanks for you help.
Kk |
| 132 Tanis, on May 5, 2009 6:06:04 pm BSTSo I lost all my pictures, music, bookmarks and documents after doing a system restore. I would super appreciate it if you could tell me what the process to do in safe mode is. Thanks so much.
Tani
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| 133 itdcah, on May 6, 2009 6:51:38 pm BSTHi there,
I have a compaq. Can you give me the details you sugest will fix the problem?
Thanks. |
| 135 Shaz_xX, on May 8, 2009 5:01:35 pm BSTMy nephew's computer starts but operating system doesn't work... all you can see is 'windows is starting' and thats it! System restore fails to work. Can you please advise me on what can be done, as he got all his GCSE courseworks in his documents and needs to access them... Is there a way we can back up his files without getting visual access to it through the operating system. Please get back to me asap... your help will be very appreciated... Thanks.. |
| 136 Jill, on May 11, 2009 6:47:57 pm BSTHey,
I did a recovery on a compaq and lost everything. What do you suggest to do to get the pictures and other documents back. Please help. I read you know how to do something in safe mode.
Thanks,
Jill |
| Hey,
Can you tell me what to do in safe mode to get my pictures and docs back? I did a system recovery and lost everything. Thanks |
| 140 asif, on May 23, 2009 9:23:30 pm BSTHello, i recently had to do a system restore and after the process the user accounts were reset. Well, now all my media files, music, and docs in that my doc. folder are missing or hidden. I know that they're there, because when i check the storage diagram in the preferences menu for my hard drive it shows that the same amount of storage space is being used... if the files were all erased and gone then wouldn't there be more empty space. i use my computer for work and i had mostly media files on it mostly pics for art work, projects, such and such... there is really alot of art on my computer (about 60%) and i really need it so it's hard for me to just to let it go and reformat my harddrive... i don't know if it's hidden because of that user account being deleted or what, i can't find them anywhere, but i know there still there cause i can see the space still taken up and being used by those files when i look at how much storage is being used on my hardrive.... PLEASE HELP !!
I m using HP Pavilian desktop (AMD) XP media center |
| 141 Hasan, on May 27, 2009 5:32:12 pm BSTHey DJsmurf, I'm using a compaq presario and as you can guess, did a cd recovery and can no longer find my files. However, as you said, the disk space remains the same. Can you please hlep me out? |
| 142 Hasan, on May 27, 2009 5:32:22 pm BSTHey DJsmurf, I'm using a compaq presario and as you can guess, did a cd recovery and can no longer find my files. However, as you said, the disk space remains the same. Can you please hlep me out? |
| 143 Hasan, on May 27, 2009 5:32:55 pm BSTHey DJsmurf, I'm using a compaq presario and as you can guess, did a cd recovery and can no longer find my files. However, as you said, the disk space remains the same. Can you please hlep me out? |
| 144 Hasan, on May 27, 2009 5:33:09 pm BSTHey DJsmurf, I'm using a compaq presario and as you can guess, did a cd recovery and can no longer find my files. However, as you said, the disk space remains the same. Can you please hlep me out? |
| 145 Borut, on May 28, 2009 4:46:41 pm BSTHi!
May I ask for a help / how?
BR/Borut |
| 146 Reeka, on May 28, 2009 8:02:35 pm BSTI did a system recovery and want to recover my lost files. Can you help me?
-Erica |
| 147 Just As I Am, on Jun 1, 2009 2:02:44 am BSTPlease help! I read your response about the lost of pictures after a system recovery and If you could please send me the steps to restore my pictures and whatever I can. I was having problems deleting my cookies so I called the help desk for my computer support and he told me to do a system recovery and guess what they still will not delete, error reads access denied. Please help me I'm running windows vista. |
| 148 Expert on restore?, on Jun 1, 2009 2:02:32 pm BSTOn the forum it says to e-mail you for help ;) A company did a system restore, they had backed up my info, so I somehow still have pictures, music...but no Word documents and this is of course of most importance to me. Any suggestions. He did run a program to find lost data and it didn't come up with much green area. Does this mean the restore might have written over these files all together. Or could they still be there somewhere??!! I just wanted a second opinion ;) Thank you so much for your help! Jen |
| 149 Nizamani, on Jun 3, 2009 7:58:15 am BSTI have same problem, I am using Dell laptop with WindowsXP. I lost all my media files specially winamp supported files. My hard disc shows empty. Where files are going? I again copied files from CD but when restarted system all files gone. Only Media files deleted folders are there. |
| 150 vv, on Jun 4, 2009 7:30:52 pm BSTI need your help!! I saw your message and I have a compaq and recentaly as of yesterday did a system restore and lost everything! Can you help me please???? |
| 151 Jenn, on Jun 6, 2009 3:07:27 am BSTHello i have the same problem i have a compaq and my friend was home and said my computer was acting up so they did a system recovery and all of my documents and pictures were lost. They didnt back anything up. I dont really care about my documents but all of my pictures are really important to me and i need to get them back can you help me? |
| 152 Demetri, on Jun 6, 2009 4:18:53 am BSTYou have to go into pc settings and click hidden files. Hope that helps |
| 153 Demetri, on Jun 6, 2009 4:18:54 am BSTYou have to go into pc settings and click hidden files. Hope that helps |
| 154 Spin, on Jun 9, 2009 4:03:32 am BSTI am trying to retrieve files after doing a restore on my Compaq ... I had got the "no OS found" error and did restore, not reformat, but it still removed all of my files and pics.. |
| 155 jez, on Jun 11, 2009 11:06:48 am BSTPlease help me have lost oll my important photo after a pc recovery on my compaq laptop. |
| 158 alex, on Jun 18, 2009 9:03:20 pm BSTHey, i recently did a system restore on my compaq and lost all my file, the tech guys said there was no way to recover them, but are they still on there, help me. email me at alexharper@live.com |
| 159 lindsey, on Jun 26, 2009 3:04:45 pm BSTDJ smurf, i recently did exactly what everyone else here did, a system restore and i've lost everything i've saved on my computer for the past 2 years. I have a Gateway though, not a compaq...but i was wondering if you could still help me? I lost all my pictures, documuents, music, everything, and i'm very very upset over this..i'm not sure how to get my computer into safe mode or anything...i tried the regedit thing but couldn't find my files there either. Any help would be greatly appreciated if you could email me!!!! |
| 162 rmspsc, on Jul 7, 2009 7:17:17 pm BSTHi:
I had to do a PC recovery to get my computer to work. I had everything under my name and when the computer did it's recovery, it gave me a new user account. I went under explore all users and saw my old account and clicked on it and have been able to find a few things there. However why won't it show me that user in all users so I can change back to my old user and two all my programs were under the old user and how my stuff will not open because it says ( ie word) is not an appl for this user. Can I recover my old programs and move thm over to my new user ? or is it lost?
I also had a Microsoft works calendar that is very important to me.. it goes back seven years... can I recover that because now my new calendar for this user is blank.
thanks Renee
I have windows XP and have a HP laptop |
| 163 fourevr21, on Jul 7, 2009 11:33:19 pm BSTPlease teach me how to retrieve "my documents" folder. i have done a system restore on a Compaq. Thank you |
| 164 rmspsc, on Jul 8, 2009 12:22:03 am BSTHey:
Are you still on here? I did this to my laptop and could use some help.
Thanks Renee |
| 166 computer dummy, on Jul 9, 2009 6:12:16 pm BSTHello,
I have a compaq presario and got a virus and did a system recovery thinking that it would help to rid the virue so that i could get back to the web and download a freeware to completely get rid of the virus but now that i did the system recovery it wont even go to the start up menu and sats the system is noyt fully installed, please run set up again. I have no idea what to do . Please help me, I juat bought the compaq from a friend a few days before this happened and now am back to using my old slow acer. Do i ned to get a windows xp disk and re-install the windows? I have the home edition will any windows xp disk work? what about the virus, how do i gat rid of it?
Please e-mail me back ASAP!!!!!!!!! |
| 169 Tam, on Jul 13, 2009 12:13:44 am BSTHey djsmurf, can you please tell me how to recover my lost files? I am on a compac with windows vista
and i cant logon to my computer for some reason so im afraid that i'll have to do a system recovery!
Thanks alot! |
| 171 utsha, on Jul 16, 2009 3:54:23 pm BSTDude i did a reinstall of windows xp home edition and all my files are gone. I want them back but im not sure if there still there or gone. Can you help me please? I have a feeling there still there and i dont feel like telling dell well i did but they ask for $49 and i didnt tell my parents i dont wanna get in trouble please help me. My email is utsha96@yahoo.com Thanks. |
| 172 maz, on Jul 20, 2009 2:43:50 pm BSTHi DJ i had a virus on my laptop and had to restore back to factory settings, i did have a lot of pics,and also microsoft office 2003 version installed,i don't have the disk anymore, i'm at college and cant access any of my file save on my usb's because i lost the program, if you can help me i would be delighted, any ideas? |
| 176 travis, on Jul 24, 2009 1:00:25 am BSTWhere do i find hidden files after the restore? |
| 177 Tonya, on Jul 24, 2009 7:21:23 am BSTHey I lost all my photos can you help? my email is deante001@yahoo.com Thanks |
| 179 Chris Moubert, on Jul 30, 2009 2:53:09 am BSTHello,
You responded to somebody's problem on this forum: http://en.kioskea.net/... in February 2009. Hopefully you can help me out. I did a system restore on Windows XP and lost all of my documents. I had well over 90 GB worth of pics, videos and music. My hard drive now shows that I only have a little over 1 GB. I followed the Safe Mode instructions posted by you in the forum but still nothing.
Any thoughts as to how I can get my documents back? Your assistance is greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance,
Chris |
| I NEED HELP! I got a VISTA, had to do recovery on it this evening.... but I LOST 32GB worth of pics and music! :S HELP! PLEASE! or add me on msn so I can go on my laptop while I fix the desktop! b_ali_8@hotmail.com Thank you beforehand! |
| I NEED HELP! I got a VISTA, had to do recovery on it this evening.... but I LOST 32GB worth of pics and music! :S HELP! PLEASE! or add me on msn so I can go on my laptop while I fix the desktop! b_ali_8@hotmail.com
Thank you beforehand! |
| 182 MNava, on Aug 5, 2009 2:48:32 am BSTHello I read you email on recovering my files after a system restore. I need help with this. Do you know how it's done? |
| Hi,
I really need your help. A few a days ago , I installed a Kaspersky internet security on my computer and performed a computer scan on the 12th of Aug. Well the next day I turned on my computer and noticed that the desktop had gone back to the factory setting ( I have a Compag computer with Windows XP Media Center 2005) and all my files, pictures , word documents have disappeared.
I then performed a Pc recovery, but it remmained the same nothing came back. I then saw your advise on " How to restore after a PC Recovery" and tried it out but it didn't work as I had access to all my user folders.
I don't know what else to do!!!! Please, please help!!!
I am 8 & 1/2 months pregnant and really stressed out, I had saved a lot of importatnt documents and pictures on my computer and I really need to get them back.
I hope to hear from you soon. Thanking you in advance.
Chat101 |
| 189 notneo, on Aug 18, 2009 4:09:51 pm BSTDj Smurf...first off thanks for your posts, I'm glad the Google lead me here first! I have a Compaq, did a system restore and lost all my pics and iTunes library (among other things I'm sure). Howeverm the most important are the pictures. You mentioned a specific process that works easily on a Compaq, can you please provide me with the steps specific to that machine that will recover my lost pictures?? I thank you profusely for your time! |
| 192 mar14ste, on Aug 20, 2009 11:34:40 pm BSTI have the same problem i have lost all my pictures in system recovery once and did the steps you have written out and worked perfectly.
but now in the steps before starting all of my files are open and i cant find any of my pictures that i had on main user account but all other accounts still have their documents. i was wondering if there are any other ways of finding them or if im doing something wrong. i am going crazy trying to find a solution. any help is appreciated..thank you. |
| 193 e, on Aug 23, 2009 2:20:27 am BSTHi
i reboot my computer about a week ago but i din't back up any of my files.now all my photos music
and all my programme i had on it is all gone.my system is window vista.could you give me some tips
on how to find and restore them.my c drive still showing space from before i restore.please help me |
| 194 Kristie, on Aug 25, 2009 8:55:22 pm BSTHey, I was hoping you might be able to help me out, i thought i backed up my files on an external hard drive before performing the system restore, but i am missing 1 file that i need. i was wondering if you know how i can retrieve it. |
| 196 PJS, on Aug 26, 2009 10:42:37 pm BSTHi
Please could you help. I have a compaq with windows XP and after receiving an error message windows file 32 corrupt i did a system restore (f10). It has taken me right back to the start up settings. I have lost everything, years of pictures, university documents. Is there anyway I can get them back? Any help much appreciated |
| 199 Bella, on Sep 5, 2009 4:10:04 am BSTOhh my gosh,,, I did not know that would hide all my files and documents... and I am aat university, with things I am working on.... how do I retrieve my files,,,my emailll dnadna333@yahoo.com |
| 201 Demii, on Sep 9, 2009 2:38:36 am BSTOkay so it seems that you are great at helping others and I'm praying that you can help me also. My mother had a pasword on her computer and I have been able to bypass passwords before but her's is a HP Vista and I was on an XP. So I did something when I restarted the computer hit Esc and then F10 but nothing I tried worked. So I started her computer over and it said something like NTDLR is missing hit any key to restart. Well it wouldn't work so I held down the power button and started it over I got it to the system restore page and I clicked that because it has worked before only this time it didnt. It said on the title bar like Recovery manager, it said it would not delete anything. so I did it only much to my surprise it cleared EVERYTHING and my mom found out and is really mad all out pics doc my great gramma's life story, stuff with taxes stuff for my moms work. I took my moms computer to Geek Squad and they told me it would cost about 1,200 and its no guarantee. so I'm praying that you can help me! when you look on the C drive it has like 248 G free out of 280 or somthing like that but when you look at the D drive it only has 2 G free from 12.8. Does any of this make sense! I really hope you can help me! You can write me back at mekah2000@hotmail.com Thanks demii. |
| 202 collyrob, on Sep 9, 2009 4:35:28 pm BSTHey i have a compaq pc, and have lost all my file while doing a system restore any help would be appreciated. |
| 207 Andy, on Sep 16, 2009 9:19:42 pm BSTHi,
Saw your message on kioskea and want to find my files after a system restore. I had to restore it after it had a system32/config error. When I inserted the restore disk, it said I would keep my old files, but software and updates would be missing. Is it just a case that I need to restore to a previous date? I have a Compaq Presario laptop.
Cheers,
Andy |
| 209 Spoiledtcangel, on Sep 23, 2009 6:43:57 am BSTHey I came across this post and hope you can help me I know the post is a few months old but i hope u still have the info I did the recoevery and all my files are gone but the space is still used and I neeeeed them badly their pics of my daughter for the past 12 years and music i wont be able to find anymore ect if your still around i would appreciate it thanks
Angie |
| 210 Spoiledtcangel, on Sep 23, 2009 6:44:01 am BSTHey I came across this post and hope you can help me I know the post is a few months old but i hope u still have the info I did the recoevery and all my files are gone but the space is still used and I neeeeed them badly their pics of my daughter for the past 12 years and music i wont be able to find anymore ect if your still around i would appreciate it thanks
Angie |
| 214 care, on Oct 6, 2009 11:13:51 pm BSTCan you let me know how to retrieve lost files after a system restore on a COMPAQ PC??? |
| 215 gstak, on Oct 14, 2009 12:58:06 pm BSTHello,
I"m about to do a system recovery but I don't want to lose all of my information. What can be done. I have a compaq running windows xp home edition. IF you can help I would be very appreciative. thank you so much |
| 217 CheyenneDean, on Oct 18, 2009 3:54:30 pm BSTHello,
I'm using a windows xp (compaq) and i accidentally did a system rescovery . I had A TON of pictures and music and essays that mean a whole lot to me. I heard you can recover these pretty simply in safe mode? Would you mind giving me and step by step? (i'm 16 btw, but pretty computer savy) |
| 218 jayy, on Oct 25, 2009 8:19:19 pm GMTYo I Need To Know To Get My Files Back Too. Help? |
| 219 bd7, on Oct 31, 2009 7:44:55 pm GMTHello, I did a restore on my compaq laptop and lost my mp3's and pic's also.. if you have some info on how to find them (in safe mode), i would be most appreciative. Bill backdoc7@hotmail.com |
| I have done a system restore on my hp tablet and now i can no longer access all the files i backed up on the D Drive. Can you plz help me. thanks alot |
| 221 x3musique, on Nov 15, 2009 7:39:12 pm GMTI did the system restore on a compaq computer, you press F10 at the start up and what not. Now I can't find my music files, picture files, and the Microsoft works 2007 that I've downloaded about a month ago. Can you help me out? |
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