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All my files are gone! Tried to back up computer?
So I went to back up all of my files onto a CD and now they are all gone. It told me a couple times that it didn't work, but I didn't look at my files until a few minutes ago. Is there any way to restore my files? They aren't on the CD. I have Windows 7 ThinkPad (a PC). Help??
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- G MLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
This is not a guaranteed solution but try the following.
If they were recently deleted and you haven't installed anything else Insert a flash card or usb thumb drive onto the laptop.
Got to my computer and right click the drive Icon for the card or USB drive and choose properties. Now click the hardware tab and select it again change it to better performance making the card or thumb drive a system disk.
Download Recuva to the external card or drive and install it there as well. The less you write on the hard drive the better.
Link to recuva:http://www.piriform.com/recuva
Run recuva across the hard drive and with luck your files will not be overwritten and can be recovered to the external card or thumb drive.
It sounds complicated but the best possible thing you can do at this moment is not to install or overwrite anything on that hard drive period. Henceforth the use of external cards and usb thumb drives.
- Anonymous7 years ago
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It is a very useful program that allows you to restore deleted files from your computer, USB or from many other devices.
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- Anonymous7 years ago
You may try this data recovery solution
http://www.asoftech.com/articles/pc-hard-disk-data...
hope this helps.