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Vista Recovery

sabelu
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Anyway of recovering lost data from Vista?
It pays to challenge

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  • savemoney
    savemoney Posts: 18,125
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    You could try Tune up utils it has a undelete program you can get a free demo

    http://www.tuneup-software.co.uk/download/
  • kkpolobear
    kkpolobear Posts: 452 Forumite
    in what why
    but i don't think it is
  • What have you lost and how did you lose it?
  • f1charlie
    f1charlie Posts: 1,228 Forumite
    Assuming system restore is working correctly, this can retrieve individual files:

    http://www.shadowexplorer.com/
    Charlie
  • sabelu
    sabelu Posts: 1,183
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    anewhope wrote: »
    What have you lost and how did you lose it?

    Pictures, docs, music etc
    It pays to challenge
  • f1charlie
    f1charlie Posts: 1,228 Forumite
    If your system restore is working and you lost the files recently then shadow explorer will get them back for you. It's free too!
    Charlie
  • sabelu
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    Thanks Charlie
    It pays to challenge
  • chunter
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    If you reinstall Vista from the original disc, it should automatically save the contents of previous identities in a new folder - (windows.old i believe it's called)

    No matter how rubbish the Vista recovery thing is, at least you don't lose anything when doing a complete reinstall.
  • sabelu
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    chunter wrote: »
    If you reinstall Vista from the orginal disc, it should automatically save the contents of previous identities in a new folder - (windows.old i believe it's called)

    No matter how rubbish the Vista recovery thing is, at least you don't lose anything when do a complete reinstall.

    Exactly what i did used the disk to reinstall choosing the no loss of data option but unfortunately my music, pics and docs dissappeared. So you believe they will be in this folder then?
    It pays to challenge
  • sabelu
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    chunter wrote: »
    If you reinstall Vista from the original disc, it should automatically save the contents of previous identities in a new folder - (windows.old i believe it's called)

    No matter how rubbish the Vista recovery thing is, at least you don't lose anything when doing a complete reinstall.

    Where can I find this windows.old? Have searched but to no avail.
    It pays to challenge
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