I think the shop kept my hard drive

Sublime_2

Please try PC Inspector file recovery.

Its recovered files many a time, due to frequent crashes (and subsequent reformatting hard drive) when using Windows ME (thankfully upgraded to win 7, although woefully not supported by Convar ).

Hopefully you will get back your medical documents; Worth a try anyway.

aliEnRIK

Barneysmom wrote: »

Thank you to everyone for all you help, but not to the person who knows everything and steals.

The music downloads I think I can get again from Tescos as it's all paid for.
That just leaves the medical record but never mind.

As someone said above, you can use RECUVA or suchlike to scan your harddrive for them. Youll almost certainly retrieve some things

macman

Certainly worth a try. But, please once you have done so, make an immediate backup. Not at the weekend, not tomorrow -now.
All hard drive die eventually, it's not if but when, and I'm guessing that yours is quite few years old now, so it's on borrowed time already.

shaun_from_Africa

>Based on what information? <

Err, that they only charged £30 and could only 'solve' the problem by reformatting and reinstalling?

How does charging only £30 prove in any way that anything dodgy went on?
Providing that the computer in question had a legit COA affixed to it, there is nothing wrong or illegal in using a different disk to reinstall XP provided it was the same version (home or professional) as stated on the COA.
The £30 would simply be the labour charge for the work carried out.

googler

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

How does charging only £30 prove in any way that anything dodgy went on?

It doesn't, which is why the poster who made the comment said "Chances are....."

i.e. it's a high probability, not cast-iron certain.

jd87

Don't know why you all keep giving the OP advice such as installing recuva. No offence but she doesn't exactly seem to know anything about computers.

aliEnRIK

jd87 wrote: »

Don't know why you all keep giving the OP advice such as installing recuva. No offence but she doesn't exactly seem to know anything about computers.

I gave the advice to save them money. Its a money saving site. Thats what we do

If the OP doesnt know how to run RECUVA then they ask

I dont know whats hard to understand about that

googler

jd87 wrote: »

Don't know why you all keep giving the OP advice such as installing recuva. No offence but she doesn't exactly seem to know anything about computers.

She can learn. Are you suggesting everyone in the land who "doesn't exactly seem to know anything about computers" should retain the same level of knowledge ad infinitum and not move on...?

This is sound advice about recovering data, and in case you hadn't noticed, the OP has lost some data which may be recoverable.

closed

jd87 wrote: »

Don't know why you all keep giving the OP advice such as installing recuva. No offence but she doesn't exactly seem to know anything about computers.

Useful post.

She knows how to run a program

http://www.piriform.com/recuva

Barneysmom

closed wrote: »

Useful post.

She knows how to run a program

http://www.piriform.com/recuva

You are an absolute star!!!!

Nearly 1400 music files and 2446 photos recovered!!!
What a great little programme!

Thank you so very very very very much xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Got my work cut out tomorrow night now, (I'm just getting Picassa) putting them onto discs, oh I am so pleased I got all my lovely pictures back

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