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Can any PC whizz's offer some advice please...
 

Yesterday I was have some trouble re-starting my laptop. After several attempts I hit the system restore and only managed to wipe everything and I mean everything, documents, photo's the whole shebang!

On the upside it looks like I now have a brand new laptop, on the downside it looks like I have lost everything.

Does anyone know if there is a way of getting that info back or am I totally done for?

The ironic thing is that I have just bought a new external disc drive to transfer over files but didn't get round to doing it:doh:

Thank you

What system was used?

What sort of laptop?

Avoid touching anything else until you get more replies.

There are a couple of things that might work

Hang in there
:peace:

Thanks Greenbean.

It is a HP Compaq presario v6500 with vista.

:pry:

Hi,

I've had success in the past with a free program called Recova.

Recuva - Undelete, Unerase, File and Disk Recovery - Free Download

Definitely worth a try.

It is possible that chunks and fragments may well have survived depending on the level or reformatting that was done. Use, as Murray suggests, a program like Recova and you may get some of it back

Ufs explorer is something I use and works pretty well, not sure what your end result will be but worth a try

Thanks guys, I'll give it a bash.

You can undo system restore anytime you want. Just redo the steps you did in the first place.

That might work if you can recall what you did.

What then?

:spy:

Agree - give it a try

Have you tried it?

More users who say they have, the more helpful for future queries.

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