Any freeware prog to recover lost data after a re-install?

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John Latter

Hi,

I met a friend tonight who had had to re-install windows and as a
result had lost family pics and stuff.

Are there any freeware programs that can re-capture data not
overwritten by the re-install process?

Thankyou in advance - and please be aware that I may be showered with
free food for months to come if I can present a solution with your
help!

Jorolat
 
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John Latter said:
Hi,

I met a friend tonight who had had to re-install windows and as a
result had lost family pics and stuff.

Are there any freeware programs that can re-capture data not
overwritten by the re-install process?

Thankyou in advance - and please be aware that I may be showered with
free food for months to come if I can present a solution with your
help!

Jorolat
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Here are 3:
http://www.pricelessware.org/2003/PL2003FILEUTILITIES.htm#UndeleteTool
 
John said:
Hi,

I met a friend tonight who had had to re-install windows and as a
result had lost family pics and stuff.

Are there any freeware programs that can re-capture data not
overwritten by the re-install process?

Thankyou in advance - and please be aware that I may be showered with
free food for months to come if I can present a solution with your
help!

Jorolat
Click to expand...
The time to save it is <<before>> you reinstall the OS!
However.

Restoration Restore files which are deleted from the recycle bin
or deleted while holding down the Shift key by mistake. Conversely,
this program has another function that makes it almost impossible to
restore all deleted files. You can use it after deletion of confidential
documents,
embarrassing files and so on. You don't have to install it, so it doesn't
leave any garbage in the PC.(You can also run it from a floppy disk.)
Even if a file seems to be restored, there is no guarantee that the
contents
are correct. After you run the program, please check the files. You can
probably restore it correctly if the drive has enough free space and if
it's
just after deletion. If you restore a folder, there is no guarantee that
all files
or folders which used to belong to the folder will be in it. If you
can't find
them in it, please search and restore them one by one. If you still
can't find
them, it's impossible to restore them. It will be almost impossible to
restore
any deleted files if you run the complete deletion function. To be exact,
fragments of deleted files can be in last clusters of existing files or
allocated
and unwritten files. (Note that this function is not suitable for TOP
SECRET
information.) Even if you find the information of completely deleted files,
their contents must be erased. If you want to erase the information too,
please run the function again.

~197Kb on my WinUtils4 page or here:
http://hccweb1.bai.ne.jp/~hcj58401/REST2514.EXE

Enjoy the feasting!

Son Of Spy

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The time to save it is <<before>> you reinstall the OS!
However.

Restoration Restore files which are deleted from the recycle bin
or deleted while holding down the Shift key by mistake. Conversely,
this program has another function that makes it almost impossible to
restore all deleted files. You can use it after deletion of confidential
documents,
embarrassing files and so on. You don't have to install it, so it doesn't
leave any garbage in the PC.(You can also run it from a floppy disk.)
Even if a file seems to be restored, there is no guarantee that the
contents
are correct. After you run the program, please check the files. You can
probably restore it correctly if the drive has enough free space and if
it's
just after deletion. If you restore a folder, there is no guarantee that
all files
or folders which used to belong to the folder will be in it. If you
can't find
them in it, please search and restore them one by one. If you still
can't find
them, it's impossible to restore them. It will be almost impossible to
restore
any deleted files if you run the complete deletion function. To be exact,
fragments of deleted files can be in last clusters of existing files or
allocated
and unwritten files. (Note that this function is not suitable for TOP
SECRET
information.) Even if you find the information of completely deleted files,
their contents must be erased. If you want to erase the information too,
please run the function again.

~197Kb on my WinUtils4 page or here:
http://hccweb1.bai.ne.jp/~hcj58401/REST2514.EXE

Enjoy the feasting!

Son Of Spy
Click to expand...

Thankyou Son Of Spy, I can't remember why my friend said she needed to
do the re-install but by the time I spoke it her it was a fait
accompli - hence my plea for help!

Anyway, I'll pass the info & link on & hopefully she'll be able to
recover the particular pics that she wants - thanks again!

Jorolat
 
Try Restoration Version 2.5.14
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Thanks for the recommendation David - Son of Spy recommended it too so
I'll tell my friend to look at that one first!

Jorolat
 
Hi,

I met a friend tonight who had had to re-install windows and as a
result had lost family pics and stuff.

Are there any freeware programs that can re-capture data not
overwritten by the re-install process?
Click to expand...

Just a note from one who suffered the same fate several times ... :-(((

That's not an accident or a bug, it's a "feature of Windows" to delete
all personal data if you have to reinstall (especially when using NT).
Even if you use the same user name, they "invented a token-trust system"
that makes it very difficult to retrieve data even in your own network.
F*ck you Bill G.

:-))
C.
 
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