System Restore

[Guest]

I used system restore and restored the system to try and remove viruses and
spyware. after restoring to a date all of my documents are missing. My
Documents folder is empty. I searched the HDD including hidden file and
folders but found no documents. PLEASE HEPL!!!!

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

System Restore doesn't monitor data files, so those files should be
somewhere on your system. Have you tried searching your system by extension
for the files?

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[Guest]

Yes I have searched the world over every which way I can think of with no
luck in finding any of my files.

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

I suspect you used a restore process other than System Restore which is
built into Windows.

All About System Restore in WinXP
http://bertk.mvps.org/index.html

 

[Guest]

No I did use the built in system restore.

Hi,

I suspect you used a restore process other than System Restore which is
built into Windows.

All About System Restore in WinXP
http://bertk.mvps.org/index.html

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[Bert Kinney]

Then try Undoing your last restore.

 

[Guest]

I did that - it tells me no changes were made.
Does it make any diff that this is XP Home?

 

[Bert Kinney]

Try another restore point closer to the present date but before the
original restore.

Try it in Safe Mode also.

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[Guest]

Tried that also with no luck at getting the documents back - was able to get
the setting back but no docs. - at this point I think the documents are gone
forever - Thank you for all the help.

 

[Bert Kinney]

Where exactly were the document being stored prier to the original
restore?

 

[Guest]

In documents and setting / User Account / My Documents

 

[JIM B]

I HAD WINDOWS 98 (which crashed) i have some CD-R DISCS WHICH I DID NOT
FINALIZE.....
NOW I HAVE WINDOWS XP HOME AND OF COURSE THESE DISC WILL NOT OPEN
OR EVEN SHOW ANY PROPERTIES....(E-DRIVE SHOWS TO BE EMPTY WHEN I OPEN DISC)
IS THERE A SIMPLE WAY TO FINALIZE THESE DISCS SO I CAN OPEN THEM AND
DOWNLOAD
TO MY NEW COMPUTER ?????
APPRECIATE ANY HELP

THANKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[funguy]

Don't yell.


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[Stan Brown]

I HAD WINDOWS 98 (which crashed) i have some CD-R DISCS WHICH I DID NOT
FINALIZE.....
NOW I HAVE WINDOWS XP HOME AND OF COURSE THESE DISC WILL NOT OPEN
OR EVEN SHOW ANY PROPERTIES

Please don't shout. Not only is it rude, but it makes your article
MUCH harder to read and diminishes the chance you'll get a helpful
response.

Now, I question your "of course". In general a computer with a CD-
burning drive can read a disc that was written but not finalized. Are
you *certain* that the discs were actually written successfully? Are
you trying to read them with a CD-ROM drive, or with a drive that can
burn CDs? (CD-ROM drives are rate these days, but I'm trying to
eliminate all possibilities.)

Do you have some third-party burning software, or are you relying on
the crippled Roxio software that comes with Windows? Try third-party
burner software and see if it can recognize any data on these discs.
One no-cost possibility is at <http://www.cdburnerxp.se/>.