PC - system restore - advice needed

Oct 31, 2006 13:39

Over the weekend my PC had some or other system failure and I had to use the system restore disks in order to enable my pc to reboot as normal ( Read more... )

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mausch October 31 2006, 13:44:28 UTC
I can come have a look if you like, and bring you a copy of ms word / office if you need.
you have killed all your email and info those, thats the thing about redtore disks, it overwrites a lot usually, but as I said, i will come have a look.

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m0rbid_princess October 31 2006, 14:33:04 UTC
If you've used the System Restore disks, there might not be much that can be done, as they are notorious for killing data - I would have advised against using them unless absolutely necessary, as there are usually other ways to fix problems.

Nonetheless, I can take a look if needed.

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morellal November 1 2006, 12:34:23 UTC
The thought is appreciated of course;)
Will have a look at your post and let you know. Hope that you are well. x

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morellal November 1 2006, 12:33:42 UTC
Thanks to both of you. Let me know if/when you are free to come around and have a look although it seems as though my entire system has reverted back to its former state:(

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_marauder_ November 1 2006, 17:47:44 UTC
it's possible it's lost. restore discs tend to delete everything that's there and create a completely new copy of the whole drive from a backup. they should have presented you with 50,000 warnings before doing this though - do you recall such?

if you're using full Outlook (not Express) then do a search for files ending in PST (search for *.pst) - it'll show all the ones that exist on your system. If, for whatever reason, the Restore didn't kill your data then they'll show up here - likely in the C:\Documents and Settings\judi\Application Data folder.

good luck. i'll be heading through Paddington in about 1 hour if you want help.

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morellal November 3 2006, 17:44:32 UTC
Darling! Got your msg too late..next week catch up..?

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vile_servitude November 6 2006, 13:52:49 UTC
And now for something completely different: I didn't realise it's you :-) welcome to my journal *waves a warm welcome*

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morellal November 7 2006, 10:38:55 UTC
;) Thank you. Must re arrange dinner soon.

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