OMG! Can someone please help me?!!

it happens to people all the time. i guess patience is what counts :)
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway ML6437-est. laptop
    CPU
    Intel (R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T230 @ 1.86GHZ /1.87 GHz
    Motherboard
    factory installed/user customized
    Memory
    3 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    onboard
    Sound Card
    onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    onboard
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    320gb wd caviar
    PSU
    factory
    Case
    factory chassis
    Cooling
    factory
    Mouse
    touchpad factory
    Keyboard
    factory
    Internet Speed
    AT&T DSL
    Other Info
    currently certified as the fastest computer in the city of 38761
i hope the recovery installs the sound/network connections/ and all the software.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway ML6437-est. laptop
    CPU
    Intel (R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T230 @ 1.86GHZ /1.87 GHz
    Motherboard
    factory installed/user customized
    Memory
    3 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    onboard
    Sound Card
    onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    onboard
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    320gb wd caviar
    PSU
    factory
    Case
    factory chassis
    Cooling
    factory
    Mouse
    touchpad factory
    Keyboard
    factory
    Internet Speed
    AT&T DSL
    Other Info
    currently certified as the fastest computer in the city of 38761
In all the excitement I forgot. You asked before what caused all this. I think it was a virus and that the Adobe updater was not what it seemed.

Pooch
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self build
    CPU
    Phenom II x4 Black Edition 940-Arctic-Cooling Freezer Xtreme
    Motherboard
    Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe
    Memory
    8 gig Samsung PC800 RAM
    Graphics card(s)
    NVidia 9600gt
    Sound Card
    AD1988b
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" TFT-MONITOR WIDESCREEN mit VGA/DVI 17" Video7 TFT
    Screen Resolution
    1680 : 1050 1280 : 1024
    Hard Drives
    Drive #1 - SAMSUNG HD252HJ (250 GB) Drive #2 - Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 (1000 GB) Drive #3 - SAMSUNG HD250HJ (250 GB) Drive #4 - SAMSUNG HD103UJ (1000 GB) External eSATA
    PSU
    Thermaltake Toughpower Cable Management 750W
    Case
    Enermax Chakra
    Cooling
    2x 120mm Front and Back 1x 250mm Side
    Mouse
    Easy Line Laser Mouse
    Keyboard
    Standard
    Internet Speed
    16000
    Other Info
    I have also used Fedora, Suse, Ubuntu Linux And all other Windows from 95 to date except ME
i hope the recovery installs the sound/network connections/ and all the software.
As this is a snapshot of your computer with all the drivers and factory-installed softwares, it will have all things that came with the computer.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Compaq
    CPU
    intel core 2 duo T 5550 @ 1.83 MHz
    Motherboard
    intel 965 chipset family
    Memory
    2 GB DDR 2 SD RAM @ 667 MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    On board upto 358 MB RAM
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15"
    Hard Drives
    160 GB WDC
ok guys, looks like it worked and i am able to start re-configuring all my settings. One more problem though, does anyone know how to reset my wireless router? I swear I knew the password but everyone one that I try seems to be wrong. Sheesh...I just can't catch a break....

Sunne
 

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what kind of router do u have and which company do u get ur internet from? u might have to call them to let them reset it and give u another one.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway ML6437-est. laptop
    CPU
    Intel (R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T230 @ 1.86GHZ /1.87 GHz
    Motherboard
    factory installed/user customized
    Memory
    3 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    onboard
    Sound Card
    onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    onboard
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    320gb wd caviar
    PSU
    factory
    Case
    factory chassis
    Cooling
    factory
    Mouse
    touchpad factory
    Keyboard
    factory
    Internet Speed
    AT&T DSL
    Other Info
    currently certified as the fastest computer in the city of 38761
what kind of router do u have and which company do u get ur internet from? u might have to call them to let them reset it and give u another one.

Well, it's a Qwest hard router and I have a Netgear Wireless router attached to it. I'm going to reinstall the internet cd from Qwest and see if that helps....
 

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its usually in your windows folder a folder called windows.old do a search for it

problem is when using a system resore/factory reset as yo did sometimes they give the folder a differant name (as you didnt use an actual vista install disk but the manfacturers recovery software
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q9550 @ 4Gig / Titan Fenir
    Motherboard
    XFX 780i
    Memory
    4GB OCZ PC2-8500C5 DDR2
    Graphics card(s)
    Gainward GTX260/216 SLI
    Sound Card
    Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22"
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    western digital raptor 10000rpm sata
    PSU
    OCZ Modstream 700w
    Cooling
    Titan Fenir
    Mouse
    Logitech G5 Gamer
    Keyboard
    Razer Reclusa
    Internet Speed
    8mb
its usually in your windows folder a folder called windows.old do a search for it

problem is when using a system resore/factory reset as yo did sometimes they give the folder a differant name (as you didnt use an actual vista install disk but the manfacturers recovery software

Ok, searching for windows.old came up with nothing, any other ideas?

Sooo grateful for you guys...

Sunne
 

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its usually in your windows folder a folder called windows.old do a search for it

problem is when using a system resore/factory reset as yo did sometimes they give the folder a differant name (as you didnt use an actual vista install disk but the manfacturers recovery software

Ok, searching for windows.old came up with nothing, any other ideas?

Sooo grateful for you guys...

Sunne

When you open your c: partition, you should see the folder right there. Can you see it there?

Extensa
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Extensa 5620-6396
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo 5750
    Memory
    4GB DDR2
    Graphics card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT
    Sound Card
    Onboard Sound Card ~ Logitech X-540 5.1 Speaker System
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Laptop 15.4 LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1280*768
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital 320GB @5400 RPM
    Cooling
    Rocketfish USB Laptop Cooling Pad
    Mouse
    Logitech G9 Wired Gaming Precision Mouse @ 2000 DPI
    Keyboard
    Logitech G11 Gaming Keyboars
    Internet Speed
    Download: 4500 kb/s Upload: 500 kb/s
goto MyComputer and click Organize and make sure MENU is checked if so then YEY. a menu with file/tools/etc should be above Organize/VIEW/etc..next go to TOOLS and FOLDEROPTIONS..click VIEW Tab..click the 'show hidden files and folders' then clik Apply then OK. if u got this far ur almost there. hopefully!! the old account stuff is still there. double click "local disk c:\" and go to USER and the the name of the old account should be there.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway ML6437-est. laptop
    CPU
    Intel (R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T230 @ 1.86GHZ /1.87 GHz
    Motherboard
    factory installed/user customized
    Memory
    3 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    onboard
    Sound Card
    onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    onboard
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    320gb wd caviar
    PSU
    factory
    Case
    factory chassis
    Cooling
    factory
    Mouse
    touchpad factory
    Keyboard
    factory
    Internet Speed
    AT&T DSL
    Other Info
    currently certified as the fastest computer in the city of 38761
goto MyComputer and click Organize and make sure MENU is checked if so then YEY. a menu with file/tools/etc should be above Organize/VIEW/etc..next go to TOOLS and FOLDEROPTIONS..click VIEW Tab..click the 'show hidden files and folders' then clik Apply then OK. if u got this far ur almost there. hopefully!! the old account stuff is still there. double click "local disk c:\" and go to USER and the the name of the old account should be there.

Grrrr!! There is STILL nothing there; I did everything you suggested...where the heck are those files?! Aww, man...

Sunne
 

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Hi Sunne,

I have a horrible feeling it was trying to tell you there wasn't enough space to save your data.:(


If that is the case, you should still be able to recover most of it.:)

See this post :

Recover Files After Format - Windows 7 Forums

Hope it helps.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Vista
    CPU
    Intel E8400
    Motherboard
    ASRock1333-GLAN R2.0
    Memory
    4gb DDR2 800
    Graphics card(s)
    nvidia 9500GT 1gb
  • Operating System
    win7/vista
    CPU
    intel i5-8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    ballistix 2x8gb 3200
Ok, I did something really dumb now. I uninstalled the pre-installed version of Microsoft Office; I did this because I was going to install my purchased version of Office Professional...wow, I must be really challenged. I do not have a cd of the basic Microsoft Office so I am getting one that is an .iso file. How do I install that version after it's finished downloading? Anyone know? I'm just trying to get back to normal so that I don't fail the classes I've worked so hard to finish...anyone that could help...

Hopefully this will be my last stupid move...

Thanks guys,

Sunne
 

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Yes, should be, you can see from the post that I was able to recover files after formatting the drive twice.

The actual space the operating sytem has been restored on will have overwritten some of them - but any that are on the free space area of the drive - I guess most of it - should be recoverable using those free programs.

Trouble is - any thing you write to your hard drive now - including anything you download - will be overwriting some of the files - they are still there - you just can't see them.

Best thing would be to download the recovery programs onto an external drive or another partition, run them from there and restore anything to there.

If you don't have an external drive - I would risk shrinking the main operating system partition and creating another partition on which to do the restore operation.

It needs to be big enough to hold the recovered data - but not so big that it overwrites anything as you create it.

Any idea how much space you would need to restore the most vital DATA ?

You could run a quick test with this - it does not need to be installed - just rt click the zip and Extract all - then rt click the Data Recovery and Run as Admin - it is not my first choice app. for the job , but will let you see what can be recovered .

It is also small and will not overwrite too much downloading it.

View attachment DataRecovery_EN.zip

You can then decide if you want to create another partition , get the other apps. and do the recovery.

The recovery apps find the data on the HD - if you elect to recover any , they will copy it to your chosen location - the data is stil there on the hd - they just make copies.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Vista
    CPU
    Intel E8400
    Motherboard
    ASRock1333-GLAN R2.0
    Memory
    4gb DDR2 800
    Graphics card(s)
    nvidia 9500GT 1gb
  • Operating System
    win7/vista
    CPU
    intel i5-8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    ballistix 2x8gb 3200
It is also a good idea to turn off System Restore and Disk Defrag - turn them back on when you have completed the recovery .

Type services and click it when it appears

SERVICES2009-05-07_031325.jpg

scroll down to Volume Shadow Copy , rt click , select Properties

SERVICES-2-2009-05-07_031416.jpg

Select Disabled - click Apply then OK

SERVICES-3-2009-05-07_031450.jpg

click STOP the service

SERVICES-4-2009-05-07_032129.jpg

Type defrag , click it when it appears , OK the UAC prompt

DEFRAG2009-05-07_031621.jpg

click Configure Schedule,

DEFRAG-2-2009-05-07_031732.jpg

Untick Run on a Schedule, click OK
 

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System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Vista
    CPU
    Intel E8400
    Motherboard
    ASRock1333-GLAN R2.0
    Memory
    4gb DDR2 800
    Graphics card(s)
    nvidia 9500GT 1gb
  • Operating System
    win7/vista
    CPU
    intel i5-8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    ballistix 2x8gb 3200
It is also a good idea to turn off System Restore and Disk Defrag - turn them back on when you have completed the recovery .

Type services and click it when it appears

View attachment 12626

scroll down to Volume Shadow Copy , rt click , select Properties

View attachment 12627

Select Disabled - click Apply then OK

View attachment 12628

click STOP the service

View attachment 12629

Type defrag , click it when it appears , OK the UAC prompt

View attachment 12630

click Configure Schedule,

View attachment 12631

Untick Run on a Schedule, click OK

SIW2, I sure hope that you do this for a living because I've been dealing with this since 7am today and my head is throbbing like I've never felt before. Right now I am downloading the free trial of Office because, like a dope, I thought that I should uninstall it like needs to be done with Norton so that my new Office Pro would install correctly...sheesh. I have learned...boy, have I learned...I'm going to try your suggestions as soon as I can get my assignments done and posted online. Thank you so much (Pooch, Dinesh and inc2000; anyone I might have missed too)...I will update this thread with findings so that other people can learn...

Thanks again (*bowing to you all*)

Sunne
 

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Good luck with the assignments - and keep us posted:D
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Vista
    CPU
    Intel E8400
    Motherboard
    ASRock1333-GLAN R2.0
    Memory
    4gb DDR2 800
    Graphics card(s)
    nvidia 9500GT 1gb
  • Operating System
    win7/vista
    CPU
    intel i5-8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    ballistix 2x8gb 3200
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