Windows 7 Lost Data
Oct 21, 2012
I moved some folders into a folder using Windows 7 and the moved worked but all the original data in the folder disappeared.Undid the move which worked but the original folder is now empty - lost about 8Gb of images.This was definitely a Windows 7 error - I did not delete the contents accidentally I work in IT and know what I'm doing.
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Aug 23, 2012
Not one of the smartest things I did but my mate gave me his old computer excluding the HDDs
So I installed my HDD into it and thought while I was at it might as well upgrade to windows 7 (From XP) since I had to reinstall the OS. I installed window 7 using the upgrade option and the HDD were cleaned. I left it for a while only to come back now an unbootabe computer..... I reinstalled having to go through the custom install. I can now log into the computer.
Is the data on my HDDs gone forever? Also the OS isnt recognising one of my HDD's?? (Maybe save it for another post)
If this isnt the right section please let me know where to repost
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Jan 3, 2012
I have an external HDD (WD MyBook) that fell from a height of about 7 inches. The computer(s) will recognize it but say it's not initialized which means the boot records are fine. There are no grinding or any kind of noises at boot-up so the needle and platter seem to be ok. I started a complete recovery in EASEUS, but it's been 2 hours and it only found 54 files so far. (I know there are hundreds). Usually, on formatted drives, the number of "total files found" add up pretty quickly on this software and it is able to scan a 1TB drive in about 5 - 6 hours. This is the first time that I'm seeing such a slow reading of the drive. (Which makes me wonder again if it's physically damaged). since it's know that the best method of recovery is to start the recovery process as soon as possible, for any usage of the drive will reduce the success rate of recovery. But I'm thinking that if I just allow Windows to initialize the disk and format it with a quick format, that the only thing I'm ruining is the table, which EASEUS doesn't care about since it analyzes the disk by sectors.
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Jan 3, 2013
i have lost my data while installing windows plz tell me way to recover
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Mar 28, 2012
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Nov 15, 2009
Currently I really really need your help for solving one of my problem below:
-I have cut one file (>5GB) from file server and past it to my Local Drive (D.
-During that process I got problem with network connection , so the process still ask to retry the process. After the connection is back, then I try to click on Retry and the process is completely finished.
-BUT the problem is both source and destination is empty, no file found.
Did any one know what the problem with this process?
And how can i get my important data back?
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May 3, 2012
i am trying to get my lost data, with recover my files software but, when i scan only for scanning .max files, the programme terminates,
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Jan 7, 2012
I got a nasty virus a few days ago and my MSE and Malwarebytes kept taking care of it but it kept coming back.Finally my computer crashed and upon reboot, EVERYTHING was gone. By gone my computer would still boot but it was loading a default desktop with ALL my icons gone and when I would try to access my C: drive, it showed that it was completely empty. Looking in "My Computer" the space was still used though.Next looking at my D: and E: drives (2TB and 3TB WDC's) I found the same issue. My Computer showed the amount of space I expected to see take and free was correct but when I would access them, they were empty like freshly formatted drives.I fired up a command window and did the following: attrib -h -r -s /s /d X:*.* X being the drive letter in question at the time. This seems to have restored MOST of my folders on my D: and E: drives. However something were still locked out with the following style errors..Also, some of the folders that were unhidden STILL show as "access denied" when I try to enter/access them. I can get into them as I'm an "admin" on this system.How do I just reset all my permissions so it's like it should be if the drive was FRESH.
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Jul 3, 2011
I had a message about errors when I plugged in my WD external hard drive. I let the Error Checking run and when it finished it said I needed to format the disk. I cancelled this and looked in my computer and although the drive appeared, no details (i.e. space usage) was present.
I re-ran Error Checking with "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors" checked. After running this the drive appeared properly in My Computer.
However there are many files missing, and the space usage of what is there doesn't match up with what my computer says.
Files I can physically see: ~ 120 Gb. Space usage according to Explorer: ~420 Gb. So it looks like tha data may still be there but Windows can't see it? Edit: BTW, forgot to say, all this is booted into Windows 7 not XP on my dual boot system.
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Mar 18, 2012
I recently installed Windows 7. Couldn't see my external hard drive although it was "visible" in the control panel. Thought the isssue was the lack of a drive letter. Assigned a letter in disk management and then the drive "appeared" in My Computer but - the are no files on the previously very full drive. I realize that some sort of partition was created but cant imagine that I lost all data in a split second without running fdisk or the likes.How do I get the files back?
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Jul 15, 2012
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Aug 18, 2012
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Will the notebook handle the external drive properly?
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Mar 18, 2012
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Aug 9, 2011
I posted my message yesterday.
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Mar 24, 2011
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