file recovery

I installed ubuntu with wubi in windows7 64bit, and I had installed Mandriva 2011 with a disk. I tried to learn linux with Ubuntu and misused mke2fs; after I reboot my computer, windows7 and ubuntu has crashed. As I have mandriva, I boot into mandriva and found # df -h /dev/sda7 12G...

If you are lucky enough to be using the Windows 8 Release-to-Manufacturer version, you may notice a problem. It is hard to find Windows Backup. One reason for this is that it is currently called "Windows 7 File Recovery" in Control Panel. Be advised that this is most likely a bug or mishap, but...

I secure deleted some files - nothing very sensitive - but pointers remained to the files - i.e.: f:\\\5545.jpg - etc. Everything on my C:\ drive had hidden links that simply would not delete. Turned off the Firewall - AntiVirus - cleaned the MFT - everything and it would not go away. Then I...

I had a problem with the wi-fi driver on my HP Eletebook8440p running on Windows 7 Home Premium. I think I might of incorrectly reinstalled and lost my work. I backed-up as much as I could on dongles, but a month of work was not backed up. I have gone to the windows.old and the files have been...

I'm trying to use the migrecover.exe to extract the data from a Windows Easy Transfer archive I created since using WET will not open it(Microsoft really screwed the pooch on this one uhh!). I enter the correct syntax into the command prompt and it returns "Extracting files. 100% completed...

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Okay, my computer is very clogged at the moment and I would like to do a complete restore, but I have some files that I need to keep. Is there a way I can do a complete restore but keep some of the files (no external hard drive).

On my desk top PC running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit, I checked the properties of various files and folders and found that "previous versions are not available." I checked properties of files and folders on a netbook running Windows 7 Home premium 32 bit and found previous versions are...

After trying every solution I can think of to boot my daughter's laptop, I've made my decision. I'm going to create a fresh install on a new, larger 640 gig drive. If that goes well, I told her that I would save what files I could from the corrupted drive. (I'll cross that bridge with her...

Hello guys A while back, I downloaded a few PDF files from my school's network that I had to use for an assignment. However, now I want to delete them. Deleting the .pdf files went just fine, easily done. However, there seems to be 2 .file files still in my downloads folder with the same names...

Hello All Supporters .! First of all i am new to this forum i need to ask some my urgent problem solution here. guys i had an laptop which got broked i was using its Hard drive using SD Box it was working like a charm but suddenly when i woke up today morning i connect my HD and it is not...

I have joined this forum in the hope i can get help and advise in deploying windows 7, I have been deploying windows 7 for the last 7 months as a contractor for two different clients. Both clients have had different ways of doing the deployment, however both have the same concerns about data and...

Hello W7 forums! So not too long ago I rebooted my pc as it was running a bit slow that day, as I was rebooting I got an error (I don't remember it now sorry) and it started startup repair. This startup repair went for almost a week straight before I gave up on it. Not being able to boot into...

Please help. I come home today to go on my computer, my sister was already logged into her profile so i go to log into mine. When i do i see Prepareing Desktop, it logs in and my desktop is fully reset, ealier on my mother was on i believe she mustve done this because she doesnt know much about...

I had about 15 files saved as File0000.chk through File0014.chk. PLEASE CHANGE CATEGORY IF I POSTED IN THE WRONG SECTION. First I tried renaming them with the likely extensions I use most often, such as .xlsx and .docx respectively for Excel and Word. This successfully recovered over 1/2 of my...

I want to open the images in the camera, and when I open the Drive: Link Removed and Drive has a folder "RECYCLER"- Link Removed Where the images of camera? What to do ?

Sorry - ignore - Mods can delete post as I just found the answer :) Put the search in quotes! =============== Hi all I unfortunately "hard" deleted a folder I really needed but have thankfully managed to recover almost all of the files in it (nearly 2000 of them!!). The problem now is that in...

Hello - I have a HP Pavilion with Windows 7 Premium 64, and have my computer back up daily, with weekly system image back ups using the Windows back up utility. This backs up to a DLink DNS 323 network storage device. Last Friday my hard drive failed, and I didn't feel too bad becuase of my back...

Fixes an issue in which the Recycle Bin is not enumerated when you connect a removable hard disk drive that does not contain a Recycle Bin to a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. Link Removed

Short story: Try to run Windows 7 Backup (x64) and get a blank page with the helpful message "page missing". Acronis is responsible, but I want to know how to get it back. Background: I decided to try the Acronis Home 2012 backup software. Huge, huge, huge mistake. After installing it, I...