Windows Recovery

jojo
jojo Posts: 645
edited August 2005 in Technical Stuff and Help
ok so I had to reinstall windows cause my computer just i don't know had a stroke or something, anyways I am missing a bunch of stuff, all my programs aren't where they're supposed to be and I can't find any of my digital pictures. I tried searching for pics and mpegs and bmps with no luck, I'm pretty sure that they are in my hard drive somehwere cause I still have 60 gigs of my hard drive full. Any one have any thoughts on what I should do??

Thanx
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  • tekno_junkie
    tekno_junkie Posts: 87
    jojo wrote:
    ok so I had to reinstall windows cause my computer just i don't know had a stroke or something, anyways I am missing a bunch of stuff, all my programs aren't where they're supposed to be and I can't find any of my digital pictures. I tried searching for pics and mpegs and bmps with no luck, I'm pretty sure that they are in my hard drive somehwere cause I still have 60 gigs of my hard drive full. Any one have any thoughts on what I should do??

    Thanx

    If you reinstalled windows everything would be gone unless you backed it up on disc... sorry...
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  • tattooedeverything
    tattooedeverything Posts: 757
    tekno_junkie wrote:
    If you reinstalled windows everything would be gone unless you backed it up on disc... sorry...


    This is so not true. I've reinstalled windows several times and my stuff is always still here. The only way to lose it is if you do a clean boot which I don't think this person did. Just reinstalling windows will not clear out your computer.
    I got a plan
  • jojo
    jojo Posts: 645
    i found all my itunes and mp3s that's why I think that my pictures are hiding somewhere or have been redirected
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  • tattooedeverything
    tattooedeverything Posts: 757
    jojo wrote:
    i found all my itunes and mp3s that's why I think that my pictures are hiding somewhere or have been redirected

    How did you find them?
    I got a plan
  • jojo
    jojo Posts: 645
    i just serched through all the user files on the c drive
    it took me hours to finally find them but still no luck with my pictures I have tried searching for all files .jpgs .bmp etc but I haven't come up with any thing yet
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  • tattooedeverything
    tattooedeverything Posts: 757
    Jeez. I don't know what to tell you.

    good luck
    I got a plan
  • Thecrownofthorns
    Thecrownofthorns Posts: 319
    in windows search, click on files and folders, down to more advanced options, check search hidden files and folders, go back and type in *.Jpg for the filename or maybe (a bit of the filename)*.jpg and search for that.
  • jojo
    jojo Posts: 645
    Thecrownofthorns wrote:
    in windows search, click on files and folders, down to more advanced options, check search hidden files and folders, go back and type in *.Jpg for the filename or maybe (a bit of the filename)*.jpg and search for that.

    i think I've tried that but I will again
    thanx for the idea
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  • DarkStar
    DarkStar Posts: 734
    do you have more than one partition on your hard drive? what file format is your C: drive formatted to - NTFS or FAT32? it could be that your missing files are on an NTFS partition and you your c: drive (where you installed windows) is formatted with the FAT32 file system...if this were true, you would not be able to "see" the NTFS partition or any of the files on it.

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  • jojo
    jojo Posts: 645
    DarkStar wrote:
    do you have more than one partition on your hard drive? what file format is your C: drive formatted to - NTFS or FAT32? it could be that your missing files are on an NTFS partition and you your c: drive (where you installed windows) is formatted with the FAT32 file system...if this were true, you would not be able to "see" the NTFS partition or any of the files on it.

    ds

    not sure if i have more than one partiition, how would I tell?

    formatted to NTFS (not that I know what that means)

    I have 5.46 gigs available of 74.5 this is what leads me to believe that there in there somewhere

    thanx for all the help guys :D
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