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Desktop files all gone??? HELP!
Name: der meister Date: March 2, 2006 at 20:52:54 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: 3.0GHZ/1GB Product: Intel
Comment:
i was watching a dvd movie on my pc and when i minimized the movie all my files on my desktop were gone.. i dont know what happened. i restarted the computer but nothing, so i tried system restore but it only restored empty folders with no data inside. i have a router/firewall, norton antivirus so i dont think i was hacked. please help i lost over 8GB of data from my desktop..
Name: Michael J (by mjdamato) Date: March 2, 2006 at 22:00:31 Pacific
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Try this, right-click on the desktop and select "Arrange Icons By". In the sub-menu there is an option for "Show Desktop Icons". If there is not a checkmark beside it, select it.
Michael J
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Response Number 2
Name: der meister Date: March 2, 2006 at 22:21:26 Pacific
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i just discovered that all the desktop items from the "All users" profile under 'documents and settings' were still there, but all the desktop items from my profile are missing. i tried searching for the missing items but i just dont know how or where they have gone.
please any suggestions. thank you again for your replies.
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Response Number 3
Name: lukeles Date: March 4, 2006 at 18:24:22 Pacific
You can use "AdvancedRecovery" to scan the partition. After the scan is complete, the lost file will be displayed in DataRecoveryWizard, you can select them and recover them.
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