i made a mistake i somehow someway delete something which made my shortcuts exe files go away the applications are still on my computer but my shortcuts r gone and i had a file on my desktop full of stuff its also gone i cant do a restore i know i can manualy go in program files and get the exe and copy it to desktop but how do i get the file i lost and everything else back to how it was please help
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guys i dont want to recover anything im looking for a great software that does a great system restore ms version sucks i want something that will bring my computer back to before i make changes do u know anything good software?
oooooo man, im not really supposed to be postin around here but i just noticed how much trouble you are in and thought i would stop by. well you see the thing is, there is no real way of getting your files back unless you use the tools that ddp suggested, this is because the type of program you are talking about exists, but the problem is that whenever you use a program like that, you have to save states within that program, it can not restore just after you install it, correct me if im wrong but thats virtually impossible. the only thing to do in my opinion is to go through with a un-delete program searching for wildcards or file names and see if you can recover all of your documents. otherwise the best idea is to in fact use the inbuilt windows system restore. hope this helps
i personally prefer to use Norton Ghost, what happens with that is that when you select the job you want to do, it will restart your computer and burn an image of your ENTIRE hard drve to a cd or dvd in a compressed image, and if something like a virus infects your computer, you can insert your disk into the drive, restart your computer and tell it to re-install everything, and it will replace all of the data on your Hard Drive, after erasing it all, and it will be the exact same as when you made the backup in the first place.
GUYS IM USING NORTON GHOST V10 NOW I BACKUP MY COMPUTER AND SAVED THE IMAGE TO A EVXTERNAL HARDDRIVE NOW WHEN EVER I TRY TO RESTORE MY COMPUTE IT SAYS IT CANNOT WITH WINDOWS RUNNING I DONT KNOW HOW TO RESTORE MY COMPUTER WITH NORTON PLEAS HELP
no shouting(caps lock on) as per forum rules above. is your computer capable of booting of a usb device which i presume the external hd is?
norton ghost sounds really good. so if i ever bought a new pc i just get norton ghost and let it get an image of my computer burn it to a disk and then insatll it on to my new pc?
touran, if do that from old computer to new than won't work as windows will see to much change & crap out.
Is the recycle bin still on the desk top? If it left when you deleted everything on the dest top, maybe it still has all the shortcuts and your file. Search for the recylce bin on hard drive. If it's still there (on desktop) and doesn't have the file how did you get rid of the file twice?
garmoon i already fix the shortcut problem i want to know do u know any app other then ghost that backsup computer or something with a good system restore not ms garbage i have nowwwwwwww
