I just did a system recovery without using a disk or cd and I lost all of my
pics,media, docs and so on....is there any POSSIBLE way I can get these files
back?

Hi

Do you mean a System Restore? If so, SR doesn't monitor data files and they
should still be there. Have you tried searching by extension?

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"somajh" <u27735@uwe> wrote in message news:67922fa8083f2@uwe...
>I just did a system recovery without using a disk or cd and I lost all of
>my
> pics,media, docs and so on....is there any POSSIBLE way I can get these
> files
> back?
>

Please provide some useful info, make.model of PC, how you did the recovery,
did you read the warning about backing up data before doing the recovery.

"somajh" <u27735@uwe> wrote in message news:67922fa8083f2@uwe...
>I just did a system recovery without using a disk or cd and I lost all of
>my
> pics,media, docs and so on....is there any POSSIBLE way I can get these
> files
> back?
>

somajh wrote:

> I just did a system recovery without using a disk or cd and I lost
> all of my pics,media, docs and so on....is there any POSSIBLE way I
> can get these files back?


Please explain *exactly* what you did.

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If you are referring to the F11 or F12 restore to factory original, that
copies the hidden partition back to the system drive, you will likely
need to have a data recovery service find the files.

somajh wrote:

> I just did a system recovery without using a disk or cd and I lost all of my
> pics,media, docs and so on....is there any POSSIBLE way I can get these files
> back?
>

Bob I wrote:
> If you are referring to the F11 or F12 restore to factory original, that
> copies the hidden partition back to the system drive, you will likely
> need to have a data recovery service find the files.
>
> somajh wrote:
>
>> I just did a system recovery without using a disk or cd and I lost all
>> of my
>> pics,media, docs and so on....is there any POSSIBLE way I can get
>> these files
>> back?
>>
>
I inadvertently did a system recovery to original as shipped
configuration on my HP Pavilion. I had to reinstall a lot of programs
and reset many settings but I didn't lose any data files.

As requested by others, please provide more details.

Bill

"Bill Sharpe" wrote:

> Bob I wrote:
> > If you are referring to the F11 or F12 restore to factory original, that
> > copies the hidden partition back to the system drive, you will likely
> > need to have a data recovery service find the files.
> >
> > somajh wrote:
> >
> >> I just did a system recovery without using a disk or cd and I lost all
> >> of my
> >> pics,media, docs and so on....is there any POSSIBLE way I can get
> >> these files
> >> back?
> >>
> >
> I inadvertently did a system recovery to original as shipped
> configuration on my HP Pavilion. I had to reinstall a lot of programs
> and reset many settings but I didn't lose any data files.
>
> As requested by others, please provide more details.
>
> Bill
>

I mistakenly did System Recovery instead of system restore and I too lost
everything...I have retrieved some things back but my print is bigger than I
like and when I scroll, it has a wavy, jerky way of scrolling...I have done
everything I know to change this....please help....LA

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> somajh wrote:
>
> > I just did a system recovery without using a disk or cd and I lost
> > all of my pics,media, docs and so on....is there any POSSIBLE way I
> > can get these files back?
>
>
> Please explain *exactly* what you did.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>

LA wrote:

> I mistakenly did System Recovery instead of system restore and I too
> lost everything...I have retrieved some things back but my print is
> bigger than I like


"Print"? Do you mean the screen font?

You are probably running at a lower resolution than you used to be at.
Right-click on the desktop and choose Properties. On the settings tab, drag
the resolution slider to the resolution you prefer.

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> and when I scroll, it has a wavy, jerky way of
> scrolling...I have done everything I know to change this....please
> help....LA
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>
>> somajh wrote:
>>
>>> I just did a system recovery without using a disk or cd and I lost
>>> all of my pics,media, docs and so on....is there any POSSIBLE way I
>>> can get these files back?
>>
>>
>> Please explain *exactly* what you did.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup

print, font...same thing!!! thanks for your response...however, I have
already tried that...thanks....LA

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

> LA wrote:
>
> > I mistakenly did System Recovery instead of system restore and I too
> > lost everything...I have retrieved some things back but my print is
> > bigger than I like
>
>
> "Print"? Do you mean the screen font?
>
> You are probably running at a lower resolution than you used to be at.
> Right-click on the desktop and choose Properties. On the settings tab, drag
> the resolution slider to the resolution you prefer.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
> > and when I scroll, it has a wavy, jerky way of
> > scrolling...I have done everything I know to change this....please
> > help....LA
> >
> > "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
> >
> >> somajh wrote:
> >>
> >>> I just did a system recovery without using a disk or cd and I lost
> >>> all of my pics,media, docs and so on....is there any POSSIBLE way I
> >>> can get these files back?
> >>
> >>
> >> Please explain *exactly* what you did.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> >> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>

"LA" <LA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> print, font...same thing!!! thanks for your response...however, I have
> already tried that...thanks....LA
>
> "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:
>
>> LA wrote:
>>
>> > I mistakenly did System Recovery instead of system restore and I too
>> > lost everything...I have retrieved some things back but my print is
>> > bigger than I like
>>
>>
>> "Print"? Do you mean the screen font?
>>
>> You are probably running at a lower resolution than you used to be at.
>> Right-click on the desktop and choose Properties. On the settings tab,
>> drag
>> the resolution slider to the resolution you prefer.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>>
>> > and when I scroll, it has a wavy, jerky way of
>> > scrolling...I have done everything I know to change this....please
>> > help....LA

Print and font are not the same. Print is the term for sending output to a
printer and having that printed.

Did you install the latest video driver for the graphics card? Also it's
not a good idea to post a new question as a reply to someone else's thread.
Create a new thread for your issue.

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