Title: PC help
Flava Flav - May 6, 2008 02:42 PM (GMT)
Ok so i had a load of videos of my son and stuff on my PC and then it died and reset the factory settings
Since then i have made loads more videos and stored them on there, they then dissapeared so i searched all files and the whole computer for video's and its found the original ones again :blink:
How do i know get back the ones i lost? Wierdly all the photo's have stayed despite it all being in the same folder
AW/RM's YoungGuns - May 6, 2008 03:14 PM (GMT)
Have you tried, oh whats it called, system restore, I think,- it involves resetting your PC from an exact date - i.e meaning if you were to restore your system to yesterday - everything that you deleted today, you would get back - but this also means anything that you have done today would be removed.
Flava Flav - May 9, 2008 04:47 AM (GMT)
I had better not try that then mate as i have added loads to the pc since it broke last time
PGFC - May 9, 2008 06:38 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Flava Flav @ May 9 2008, 05:47 AM) |
| I had better not try that then mate as i have added loads to the pc since it broke last time |
System restore shouldn't delete stuff you've added since the last way-point if that makes sense :blink: , though if you really want to save the stuff get a removable hard-drive and store it all on there :good:
Flava Flav - May 9, 2008 07:27 AM (GMT)
PGFC - May 9, 2008 07:34 AM (GMT)
It's what system restore uses, you create (or it's done automatically :unsure: )
way points to restore your computer to, ie if you were going to update/upgrade your pc or add a bit of hardware you'd create a way point before starting just in case it all went to shit and you'd then have a known point where everything worked ok to restore it to.
this isn't helping is it.
Flava Flav - May 9, 2008 07:41 AM (GMT)
If only i had known that before upgrading the RAM and installing a new DVDRW and a graphics card :doh:
Really should learn about PC's
PGFC - May 9, 2008 07:59 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Flava Flav @ May 9 2008, 08:41 AM) |
If only i had known that before upgrading the RAM and installing a new DVDRW and a graphics card :doh:
Really should learn about PC's |
Meh, I learnt about it the hard way too :)
*kicks empty pci-e graphics card box angrily across the room*
AW/RM's YoungGuns - May 9, 2008 10:38 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (PGFC @ May 9 2008, 06:38 AM) |
| QUOTE (Flava Flav @ May 9 2008, 05:47 AM) | | I had better not try that then mate as i have added loads to the pc since it broke last time |
System restore shouldn't delete stuff you've added since the last way-point if that makes sense :blink: , though if you really want to save the stuff get a removable hard-drive and store it all on there :good:
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Really?
Whenever I've had to use System restore it ALWAYS takes off the stuff that have been created after the restore point.
I always make a habit of creating regular restoring points each month or so, so as not to lose too much stuff if something were to happen :)
PGFC - May 9, 2008 10:49 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (AW/RM's YoungGuns @ May 9 2008, 11:38 AM) |
| QUOTE (PGFC @ May 9 2008, 06:38 AM) | | QUOTE (Flava Flav @ May 9 2008, 05:47 AM) | | I had better not try that then mate as i have added loads to the pc since it broke last time |
System restore shouldn't delete stuff you've added since the last way-point if that makes sense :blink: , though if you really want to save the stuff get a removable hard-drive and store it all on there :good:
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Really?
Whenever I've had to use System restore it ALWAYS takes off the stuff that have been created after the restore point.
I always make a habit of creating regular restoring points each month or so, so as not to lose too much stuff if something were to happen :)
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It shouldn't, most user created file types should be unaffected like .doc or .jpeg files, they should still be visible.
but, what do I know? :blink: