Find Backup File After Restore

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Check the ads in "PC Magazine" or "Computer Shopper" for companies that
recover lost harddrive data. It will cost you BIG BUCKS.

"JuseFliesLow" <JuseFliesLow@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a 250 gig harddrive and it was acting slow. So we made a backup of
>our
> important information and put the backup on the other half of the
> partitioned
> harddrive, not knowing when you restore that it does the WHOLE harddrive.
> Therefore we lost ALOT of information, and we where wondering if theres
> software that can go back and find the files on the computer. We were told
> that they had a $ kind of symbol in front of it. We were wondering if
> anyone
> could give us information on how to get those files
> --
> Thanks

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"JuseFliesLow" <JuseFliesLow@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I have a 250 gig harddrive and it was acting slow. So we made a backup of
our
> important information and put the backup on the other half of the
partitioned harddrive,

-- If I read correct, you have 2 Partitions of 125G each, and backed-up your
system partition( all your programs and data) to a blank partition? What
kind of backup software did you use and what backup procedure did you use
( Mirror, image, full backup, incremental etc...)

> not knowing when you restore that it does the WHOLE harddrive.

- did you check your backup? or was "file verification" enabled in the
backup software?

> Therefore we lost ALOT of information,
--So, some is still available? ( How much?) Does your system starts w/h
problem? Are programs missing or is only data?

> and we where wondering if theres
> software that can go back and find the files on the computer. We were told
> that they had a $ kind of symbol in front of it. We were wondering if
anyone
> could give us information on how to get those files

-- How much activity was there already on the computer after restore? What
actions were performed after the backup on the first partition? ( format &
reinstall?)
- Is there still anything on the second partitions? Is it readable?

&re