Help!! I've lost my "My Docoments" folder

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Windows xp was playing up ion my pc, so I reinstalled windows. But doing so,
I think it deleted everything in the old windows. But now I have lost
everything I had in "my documents"!!!
I have gone to c:\documents and settings and nothing is there.
I haven't formatted my hard drive, so they must be somewhere?????? right???
Is there any possible way to reverse what I have done or find my old
documents???? They conatain all my work, music, photos etc.
I'm copmpletely gutted!
Please can anybody help???

Regards Neil

 

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Just restore your files from your backup. You *do* have a backup, right?
Lesson learned the hard way.

"Neilianos69@aol.com" <Neilianos69@aol.com@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:423C0439-71BA-462F-88C0-6BB0E8B5CE9B@microsoft.com...
> Windows xp was playing up ion my pc, so I reinstalled windows. But doing
> so,
> I think it deleted everything in the old windows. But now I have lost
> everything I had in "my documents"!!!
> I have gone to c:\documents and settings and nothing is there.
> I haven't formatted my hard drive, so they must be somewhere??????
> right???
> Is there any possible way to reverse what I have done or find my old
> documents???? They conatain all my work, music, photos etc.
> I'm copmpletely gutted!
> Please can anybody help???
>
> Regards Neil

 

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Er..... No
Foolishly I thought It would just effect the windows directory.... Not my
precious bloody "my documents!"

"Jason Haynes" wrote:

> Just restore your files from your backup. You *do* have a backup, right?
> Lesson learned the hard way.
>
> "Neilianos69@aol.com" <Neilianos69@aol.com@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> in message news:423C0439-71BA-462F-88C0-6BB0E8B5CE9B@microsoft.com...
> > Windows xp was playing up ion my pc, so I reinstalled windows. But doing
> > so,
> > I think it deleted everything in the old windows. But now I have lost
> > everything I had in "my documents"!!!
> > I have gone to c:\documents and settings and nothing is there.
> > I haven't formatted my hard drive, so they must be somewhere??????
> > right???
> > Is there any possible way to reverse what I have done or find my old
> > documents???? They conatain all my work, music, photos etc.
> > I'm copmpletely gutted!
> > Please can anybody help???
> >
> > Regards Neil
>
>
>

 

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http://www.recovermyfiles.com/ ; if they really mean that much to you,
you'll pay for the software. it helped me out on more than one occasion.
hope this helps.


"Neilianos69@aol.com" <Neilianos69aolcom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:4A8B0183-18AD-41A1-8FFE-E347FACFEE36@microsoft.com...
> Er..... No
> Foolishly I thought It would just effect the windows directory.... Not my
> precious bloody "my documents!"
>
> "Jason Haynes" wrote:
>
>> Just restore your files from your backup. You *do* have a backup, right?
>> Lesson learned the hard way.
>>
>> "Neilianos69@aol.com" <Neilianos69@aol.com@discussions.microsoft.com>
>> wrote
>> in message news:423C0439-71BA-462F-88C0-6BB0E8B5CE9B@microsoft.com...
>> > Windows xp was playing up ion my pc, so I reinstalled windows. But
>> > doing
>> > so,
>> > I think it deleted everything in the old windows. But now I have lost
>> > everything I had in "my documents"!!!
>> > I have gone to c:\documents and settings and nothing is there.
>> > I haven't formatted my hard drive, so they must be somewhere??????
>> > right???
>> > Is there any possible way to reverse what I have done or find my old
>> > documents???? They conatain all my work, music, photos etc.
>> > I'm copmpletely gutted!
>> > Please can anybody help???
>> >
>> > Regards Neil
>>
>>
>>

 

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there is also some shareware software out there that might recover the
folder for you just enter undelete in your serch engine..


"Rome" <rome@nyruffryders.com> wrote in message
news:%23R1ZZB4RFHA.2132@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> http://www.recovermyfiles.com/ ; if they really mean that much to you,
> you'll pay for the software. it helped me out on more than one occasion.
> hope this helps.
>
>
> "Neilianos69@aol.com" <Neilianos69aolcom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> in message news:4A8B0183-18AD-41A1-8FFE-E347FACFEE36@microsoft.com...
>> Er..... No
>> Foolishly I thought It would just effect the windows directory.... Not my
>> precious bloody "my documents!"
>>
>> "Jason Haynes" wrote:
>>
>>> Just restore your files from your backup. You *do* have a backup, right?
>>> Lesson learned the hard way.
>>>
>>> "Neilianos69@aol.com" <Neilianos69@aol.com@discussions.microsoft.com>
>>> wrote
>>> in message news:423C0439-71BA-462F-88C0-6BB0E8B5CE9B@microsoft.com...
>>> > Windows xp was playing up ion my pc, so I reinstalled windows. But
>>> > doing
>>> > so,
>>> > I think it deleted everything in the old windows. But now I have lost
>>> > everything I had in "my documents"!!!
>>> > I have gone to c:\documents and settings and nothing is there.
>>> > I haven't formatted my hard drive, so they must be somewhere??????
>>> > right???
>>> > Is there any possible way to reverse what I have done or find my old
>>> > documents???? They conatain all my work, music, photos etc.
>>> > I'm copmpletely gutted!
>>> > Please can anybody help???
>>> >
>>> > Regards Neil
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

 

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In news:423C0439-71BA-462F-88C0-6BB0E8B5CE9B@microsoft.com,
Neilianos69@aol.com <Neilianos69@aol.com@discussions.microsoft.com> did some
thinking and came up with these words:
> Windows xp was playing up ion my pc, so I reinstalled windows. But
> doing so, I think it deleted everything in the old windows. But now I
> have lost everything I had in "my documents"!!!
> I have gone to c:\documents and settings and nothing is there.
> I haven't formatted my hard drive, so they must be somewhere??????
> right??? Is there any possible way to reverse what I have done or
> find my old documents???? They conatain all my work, music, photos
> etc.
> I'm copmpletely gutted!
> Please can anybody help???
>
> Regards Neil

Do a search for *.MP3, *.WMA or any other files you think you had and see
where they are sitting now.

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