At 12/3/2010 01:07 PM, GregI wrote:
My guess is the installer app wanted to format and the operator clicked "OK".
Greg
Probably worse than that. Microsoft no longer ships Windows
installation disks with consumer computers. Instead,they provide a
disk or hidden partition that only does one thing: It restores the
hard drive to the original factory state, wiping out everything on
the drive (revirgination). So if your Windows files or settings get
spooged, as happens with a virus, you need to find a way to back
everything, and I mean everything, up, and then selectively restore
afterwards. Or just get your hands on a more normal copy of Windows,
which alas isn't all that cheap.
It sounds as if the consumer followed the instructions and
revirginated the machine. I don't think that the process actually
wipes the sectors clean, NSA-style, so it may be possible to restore
at least some files. Others may be restored in part... on a picture
file, you might get part of the picture.
On Dec 3, 2010, at 1:34 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:
Then they repartitioned and/or formatted. Major difference.
On Dec 3, 2010 12:30 PM, "Marlon K. Schafer"
<<mailto:o...@odessaoffice.com>o...@odessaoffice.com> wrote:
> He reinstalled windows. All traces of the old files are gone. I
need a program that can grab the files directly from the disk.
>
> I know they exist, I just don't know which one's are a good bang
for the buck.
>
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