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Files missing after reformat
I had a blue screen error a while back and couldn't access my HD anymore. It's an internal drive for XPS410. A friend reformatted the drive and corrected the errors. I'm able to access it but a videos folder & My Pictures come up empty. He said that he was able to recover everything but not so.
Is there anyway at this point to still recover those missing files?
osprey4
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October 18th, 2014 17:00
Hi Userx_076,
The first step before formatting the drive and reinstalling Windows is to back up your files. Normally you would use an external drive or flash drive, or maybe a writable CD or DVD. Did you do that?
userx_076
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October 20th, 2014 15:00
My friend that did it says he did and still has the copy.
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October 20th, 2014 17:00
I don't have anything to suggest except talk to your friend, and hope he knows what he was doing.
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October 21st, 2014 19:00
I spoke to him today. He said it would hae taken too long to do those files. He was pretty much lazy and half assed the job. I told him give me the backup so I can complete the job. Hopefully this gets wrapped up this week.
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October 24th, 2014 17:00
Sorry to hear about that. I hope he backed up everything!!
Good luck!