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Originally Posted by jon boy
tried a system restore but no joy so any suggestions?
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commit suicide on the internet
(ha ha, ha ha, you had that coming...)
but anyway, let's move on. looks like a fuxored situation. however most files can be recovered with the appropriate tools if you act quickly.
do not use that computer, and especially
do not defragment the disk
then, install & run this shit:
http://www.adrc.net/data_recovery_software/index.html
(that's a free program, i assume you don't want to pay. if you do, just google "data recovery").
most your files are still there but without headers. the more you use your machine the more those get overwritten.
anyway, some things you may just have to reinstall.
always remember to BACKUP your data, in an external drive, tape drive, cd, dvd, or whatever. this applies to xp, mac, linux, solaris, and every computer user in the universe.
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ps after you recover your important files & burn them to a DVD or what not you may also have to reinstall xp cos i don't know what type of damage that thing did. a clean reinstall is always good, gets rid of accumulated crap.