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brandotron · 11-23-2010, 06:04 PM

Here's the situation:

HP Pavillion dv6000
XP Professional
Full of viruses, cleaned it off with Avast and Ccleaner, ran buggy afterword
Ran a system restore, all music and pictures were gone.
Shat brix.

Help! Geek Squad is a couple hundred-a couple thousand and I can't afford it! Is there a good data recovery program out there?

POWERFREAK · 11-23-2010, 06:22 PM

a program called "r-studio" has worked for me...I think there's a free trial so you can see if it will work before you buy.

CamaroFemme · 11-23-2010, 07:18 PM

Free schiz to try:
AVG Antivirus
Malwarebytes Anti-malware

wrbear · 11-23-2010, 07:33 PM

System Restore doesn't sound good......like insert all of your restore disks or...you probably got an "Are You Sure?' pop up...say it ain't so?

brandotron · 11-23-2010, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrbear

System Restore doesn't sound good......like insert all of your restore disks or...you probably got an "Are You Sure?' pop up...say it ain't so?

I did a non destructive restore, so all of my shiz should have been okay. Done it a hundred times on other comps, so no need to back up right? :bangdesk:

brandotron wins the award for retard today.

wrbear · 11-23-2010, 07:39 PM

I find it hard to believe the pics, music etc. are gone but your PC is ok? Do you remember how much disk space you had? Is it less? As in "All of my music and pics are gone" less?

wrbear · 11-23-2010, 07:41 PM

by the way "NICE CAR!"

motorhead · 11-23-2010, 07:41 PM

computers suck!

CamaroFemme · 11-23-2010, 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrbear

by the way "NICE CAR!"

The Bear is correct; even if you have to re-lowndoad your music, your car is still hot.

wrbear · 11-23-2010, 07:53 PM

YEA! Let's get off of the computer diatribe....on to the car SAAAAAWEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!

wrbear · 11-23-2010, 08:00 PM

On a serious note.....size does make a difference...

Toasty · 11-23-2010, 08:00 PM

It's possible that you are in a new user profile (folder) instead of your original one. What OS are you on? XP? Vista/Win7? in XP, your user profile is stored in c:\Documents and Settings\ then there should be a folder with your username. if Vista\Win7, it's under c:\users\ ... you could try searching the entire hard drive for mp3 files, if you don't see them otherwise. Let us know what you find.

cajun2010 · 11-23-2010, 08:04 PM

typically system restore is back to original OEM specs
only a backup would have saved any files, but i would believe if you had that many viruses, i would not want those files back on the PC, as they will only spread the infection again.

Also check the size of the root directory C: drive
if there is only a few GB used from the total drive, then that is only the Operating System installed, and you have lost it.

Last resort would be to send off for data recovery, but thats around 1000 dollars

The Reaper · 11-23-2010, 08:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brandotron

Here's the situation:

HP Pavillion dv6000
XP Professional
Full of viruses, cleaned it off with Avast and Ccleaner, ran buggy afterword
Ran a system restore, all music and pictures were gone.
Shat brix.

Help! Geek Squad is a couple hundred-a couple thousand and I can't afford it! Is there a good data recovery program out there?

When you say system restore do you mean a windows system restore or a HP restore to factory? If factory restore was done most likely most was lost. File recovery depends on that area of the hard drive where the files were not being written over. There are several file recovery softwares out there, most have an eval (free) which will at least show what may possibly be recovered, understand "may" is the operable word. Good luck on this one!!

11-23-2010, 06:04 PM	#1
brandotron I am the internets. Drives: dangerously Join Date: May 2009 Location: Redondo Beach, CA Posts: 12,571 View My Garage	Geek friends, need help with data recovery! Here's the situation: HP Pavillion dv6000 XP Professional Full of viruses, cleaned it off with Avast and Ccleaner, ran buggy afterword Ran a system restore, all music and pictures were gone. Shat brix. Help! Geek Squad is a couple hundred-a couple thousand and I can't afford it! Is there a good data recovery program out there? __________________

11-23-2010, 06:22 PM	#2
POWERFREAK I.AM. Drives: 2011 2SS/RS/A6 cammed-n-whippled Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: NY Posts: 2,638	a program called "r-studio" has worked for me...I think there's a free trial so you can see if it will work before you buy. __________________ NY5thgen.com

11-23-2010, 07:18 PM	#3
CamaroFemme Drives: 2010 Black Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: USA Posts: 1,879	Free schiz to try: AVG Antivirus Malwarebytes Anti-malware __________________ -- My boyfriend don't mind it.

11-23-2010, 08:04 PM	#13
cajun2010 Drives: 2010 1LT/RS Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Youngsville, LA Posts: 923	typically system restore is back to original OEM specs only a backup would have saved any files, but i would believe if you had that many viruses, i would not want those files back on the PC, as they will only spread the infection again. Also check the size of the root directory C: drive if there is only a few GB used from the total drive, then that is only the Operating System installed, and you have lost it. Last resort would be to send off for data recovery, but thats around 1000 dollars __________________ 2010 1LT/RS Eibachs, Doug Thorleys, Flowmasters, Stillen, hmm a few other things...

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11-23-2010, 07:33 PM	#4
wrbear Banned Drives: 2010, 2SS, IOM/CGM Stripes, 4/24/10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Houston,TX Posts: 841	System Restore doesn't sound good......like insert all of your restore disks or...you probably got an "Are You Sure?' pop up...say it ain't so?

11-23-2010, 07:39 PM	#6
wrbear Banned Drives: 2010, 2SS, IOM/CGM Stripes, 4/24/10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Houston,TX Posts: 841	I find it hard to believe the pics, music etc. are gone but your PC is ok? Do you remember how much disk space you had? Is it less? As in "All of my music and pics are gone" less?

11-23-2010, 07:41 PM	#7
wrbear Banned Drives: 2010, 2SS, IOM/CGM Stripes, 4/24/10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Houston,TX Posts: 841	by the way "NICE CAR!"

11-23-2010, 07:41 PM	#8
motorhead Drives: Love the one you're with Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Downtown Charlie Brown Posts: 11,850	computers suck!

11-23-2010, 07:53 PM	#10
wrbear Banned Drives: 2010, 2SS, IOM/CGM Stripes, 4/24/10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Houston,TX Posts: 841	YEA! Let's get off of the computer diatribe....on to the car SAAAAAWEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!

11-23-2010, 08:00 PM	#11
wrbear Banned Drives: 2010, 2SS, IOM/CGM Stripes, 4/24/10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Houston,TX Posts: 841	On a serious note.....size does make a difference...

11-23-2010, 08:00 PM	#12
Toasty Custom User Title :D Drives: 2011 Summit White 2LT/RS Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bolingbrook, IL Posts: 2,342	It's possible that you are in a new user profile (folder) instead of your original one. What OS are you on? XP? Vista/Win7? in XP, your user profile is stored in c:\Documents and Settings\ then there should be a folder with your username. if Vista\Win7, it's under c:\users\ ... you could try searching the entire hard drive for mp3 files, if you don't see them otherwise. Let us know what you find.