Help help help!!!!!!

[MissVG]

Ok so I'm not brilliant with computers and I did something silly yesterday which I didn't realise it was silly till today!!!!

 

Ok so I'm a teacher and I am in the middle of writing reports on the children and I have them all put in a lovely folder in my documents.

 

Yesterday I was downloading some horrible files and had to go around the system. So I deleted everything in recent documents not realising that it deletes the original!!! I then thinking was being good emptied the recyling bin. It is now all gone!!! Hours and hours of work!!! please please help I am panicing

 

Victoria

[DSTM]

Hi Victoria. Download this program and it will find your files.

All depends how much you have used your Computer since.

Let's hope they are not corrupted.

http://www.piriform.com/recuva

[MissVG]

Thanks for the advice

 

I've bought the product but for some reason it isn't finding the files :( gutted!!!

[DSTM]

Are you sure you downloaded the right program because Recuva is FREE

It will find your files.

[MissVG]

I went through your link and it charged me £20. It found the files but they wont open as it says they're corupted. I'm so gutted I cried!!! I have a lot of late nights ahead of me working.

 

V

[KenB]

Hi Dougie / MissVG

 

I think you have bought the Priority Support £19-95.

 

This was not necessary.

 

You could try contacting them - explain that you were directed to their site and explain your situation.

See if they will give you a refund.

 

Alternatively, you could make use of the support that you have bought and ask if there is a way around the "corrupt" problem.

Edited June 14, 2011 by KenB

[MissVG]

Just e-mailed them with the whole story. Luckly it's just this weeks work as I am in the habit of backing up once a week.

 

Thanks for advice, any other advice about how to fix corrupt files would be greatly received. Big glass of wine tonight me thinks!!!

 

Victoria x

[KenB]

The more you use the machine with the lost files on - the less chance you have of retreiving them.

If you have a second machine I suggest that you use that until you get further advice.

 

We are all guilty of not backing up important files - but yours is an example of why files that are needed should be backed up off the original hard drive.

 

Stable door syndrome. :)

[DSTM]

Ken is spot on, Victoria.

As soon as you discover you have accidently deleted Files, don't use the Computer.

Windows writes over the Files and corrupts them.

Back Up, Back Up, Back Up.

Back Up Daily if the Files are very important.