System Restore lost my music, photos, and documents.

FMComputer

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Hello everyone!

I need help with my computer!

I just restored my computer to a previous date only to find that during the course of it, the action lost or deleted my belongings.

All of my music, photos, and documents are all gone.

Can anyone help?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspirion 1501
    Memory
    2.00 GB
A system restore will lose anything after the restore was taken.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics Card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
Right, but i only restored to a couple weeks back. Everything I had was there before that time.

Thank you.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspirion 1501
    Memory
    2.00 GB
I believe that system restore in Vista does NOT backup user documents, pictures or music files. You should do regular backups of important files using a backup program or at least to a CD or another drive. I would try backing out the restore point and if you are lucky enough to get your files back I would back them up and then re-apply the restore point.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Systemax N2000
    CPU
    Q6600 (G0 stepping)
    Motherboard
    XFX nForce 680i LT
    Memory
    4 X 2gb OCZ SLI-Ready PC-6400
    Graphics Card(s)
    Dual XFX GeForce 9800GT 512MB in SLI mode (Stock)
    Sound Card
    Integrated High Def audio 192 kHz/32-bit eight channel
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1 24" Septre widescreen, 2 17" Optiquest Q171b's
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x1200 Sceptre / 1280X1024 Optiquest's
    Hard Drives
    250GB 7200 RPM SATA II
    PSU
    Cooler Master Real Power Pro 1250W
    Case
    n2000
    Cooling
    Thermaltake bigwater 760is - Liquid cooling
    Keyboard
    MicroSoft wireless 6000 v2.0 keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft wireless laser Mouse 6000
    Internet Speed
    Wild blue -darn it 1.5mb down and 200k up 17gb p/month FAP
    Other Info
    Windows home server x86(1.5 Tb on 5 drives), Ubuntu 9.0.4 x86, vista x86 sp1, XP pro sp3 x86. SQLserver 2005, MySQL DB 5.0.
It shouldn't remove any user documents like that.

I did one at the weekend after I accidentally deleted my Downloads folder. The System Restore got it back, with all my music, photos and documents still there.

Did it say the restore was completed successfully?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Built
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
    Motherboard
    XFX MB-750I-72P9 NF750i
    Memory
    4096MB Corsair XMS2 PC-5400
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS Nvidia Geforce GTX470
    Sound Card
    ASUS Xonar DX
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 24" S2409W & Dell 20" E207WFP
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 & 1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    750GB Western Digital Caviar Black & 500GB Samsung
    PSU
    750 watt Thermaltake Toughpower
    Case
    Coolermaster Dominator 690 Nvidia Edition
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS9700-NT Cooler, 6x 120mm Chassis Fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech G11 Keyboard
    Mouse
    Logitech G5 Laser Mouse (2007 edition)
    Internet Speed
    100Mbps
    Other Info
    abit airpace 54mbps wireless PCI-E x1 card
Hi,

System Restore seems to back up and replace certain file types.

If your data has been somehow deleted, undoing the last restore might help. It might also also make things worse as almost anythihg you do on your pc involves writing to the HD, potentially overwrting any deleted files.

It may be worth trying a data recovery app. first, to see if you can locate and restore your missing files with that first.

It is better to d/l and run the recovery app. and recover files on a separate partition , if possible.

Here is a small recovery app. which runs just by right click and Run as Admin.

View attachment DataRecovery_EN.zip


Hope it helps.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Vista
    CPU
    Intel E8400
    Motherboard
    ASRock1333-GLAN R2.0
    Memory
    4gb DDR2 800
    Graphics Card(s)
    nvidia 9500GT 1gb
  • Operating System
    win7/vista
    CPU
    intel i5-8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    ballistix 2x8gb 3200
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