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A Vista laptop I "inherited" from a relative when he bought a newer unit recently stopped working for me. Preliminary investigation with a Knoppix disk shows that most of the hard drive is intact; unfortunately, though, for some unknown reason, the entire Windows folder has disappeared. There are no strange noises or other indications that the drive is failing, and the other files on the drive seem to be undamaged.
I did some looking on the Internet for NTFS undelete utilities, but all the programs I found are apparently geared more toward recovery of documents rather than restoration of folders. There's really nothing on this machine in terms of data that I need to recover, but it did come with several programs that I don't have install disks for, and I'd like to continue to have access to them, if possible. What would be the best way to proceed with restoration on this machine?
I did some looking on the Internet for NTFS undelete utilities, but all the programs I found are apparently geared more toward recovery of documents rather than restoration of folders. There's really nothing on this machine in terms of data that I need to recover, but it did come with several programs that I don't have install disks for, and I'd like to continue to have access to them, if possible. What would be the best way to proceed with restoration on this machine?