Recovering old files

jmdobr · #1 May 29, 2008, 08:10 AM

Hi!

So a friend of mine is installing XP on his new laptop (Dell) that came with Vista. About half way through the install, he realized there was a very important folder that he forgot to copy off.

Is there any way he can recover that folder? It is the My Pictures folder.

Would a system restore work?

progunr · May 29, 2008, 08:32 AM

Gotta spread the rep but he is right on target.

Once your friend changed the opp. sys. that file is now gone for good.

jmdobr · May 29, 2008, 08:32 AM

What about the windows.old file?

I should also mention that he did not fully install it. He got to the point where it askes for your name and company information and then he quit.

progunr · May 29, 2008, 08:58 AM

By that time, the new install was complete.

Sorry, he's out of luck on this one.



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