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rcyrus · 03-17-2008, 09:01 PM

Our home PC crashed (w:\system32\config\system files was corrupt), so I recover from the REPAIR directory. I have the PC back up and running. HOWEVER my files under MY DOCUMENTS are not there!!! I can only assume this is because I restored the files (from REPAIR folder), SYSTEM, SOFTWARE, SAM, SECURITY and DEFAULT.
I have reviewed the security setting and Administrator has full rights to all folders.

How do I get my files back ?? short of tool? I looked into tools too...but they all typicaly find DELETED files. My files were not deleted. They are just not there!!

Any help is appreciated.
Ntote: I have NTFS file system and my resote was manual (using copy statements in DOS)

rc

03-17-2008, 09:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
rcyrus Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2 OS: xp	finding old files after a system crash and restore Our home PC crashed (w:\system32\config\system files was corrupt), so I recover from the REPAIR directory. I have the PC back up and running. HOWEVER my files under MY DOCUMENTS are not there!!! I can only assume this is because I restored the files (from REPAIR folder), SYSTEM, SOFTWARE, SAM, SECURITY and DEFAULT. I have reviewed the security setting and Administrator has full rights to all folders. How do I get my files back ?? short of tool? I looked into tools too...but they all typicaly find DELETED files. My files were not deleted. They are just not there!! Any help is appreciated. Ntote: I have NTFS file system and my resote was manual (using copy statements in DOS) rc