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My stupid dad
Uhg!!! I'm so pissed off at my dad right now. See, my computer had the system32 error since for about 2 months and my parents haven't gotten around to taking it to a computer fixing person. Well, I told my dad SEVERAL TIMES that he shouldn't do the windows recovery thing because it'll delete everything on the computer and I NEED the stuff on my computer like all my homework, stories, pictures, etc. Things that are NOT replaceable!!!!!! I mean, I can't go to my teachers from last year and ask them to give me all the projects and translations from last year just so that I can retype it into my computer. And I can't rewrite the stories that were longer than 100 pages each. And I can't go back in time and take the same fucking pictures over again!
Well, my dad being fucking smart decided that since I haven't used my computer for 2 months, I didn't need the data on there and decided to go on with the windows recovery today. I'm so fucking mad at him. I mean I don't need them right this second but I am going to at the end of this year and the next two years for my IB tests and AP tests! The least he could've done was fucking ask me if he could do the recovery thing. But no. He doesn't care about shit.
Is there ANY chance of me being able to recover my files and stuff??????????? And do I have the right to be pissed off my dad majorely right now because I don't want my mom yelling at me for being pissed off at him when I don't need to be.
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Use an undelete program:
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It might allow you to recover some data, but I wouldn't get my hopes up. Files are easily recoverable from a quick format, and sometimes a full format. If they used the "windows restore" feature, it could be very difficult.
Also, I originally passed on this question because of the subject. I only skim questions, and if it has a subject of "my stupid dad" and begins with "Ugh!!!", I will assume it's a social question (which I don't answer), and pass on it.
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Please reword system recovery thing, and ask it again. Find out exactly what he did to your computer so people can actually help you, rather than speculate.
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You value your 'shit'? You need to learn to back up your work.
I'm not saying your dad was right, he wasn't, but don't give me a sob story if you KNEW he was prone to that kind of supidity and you didn't even bother to back your stuff up anywhere.
$20 on a usb key, $100 or so for an external hard drive, at the very least e-mail your stories to and homework to yourself! Password protect your computer so he couldn't access it. Photographs? Well, flikr.com to name one of the many free sites where you can upload whatever you want.
Backing up vital information is, well, vital! If stuff is important, protect it. You can't trust other people to know and agree with your priorities.
For the rest of your question: You didn't really give enough detail for me to be sure. Did he restore windows? Use a recovery disk and/or reinstall it? If you can't access your old data, a local data recovery specialist might be able to recovery the files, but that could be pricey. In the hundered or two hundred dollar range. There is software you can buy as well, but that seems a bit hit or miss to me.
In the meantime, don't save anything on the computer. If I were you I would just let it sit until a professional can take a look.
Best of luck and next time, if you live with inconsiderate idiots, use a backup.
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Wait, what windows recovery thing? The only thing that I am aware of that would destroy your documents and pictures together with everything else would be a reinstallation.
If you are talking about system restore, that does not affect documents, pics, etc, just programs that have been installed since the last checkpoint.
Unless you meant reinstallation, are you sure those things aren't still on the computer?
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no, you can never get that stuff back... I'm sorry. But you do have a reason to be upset. Hell, I'd be mad too.
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