Sir, the data you have lost is certainly all recoverable! Please do not
create any new files, which would then overwrite the space where the old
files were, decreasing your chances of recovering the old files. Please ask
for expert help locally. You will be happy you did. M
On 8/8/10 9:14 PM, "drmayf" <drmayf@mayfco.com> wrote:
> Here of late, I have been experiencing some serious computer issues. So
> today, I decided to see if I could find the cause. I ran a program to
> check for malicious software hiding in cookies and such. None found. The
> I ran a Norton Internet Security system scan (900,000 files, ouch!)
> with no issues. So then after heming and hawing I decided to do a disk
> cleanup. So I open the program files and went to accessories. I
> selected disk cleanup. I let it run though the C drive and it found
> that it coul dclean around 237 MB of dsk space up. So I looked over it
> carefully (but not carefully enough) and I cehcked a box that said Win
> ME/Installation files.. Gulped and hit the button. Near instant
> disaster. after a second or two, the screen blinked and everything that
> was not native XP disappeared! Literally. That included all of my excel
> files I developed for the web site I have, all of the speciality
> programs for various folk, all WOrd files are gone, all files under the
> my douments are gone: all the pdf files I have collected for the last 10
> years... Even at that as the screen blinked, I had hit cancel hoping it
> would reverse the file catastrophe that had happened. Unfortunately now.
> The blasted thing also did nto creat a system restore point before doing
> the dastardly deed either. Oh, my email client also disappeared which
> had my 10 years of collected tiger, alpine, and race car stuff on it.
> If I didn't live on a ground floor I would jump out the window.
>
> I am going to continue to recover this, how, I do not know yet, but if
> any of you do, please shoot me a note and tell me how. Also, since my
> address book and everything else went out with teh email client, then
> how about those of you who have coresponde with me ove the years, drop
> me a short email so I can add you back into a addy book. Anybody I was
> working with, please send my your addy for sure!
>
> Dan NIcoson, send me your two email addy's? Dave Adin?
>
> What a mess, lol...
>
> mayf
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