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Dave said:
hey its easy go to Start then all programs the
accessories then system and you'll see a deal that says
SYSTEM RESTORE click on that and then go to the calender
and chose a date when you know your things were there
before your brother touched it then click on that date
and it restore it will repair it and put it back the way
it was before this happened
No, System Restore only restores system files; it is not a
backup.
KJ, note the following
"Deleting" a file doesn't actually delete it; it just marks the
space as available to be used. There are third-party programs
that can sometimes recover deleted files. The problem is that the
space used by the file is likely to become overwritten very
quickly, and this makes the file unrecoverable.
So your chances of successfully recovering this file is decent if
you try recovering it immediately after deleting it, and rapidly
go downhill from there. If you've been using the computer since
then (for example to write this question and read this answer),
your chances are probably very poor by now.
But if the file is important enough, it's worth a try anyway.
Stop using the computer in question immediately, if you haven't
done so already. Download an undelete program on a friend's
computer and bring it yours on a floppy to try.
If this fails, your only other recourse is to take the drive to a
professional file recovery company. This kind of service is very
expensive and may or may not work in your case.
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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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