XP SP3 update catastrophe - data recovery possible?

[ToolPackinMama]

I've got a buddy of mine with a computer I built for him. He found another
one of his friends likes to work on computers too, so now when he has a
problem, the other friend breaks it a little more before he ends up asking
me for help.

LOL what IS it with some people?

 

[Dave]

I've got a buddy of mine with a computer I built for him. He found
another

one of his friends likes to work on computers too, so now when he has a
problem, the other friend breaks it a little more before he ends up asking
me for help.

Yup, some people know just enough to be truly dangerous

 

[technova]

A friend of mine was downloading/applying SP3 and (I was not present and
don't know the details) something went very wrong.  When they rebooted,
their computer still functioned but no drivers were loaded and their
programs and documents were apparently lost.

System restore was no help.

Is there a way to recover their documents?

Hi,

You can try recovering lost data with Windows data recovery software,
which is quite efficient in its recovery capabilities..
http://www.nucleustechnologies.com/FAT-NTFS-Data-Recovery.html

Thanks