Lost file content after restore

[Graham]

I had lost half of my desktop 'file' icons. I completed
restore to previous day and icons returned. Problem: The
file contents are missing, all recovered files now show
as empty. How can I, if it is possible, restore the file
contents? most of the lost information is in the form of
letters written using Word. Help much appreciated! graham

 

[Willit]

Restore is not reliable. It's a marketing gimmick for MS.
You can turn it off from Control Panel > System > and then
re-boot and it will purge it's file. Then re-boot, turn it
back on.
You still have to deal the problem, it's a crap program,
that half works, half the time.

Do a real backup and get Erunt for your registry. It puts
a folder on your root dir with a installer.

http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/

System Restore In MS's own words .......lol


"The System Restore feature of Windows XP enables you to
restore a PC, in the event of a problem, to a previous
state without losing personal data files. System Restore
actively monitors system file changes to record or store
previous versions before the changes occurred. With System
Restore, you never have to think about taking system
snapshots as it automatically creates easily identifiable
restore points, which allow you to restore the system to a
previous point in time."


"you never have to think about taking system snapshots"
Oh, really.

 

[Bee]

I had lost half of my desktop 'file' icons. I completed
restore to previous day and icons returned. Problem: The
file contents are missing, all recovered files now show
as empty. How can I, if it is possible, restore the file
contents? ....<snip>

Graham, you said on one day you restored the computer system to the day
before, and the contents of some files vanished. You can return to that
particular day, repossessing full quota of your files.

Normally, when you open into the operation window, you are offered:
To begin, select the task that you want to perform:
1) Restore my computer to an earlier time
2) Create a restore point

After a restore operation, a third option appears:
3) Undo the last restore

This may turn out to be your saviour!