Recovering Desktop Image

[Guest]

The computer crashed, so WinXP was reinstalled without format. I recovered a
number of JPEG files but was unable to find the Desktop image that I had
before the crash. Where could or should I look to find and recover the
Desktop image?

Also what Recovery program would you suggest?

Regards,

Mike

 

[Guest]

Mike,

Your wallpaper should be located here...

C:\Documents and Settings\Your old user name\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Wallpaper1.bmp

You will need to go to tools > folder options > view tab > tic show hidden
files and folders > uncheck hide system files and hide file extensions. In
order to get to local settings from explorer.

As far as a good recovery software Active @ is good and has a free trial you
can get it here..

http://www.file-recovery.net/

Good Luck,

Joe

Kemco ITP

 

[Rock]

The computer crashed, so WinXP was reinstalled without format. I recovered
a
number of JPEG files but was unable to find the Desktop image that I had
before the crash. Where could or should I look to find and recover the
Desktop image?

Also what Recovery program would you suggest?

There are specific locations where XP looks for wallpaper images but you can
specify any image anywhere as the wallpaper so it depends on how you set it
up. Here's the default locations:

BMP Files from C:\WINDOWS

BMP, JPG, GIF, JPE, DIB, PNG, HTM files from the following locations:

C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper
C:\Documents and Settings\<USER NAME>\My Documents\My Pictures [& ALL THE
SUB-FOLDERS]
C:\Documents and Settings\<USER NAME>\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer
C:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes [*** & ALL THE SUB-FOLDERS ***]

If you know the file extension for the image search for all files with that
extension.