COMPUTER HELP???????

Question

Okay so I turned my computer off last night when I went to bed and this morning when I turned it on, EVERYTHING was gone. My pictures, MSN, my music, etc. There's only a few things that didn't get deleted on my desktop. Idk what happened and how do I fix this??? It will take FOREVER to get everything back!

I tried System Restore, but the only restore point on there is Today, January 28, at 8:01 AM. (The time I turned on my computer and found everything was gone)

I ran a quick scan using Malware Bytes, and it found nothing so far.
I'm about to run a full scan with it.


AVG 2012 found nothing.

I am currently running Recuva to see if it can restore some missing things....
so far it found nothing.

Thank you for the help!

Answer 1

If it was there when you turned it off (and the computer wasn't lingering in shutdown while you walked away), it should be there still (even if you can't see it).



In any case of potential data loss, DO NOT try to recover the data while using the same hard drive. You may be overwriting data in the process. You can consider booting a different computer with your hard drive connected to it, or running a Linux live disc, to get a look at the full contents of the drive. I've included an excerpt from another answer of mine below:

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...(I do recommend establishing a dual-boot Windows-Linux system), you can download a burn a live disc of Ubuntu Linux (http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=ubuntu) or Parted Magic (http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=partedmagic). A "live disc" offers a bootable and full-featured operating system (Linux, in this case) that runs from your optical drive and RAM. When you connect your external hard drive while at the Desktop of your live disc, you will hopefully have luck accessing and harvesting your data...



Ubuntu is more conventional in appearance and more straightforward than Parted Magic (a utility live disc), but the latter is also a smaller download and not difficult to understand.



When at the Desktop of Ubuntu, for example, your drives/partitions -- both internal and external -- should appear as disk drive icons on the Desktop. Treat them as folders, and transfer data between them as you wish.

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Remember, if you are trying to recover data from a drive, use a DIFFERENT drive to boot and access it, download programs, troubleshoot, etc. If Recuva doesn't find anything, you might try GetDataBack for NTFS file systems (www.runtime.org/gdb.htm); it's a limited, free trial version, but it's effective to verify that your data is still there.



Good luck. (Edit your question if you need more assistance.)

Answer 2

did you made any recovery using manufacturer's option? the reason you lost previous System restore point was because it was turned off and on back (which is a way to delete the points)..



if you're using Win7, you can use backup.



IF you're using winXP, try reboot and press F8 after you hear *BEEP*. then choose Using Last Known Good Configuration and try run system restore again.



if the method doesn't worked, try scan your disk for error (thats very low chance), not to recover your file, but to prevent lose your file in future..



let me know if these works

Answer 3

On a Mac, shift/manipulate/three takes a photograph of the monitor. If you press shift/manipulate/four, you'll click on and drag over the discipline you wish; the photograph is taken whilst you free up the mouse button.