really important: deleted files
 

ok so i got a big problem, i dunno if anyone can help. my sister has deleted all my poems in my computer. they were saved in notepad and they aren't anywhere.. (so don't even suggest to check recycle bin cause i did that..)
so.. the big question i'm afraid to ask: CAN I GET THEM BACK??
this happened like 2-3 weeks ago.. i've heard something about some "document recovery".. i dunno what to do... please help?

There is a glimmer of hope
http://www.save-my-data.com
There is free recovery software on that site that should be able to get back you're deleted files.
I've never lost anything that important myself so i've never used these kinds of program. Hope it works

oh.. THANKS A LOT!!! i'm gonna try it right now
thank you thank you thank you thank you

hmm there's a problem.. so i go to this site.. now what?

Yeah, sorry, that website was w**k.
Try this http://www.driveservice.com/stellar/...#downloadsarea
or http://cddataguys.com/undelete-unera...very/index.htm
Its only a demo though so I don't know how effective they will be.

Do a system restore, and set it back to 5 or 4 weeks ago..(depending on when she deleted them, you have to set it back to the day before, but do a couple days before so you can be safe).

It'll be back. I've done it quite a few times when I've downloaded some viruses etc.

^Nice one. Didn't think of that
"the right solution is often the simplest"

also "the answer that seems 100% right and is most logical is often wrong"

Just not in this case. :)

Hmm... I didnt know system restore brought back deleted documents. I thought it only restored changed/deleted programs.

I think it depends on the computer. Because I know I have. I deleted all of Kazaa (i.e. the shared folder, etc) and when I did my system restore I my shared folder came back with the songs in tact.

how do u do it?

yeah, exactly.. how do you do the system restore thingy??

anyway... thank all of you guys for helping.. i hope i can do it

Go to start..."help and support" and you should read something on system restore. Click it. Follow directions.

i did that. it shut down and then restarted by itself and said it worked fine BUT I DIDN'T GET THEM BACK!!! now what??

Hmmm...that's my only guess. I figured it worked for Kazaa files might work for that. Try one of the other's suggestions.

Hi!
If you've deleted the files, you need a file recovery program to try & get them back! For example, check ihavenocomprehensionoftimeorindeedhumandecency.com. Just make sure that you have really deleted them, use your computer's search to look for a few of the file names.

The quality of spamsmanship in the above post is phenomenal.
Or is it just me?

It's not often i do an irl facepalm. Fuck sakes.