Solve : I Got my Files Back!!!!!?

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Answer» Well, put this in believe it or not but I got my files back!!! I thought my files and videos and documents were gone forever. Then it hit me as I was talking to the Norton Security Virus people. See, I had called them because I thought I had saved my files on Norton. Well, that was no dice. But as I was looking for my files I noticed something. I kept seeing folders with backup files or backup zip files with dates on them. In other words, the folders would say "backup files 6-24-11" or something like that. Then I thought, why would there be folders created and nothing in them. So, I looked some more and found out that I did back the files after all. As a matter of fact, I backed the files up a lot!! The most important thing that there back. Now, I have to put my files in order and find all the documents etc. but I got them back. The browsing history is gone but I think if I like a webpage I will just add it to my favorites. I used to do that and just stopped for some reason. But the main thing is that the files are back. Never heard of someone using Browsing History instead of Favorites. Now it EXPLAINS why it was important to you. As for the way you do backups, whatever works for you. Now, make sure you backup your Favorites. Don't know if Norton does that.Please forgive my ignorance on this subject but isn't the best way to back-up your PC via to disc? I use the Windows Vista 'Backup Status and Configuration' tool located in 'Accesories > System Tools' which has the options for "Backup Files" or "Complete PC Backup". I have a disc burned with this but I have never had an occasion to need it. Do I need to use a different backup source, such as Norton ect? Jack Catalano, I don't mean to hijack your thread. I'm just asking in case this would be a better option for you rather than Norton ect? What am I missing here? MikeOop's, I found your other thread concerning this issue. Now I understand this thread a little better. I didn't know you started a new thread on this same subject. Quote from: lectrocrew on October 12, 2011, 09:27:20 PM I have a disc burned with this but I have never had an occasion to need it. THIS is a problem. Whenever you ADOPT a backup strategy, you need to know how to use it if the occasion ever arises, and you need to be sure it will work. The best way to do that is to actually proceed through a restore operation; make a backup, and then immediately restore from that backup, for example. That way you at least have gone through that process and don't have to nervously fumble through it when you need it. This is actually a common 'problem'... people will learn how to go through only half of the backup process; restoration is just as crucial to understand as the creation itself, and testing the backup is important because for all you know they could be faulty for some reason, and that would help you discover the problem while you still have that data and can remake the backup rather than after you've lost it and are trying to restore it. Personally my "backup" strategy basically consists of a scheduled "Powerarchiver backup" which creates a .7z compressed file consisting of the folders that contain my irreplacable stuff. Programs can be reinstalled and settings can be changed to those programs. As far as I'm concerned I'd much rather spend a few hours reinstalling windows and my other software, and reconfiguring programs/options that spending several months rewriting the source to programs I lose (which has happened before, thus why I now backup). And I can't use a image-based backup, (where you say restore a disk image) because my main drive is a 75% full 750GB drive and the largest external I have for storage is 500GB and is also full, so I'd have nowhere to put it. (I do have DVDs to burn through but that would be an awful lot of discs and losing a single one I wouldn't be able to restore. So I just archive the various 7z files away on externals.Good point BC. I'll SCHEDULE the time to test my backup asap. It's a bit inconvenient to have to "spend a few hours reinstalling windows and my other software, and reconfiguring programs/options", but I agree it's better than loosing everything in the future due to faulty backup disc or proceedure. Before I click the download link for PowerArchiver 2011 Quote Open ZIP, ZIPX, RAR, ISOand 20 other file formats. Full Windows 7 support with UAC elevation and VSS! Multicore compression and fastest RAR extraction. $22.95 I suppose I'll need $22.95. They don't have a free version available do they? I do have a 320Gb usb external drive that my backup should fit on. Quote my main drive is a 75% full 750GB drive and the largest external I have for storage is 500GB and is also full Wow, you've got a lot of stuff!!! Quote from: lectrocrew on October 12, 2011, 11:04:14 PM Before I click the download link for PowerArchiver 2011I suppose I'll need $22.95. They don't have a free version available do they? There is a free version, but it was back when the program was freeware (PowerArchiver 2001). Personally I didn't really buy it for the backup script ability, I bought it because I think it's the best archiving tool, and I cannot stand the way the built-in zip support for windows works. Quote Wow, you've got a lot of stuff!!! my secondary internal drive is 80% full as well. It's 1.5TB LET me ask you guys one more thing. Should upgrade my internet explorer? When my computer came back from the eRecovery it went back to Internet Explorer 7. Should go back to where I was before which was IE 9? Im thinking I should because some of the websites that Ive gone on are not in the browsing history and sometimes a perfectly good website that I had no trouble getting on the website before, will now say that "Internet Explorer cant get into the site" or something like that and then it says "Operation Aborted". Im assuming that I should upgrade my Internet Explorer. Yes. Get all of your updates. Start > All Programs > Windows UpdateQuote from: JJ 3000 on October 14, 2011, 11:36:11 AM Yes. Get all of your updates. Start > All Programs > Windows Update Should I upgrade to IE 9? I say that because when do what you told me and go to Start, All Programs and Windows Update, some of the updates wont install. It keeps saying "Try Again". What should I do?IE8 is supported for WinXP, IE8 & IE9 is supported for WinVista & Win7. You might want to try Firefox. Most that use it, like it. Firefox doesn't replace IE, but you have the option of deciding which you want as the Default browser. You still need IE for Microsoft Updates.You know, Ive tried Firefox before and I really didnt like it. I think I just might upgrade to IE 9. And, yes, I will sound like a broken record for saying this, and people might get mad at me, so I apologize in advance, but if I upgrade to IE9, will I lose my browsing history?Ok, your not going to believe this. You know why some of my browsing history is gone? Because it left to go to another computer!! In other words, Im logged in to 2 different computers!!! When I start up my computer, I now I can choose between two different log in names. I have one named Jack and another named Jack Catalano. The reason why my browsing history "disappeared" was because when I said that, I used the log in name Jack Catalano and those history files were not on there. But when I used the name Jack, like Im using now, my history files are there. Dont even ask how I have two different log in names.Quote from: Jack Catalano on October 14, 2011, 08:43:14 PM Ok, your not going to believe this. You know why some of my browsing history is gone? Because it left to go to another computer!! In other words, Im logged in to 2 different computers!!! When I start up my computer, I now I can choose between two different log in names. I have one named Jack and another named Jack Catalano. The reason why my browsing history "disappeared" was because when I said that, I used the log in name Jack Catalano and those history files were not on there. But when I used the name Jack, like Im using now, my history files are there. Dont even ask how I have two different log in names. Quote from: Jack Catalano Im logged in to 2 different computers!!! I'm not as knowledgable about computers as the OTHERS that have replied to you in this thread, but concerning your last post, I would maybe suggest looking in the 'user accounts' tab of your 'control panel' to see if you have multiple user accounts. This may not be related to your issue, but it wouldn't hurt to check it. Did you ever get "Windows Update" to run as JJ 3000 suggested without that error: Quote from: Jack Catalano "Try Again". ?Well, I think I do have 2 user accounts. I dont how that happened. But I dont want to start transferring files and losing my history again etc. Btw, lectrocrew, you said you were not as knowledgable? Believe me, compared to me, you are a genius!! Also, I dont even know if I followed JJ 3000 but my computer hasnt said that it needs to install windows updates. I do have a question. How come some websites say that "Windows Internet Explorer cant open the website, Operation Aborted"? Also, twitter uses an https in its website, so it would be https://www.twitter.com. But I get into Twitter and the entire bar where the website is highlighted in light green and its sometimes slow trying to read the tweets.

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Well, put this in believe it or not but I got my files back!!! I thought my files and videos and documents were gone forever. Then it hit me as I was talking to the Norton Security Virus people. See, I had called them because I thought I had saved my files on Norton. Well, that was no dice. But as I was looking for my files I noticed something. I kept seeing folders with backup files or backup zip files with dates on them. In other words, the folders would say "backup files 6-24-11" or something like that. Then I thought, why would there be folders created and nothing in them. So, I looked some more and found out that I did back the files after all. As a matter of fact, I backed the files up a lot!! The most important thing that there back. Now, I have to put my files in order and find all the documents etc. but I got them back. The browsing history is gone but I think if I like a webpage I will just add it to my favorites. I used to do that and just stopped for some reason.
But the main thing is that the files are back. Never heard of someone using Browsing History instead of Favorites. Now it EXPLAINS why it was important to you. As for the way you do backups, whatever works for you. Now, make sure you backup your Favorites. Don't know if Norton does that.Please forgive my ignorance on this subject but isn't the best way to back-up your PC via to disc? I use the Windows Vista 'Backup Status and Configuration' tool located in 'Accesories > System Tools' which has the options for "Backup Files" or "Complete PC Backup".
I have a disc burned with this but I have never had an occasion to need it.
Do I need to use a different backup source, such as Norton ect?

Jack Catalano, I don't mean to hijack your thread. I'm just asking in case this would be a better option for you rather than Norton ect?

What am I missing here?

MikeOop's, I found your other thread concerning this issue.
Now I understand this thread a little better. I didn't know you started a new thread on this same subject.
Quote from: lectrocrew on October 12, 2011, 09:27:20 PM

I have a disc burned with this but I have never had an occasion to need it.

THIS is a problem.

Whenever you ADOPT a backup strategy, you need to know how to use it if the occasion ever arises, and you need to be sure it will work. The best way to do that is to actually proceed through a restore operation; make a backup, and then immediately restore from that backup, for example. That way you at least have gone through that process and don't have to nervously fumble through it when you need it. This is actually a common 'problem'... people will learn how to go through only half of the backup process; restoration is just as crucial to understand as the creation itself, and testing the backup is important because for all you know they could be faulty for some reason, and that would help you discover the problem while you still have that data and can remake the backup rather than after you've lost it and are trying to restore it.

Personally my "backup" strategy basically consists of a scheduled "Powerarchiver backup" which creates a .7z compressed file consisting of the folders that contain my irreplacable stuff. Programs can be reinstalled and settings can be changed to those programs. As far as I'm concerned I'd much rather spend a few hours reinstalling windows and my other software, and reconfiguring programs/options that spending several months rewriting the source to programs I lose (which has happened before, thus why I now backup).

And I can't use a image-based backup, (where you say restore a disk image) because my main drive is a 75% full 750GB drive and the largest external I have for storage is 500GB and is also full, so I'd have nowhere to put it. (I do have DVDs to burn through but that would be an awful lot of discs and losing a single one I wouldn't be able to restore.

So I just archive the various 7z files away on externals.Good point BC. I'll SCHEDULE the time to test my backup asap. It's a bit inconvenient to have to "spend a few hours reinstalling windows and my other software, and reconfiguring programs/options", but I agree it's better than loosing everything in the future due to faulty backup disc or proceedure.

Before I click the download link for PowerArchiver 2011
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Open ZIP, ZIPX, RAR, ISOand 20 other file formats. Full Windows 7 support with UAC elevation and VSS! Multicore compression and fastest RAR extraction.
$22.95

I suppose I'll need $22.95. They don't have a free version available do they?

I do have a 320Gb usb external drive that my backup should fit on.

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my main drive is a 75% full 750GB drive and the largest external I have for storage is 500GB and is also full

Wow, you've got a lot of stuff!!!

Quote from: lectrocrew on October 12, 2011, 11:04:14 PM

Before I click the download link for PowerArchiver 2011I suppose I'll need $22.95. They don't have a free version available do they?

There is a free version, but it was back when the program was freeware (PowerArchiver 2001). Personally I didn't really buy it for the backup script ability, I bought it because I think it's the best archiving tool, and I cannot stand the way the built-in zip support for windows works.

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Wow, you've got a lot of stuff!!!

my secondary internal drive is 80% full as well. It's 1.5TB LET me ask you guys one more thing. Should upgrade my internet explorer? When my computer came back from the eRecovery it went back to Internet Explorer 7. Should go back to where I was before which was IE 9? Im thinking I should because some of the websites that Ive gone on are not in the browsing history and sometimes a perfectly good website that I had no trouble getting on the website before, will now say that "Internet Explorer cant get into the site" or something like that and then it says "Operation Aborted". Im assuming that I should upgrade my Internet Explorer. Yes. Get all of your updates.
Start > All Programs > Windows UpdateQuote from: JJ 3000 on October 14, 2011, 11:36:11 AM

Yes. Get all of your updates.
Start > All Programs > Windows Update

Should I upgrade to IE 9? I say that because when do what you told me and go to Start, All Programs and Windows Update, some of the updates wont install. It keeps saying "Try Again". What should I do?IE8 is supported for WinXP, IE8 & IE9 is supported for WinVista & Win7.
You might want to try Firefox. Most that use it, like it. Firefox doesn't replace IE, but you have the option of deciding which you want as the Default browser. You still need IE for Microsoft Updates.You know, Ive tried Firefox before and I really didnt like it. I think I just might upgrade to IE 9. And, yes, I will sound like a broken record for saying this, and people might get mad at me, so I apologize in advance, but if I upgrade to IE9, will I lose my browsing history?Ok, your not going to believe this. You know why some of my browsing history is gone? Because it left to go to another computer!! In other words, Im logged in to 2 different computers!!! When I start up my computer, I now I can choose between two different log in names. I have one named Jack and another named Jack Catalano. The reason why my browsing history "disappeared" was because when I said that, I used the log in name Jack Catalano and those history files were not on there. But when I used the name Jack, like Im using now, my history files are there.

Dont even ask how I have two different log in names.Quote from: Jack Catalano on October 14, 2011, 08:43:14 PM

Ok, your not going to believe this. You know why some of my browsing history is gone? Because it left to go to another computer!! In other words, Im logged in to 2 different computers!!! When I start up my computer, I now I can choose between two different log in names. I have one named Jack and another named Jack Catalano. The reason why my browsing history "disappeared" was because when I said that, I used the log in name Jack Catalano and those history files were not on there. But when I used the name Jack, like Im using now, my history files are there.

Dont even ask how I have two different log in names.

Quote from: Jack Catalano

Im logged in to 2 different computers!!!

I'm not as knowledgable about computers as the OTHERS that have replied to you in this thread, but concerning your last post, I would maybe suggest looking in the 'user accounts' tab of your 'control panel' to see if you have multiple user accounts. This may not be related to your issue, but it wouldn't hurt to check it.
Did you ever get "Windows Update" to run as JJ 3000 suggested without that error: Quote from: Jack Catalano

"Try Again".

?Well, I think I do have 2 user accounts. I dont how that happened. But I dont want to start transferring files and losing my history again etc. Btw, lectrocrew, you said you were not as knowledgable? Believe me, compared to me, you are a genius!!

Also, I dont even know if I followed JJ 3000 but my computer hasnt said that it needs to install windows updates. I do have a question.

How come some websites say that "Windows Internet Explorer cant open the website, Operation Aborted"?
Also, twitter uses an https in its website, so it would be https://www.twitter.com. But I get into Twitter and the entire bar where the website is highlighted in light green and its sometimes slow trying to read the tweets.

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