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Discussion in 'Tech Support' started by Peace, Feb 12, 2015.

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  1. Peace

    Peace High Inquisitor

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    Feb 12, 2015 #1
    Windows 8.1 automatically updated and when my computer restarted my c drive files were missing from both my desktop and the users file. The files are mostly word docs, pdfs and a few photos.

    I have backups but they're outdated (I won't be making that mistake again) and was wondering if there's a way to recover the files so I don't have to redo a whole bunch of work.

    Cheers
     
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    The easiest way would be recovering from a system restore point. Windows should automatically create one before installing updates, so recovering from that one should work.
     
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    Hands down one of the better file recovery tools I've used. As long as you haven't gone crazy since the files have vanished and started downloading a lot of stuff, most of the files, if not all should still be intact.
     
  5. Peace

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    Excellent suggestion, worked perfectly. Thanks.
     
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    Did you check if there's a windows.old folder in your C: drive?
     
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