Lost pictures and files

[solis5555]

I have a emachine which Gateway makes. Model is a T5212 with Windows Xp on it. Well for a couple weeks I have been having problems with my computer. This last time, when I turned on the computer it would not load all the the way. It would boot up and the black screen with the white words would com up but would not pass this screen. It would say that the "boot file is could not be found or something like that. I tried going to the boot menu set up by pushing F2 and I tried just resetting the defaults but nothing would work. I kept trying to restart the computer to get pass this screen and nothing. So I just though about trying to insert the CD that came with my compter and it worked just fine but now my problem is that my files and pictures I had save in my computer are no longer there. Is there any way that I can get those files and pictures back. Please Help Someone!

[Broni]

Most likely, the CD you used was some kind of Recovery CD, and it returned your computer to day 1 status.
In that case, all data is gone for good.

[Crafty]

So I just though about trying to insert the CD that came with my computer and it worked just fine

Glad you got the computer working again... However, with only this amount of information to go on (above) it's anyones guess what you have done. Can you be more clear about what options the CD gave you when you inserted it and which option you choose.

[solis5555]

Yeah I saw that it was a recovery Cd. My computer has been reset just like when I first got my Computer. I thought that it was the nly thing that I could do since I woul not let me get pass the booting screen. I was not even able to back up anything. I was hoping there was still a way to get my pictures and file that I has saved back.

[drmsucks]

I was hoping there was still a way to get my pictures and file that I has saved back.

You can try this: http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/

I would suggest that you download it with a different computer and run it on your emachine from a USB drive.

Low probability of working but you may be able to recover some files.

Good luck.

[Broni]

I thought that it was the nly thing that I could do since I woul not let me get pass the booting screen. I was not even able to back up anything.

One lesson learned....back up your data once in a while.
Also, in this situation, when no back up was done, you can always remove hard drive, and connect it to another computer as a slave, or even through USB enclosure, to retrieve data.