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Was Getting Windows 7 Worth It? - Punch - 2010-01-17
Hey, during the week of Christmas, my laptop broke down..
Apparently the hardrive got eff'ed up and so I had to get it fixed..
To get it fixed? About $150 by my dad's friend..
And so, today, almost a month later I get it back, and I have Windows 7!
However, I was like, wait, new hardrive? Where's my stuff!?
All gone.
Every. Single. Thing.
From Pictures (tons from MS) to Documents (HW and Projects) to Installations and Downloads (Also MS) and Favorites..
Kinda depressed right now, I was wondering if there's any brightside to this?
I really need to find a good thing about this situation or im gonna cry :nohart:
Thanks =/
~Moping Matt
Was Getting Windows 7 Worth It? - Fiel - 2010-01-17
If your hard drive was screwed, chances were very good you wouldn't have been able to get that information anyway.
I'm betting, from your story, that your dad's friend is pretty knowledgeable about computers. After all, it's obvious you didn't pay for Windows 7, so he installed a cracked version. The only reason why he would install a completely different OS would be if he couldn't find an OS on your hard drive. Your hard drive was screwed no matter what you did, and so was all of your information. Your dad's friend did not screw you or screw up - he gave you the best he could. Paying $150 for a new OS (although it's most likely cracked, not legit), a new hard drive, and his time and labor is very, very cheap. I see no reason to be sad here - only joyed that you didn't have to pay $500 - 1000 for a new laptop.
In the future, I'd encourage you to look at backup solutions - I use Acronis.
Was Getting Windows 7 Worth It? - Spideyjvc - 2010-01-17
Fiel Wrote:+snip+.
Exactly what I was going to say. If your hard drive is screwed, he most likely just got you a new hard drive. When hard drives die, it's hard to get data off them. By the tim ehe got his hands on it, it was probably too late to recover anything at all from it. Doesn't sound like you got ripped off at all.
Did your dad's friend say anything when he gave you the computer back? Usually they'd give you a breakdown on what they had to do for your computer. Or did you give your laptop to your dad to take care of everything?
Was Getting Windows 7 Worth It? - butterfλi - 2010-01-17
Fiel Wrote:If your hard drive was screwed, chances were very good you wouldn't have been able to get that information anyway.It depends on the degree the HD was "eff'ed up" as OP described it. I've had many many experiences with HDs I would consider "eff'ed up" from being the IT Tech guy of the family for the five or six computers around the house. Obviously, unless the HD was formatted, the stuff should still be in there under a different windows folder in drive C. Very rarely that re-installing an OS without reformatting will not solve a problem so I'd say there's a good chance his stuff is still in the HD. Since its win7, it should be in this directory: C:\Windows.old
Was Getting Windows 7 Worth It? - Nature - 2010-01-20
Are you sure the labtop just didn't delete the os doing to it breaking down. He could of Save the information if he had an external drive enclosure. But then if the hard disk was scratched its completely useless. For $150 he probably just bought you a new hard drive and installed it. You can try going into Start menu-Computer-C drive-and look for the folder windows old if that is your hard drive. If he did do a whole new reinstall all your old programs,pictures,etc are in that folder. You could ask him for the old hard drive if he has it and Salvage the information off it yourself as well.