Re: Personal files gone BYE BYE after Vista upgrade!

I don't know why but your link worked for me. I had clicked a link in
windows help to back up my computer and it brought up a window that
would let me back up windows files but actually said windows home
basic and premium did not have this feature. To back up my personal
files I would have to upgrade to windows vista business or ultimate.
I was here earlier to research some of the problems I have been having
with vista and IE, one of which was lack of back-up, when I came to
this thread.

Thanks for the links.





On Jan 13, 1:22*pm, "Shenan Stanley" <newshel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> pacesetter86...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> <snip>> Please tell me this: *Since back up of all your files as well as
> > system files is SO important, why does windows vista basic and
> > premium NOT have the option of backing up personal files? *You must
> > upgrade to business or ultimate to have this option!
>
> <snip>
>
> Where did you get that you could not backup files in those versions of the
> OS?
>
> How to use Backup to protect data and restore files and folders on your
> computer in Windows XP and Windows Vistahttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/309340
>
> Note:
> APPLIES TO
> .Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
> .Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> .Windows Vista Business
> .Windows Vista Enterprise
> .Windows Vista Home Premium
> .Windows Vista Home Basic
> .Windows Vista Ultimate
> .Windows Vista Business 64-bit Edition
> .Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit Edition
> .Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit Edition
> .Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit Edition
> .Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit Edition
> .Windows Vista Starter
>
> and:
> Last Reviewecember 21, 2007
>
> and:http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...features/detai....
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> * * *MS-MVP
> --
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Hi i saw this reply and thought you may be able to answer my question. I had
a supposed computer person come to my house to upgrade me from vista home
basic to vista ultimate or something along that line, i can't remember
exactly the name, it was vista something better than i had. At no stage did
he let me know that I had to back up my file nor did he give me an
opportunity to, when i asked him do i need to back up he said to late its
gone already. he said he didn't delete it and I cant find it but when i do a
scan of my computer it scans through "windows old" and all my music and
photos in my account. like "windowsold/windows/tash/music". does that mean it
is still in there somewhere and can i retreive it? neddless to say i did not
pay this fool a cent and have been in legal procedings to have him pay to
retrieve the lost files if possible to be retrieved.

"Hobo" wrote:

>
> wrote:
> > On 12-Jan-2008, Malke <> wrote:
> >
> >> Marauder121 - You upgraded your operating system without first backing
> >> up? As you have now discovered, this was unwise. If there is no
> >> Windows.old and you have searched for your files, then you have lost
> >> them.
> >
> > Surely this is the sign of a crap OS.
> > No warning that upgrading will wipe your drive.
> > Why would anyone with any common sense
> > touch non-OS files as part of an upgrade?
> > Typical of shiddy incompetent programmers.
>
> I have never had an 'upgrade' to an OS wipe the drive. In
> the interest of helping others prevent the same thing from
> happening to them it would help if Marauder121 would post
> exactly what steps he performed while carrying out the
> upgrade. I suspect that somewhere along the way that the
> drive was inadvertently formatted somehow. This kind of
> thing makes a case for having a separate partition, or
> preferably a second drive, for your personal data. Also
> makes a case for having and using an external backup.
>
> I'm sorry to say that his data is probably lost unless he's
> willing to pay big bucks to have it recovered by a company
> that specializes in data recovery.
>
> Hobo
>

Your data should be backed up whether your PC is being worked on or not,
when your disk dies so does your data.
If the files are in windows old then they are moveable to wherever needed,
this can be done via Explorer, though you may need to view hidden files and
take ownership of files/folders. See Vista Help


"missmuffet" <> wrote in message
news:3A50887C-7C73-4359-A8E3-...
> Hi i saw this reply and thought you may be able to answer my question. I
> had
> a supposed computer person come to my house to upgrade me from vista home
> basic to vista ultimate or something along that line, i can't remember
> exactly the name, it was vista something better than i had. At no stage
> did
> he let me know that I had to back up my file nor did he give me an
> opportunity to, when i asked him do i need to back up he said to late its
> gone already. he said he didn't delete it and I cant find it but when i do
> a
> scan of my computer it scans through "windows old" and all my music and
> photos in my account. like "windowsold/windows/tash/music". does that mean
> it
> is still in there somewhere and can i retreive it? neddless to say i did
> not
> pay this fool a cent and have been in legal procedings to have him pay to
> retrieve the lost files if possible to be retrieved.
>
> "Hobo" wrote:
>
>>
>> wrote:
>> > On 12-Jan-2008, Malke <> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Marauder121 - You upgraded your operating system without first backing
>> >> up? As you have now discovered, this was unwise. If there is no
>> >> Windows.old and you have searched for your files, then you have lost
>> >> them.
>> >
>> > Surely this is the sign of a crap OS.
>> > No warning that upgrading will wipe your drive.
>> > Why would anyone with any common sense
>> > touch non-OS files as part of an upgrade?
>> > Typical of shiddy incompetent programmers.
>>
>> I have never had an 'upgrade' to an OS wipe the drive. In
>> the interest of helping others prevent the same thing from
>> happening to them it would help if Marauder121 would post
>> exactly what steps he performed while carrying out the
>> upgrade. I suspect that somewhere along the way that the
>> drive was inadvertently formatted somehow. This kind of
>> thing makes a case for having a separate partition, or
>> preferably a second drive, for your personal data. Also
>> makes a case for having and using an external backup.
>>
>> I'm sorry to say that his data is probably lost unless he's
>> willing to pay big bucks to have it recovered by a company
>> that specializes in data recovery.
>>
>> Hobo
>>