Vista Premium upgrade Oops no back up

My files were actually not backed-up before installing Vista Premium...the
upgrade changed every file on my hard...thinking that is was like the old
upgrade where the only files changed was in the windows folder not true. All
programs have to be reinstalled and all music files and photo files are gone.
Is there any way to recovery my lost or changed data?

Fingers crossed!

Which version of Windows did you upgrade from? Your files and settings
should carry over without any problems. Could you be specific by what you
mean the upgrade changed every file? If there are some things missing, you
could take a trip to Windows.old which is suppose to be located at the root
of the drive.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Jaggs" <> wrote in message
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> My files were actually not backed-up before installing Vista Premium...the
> upgrade changed every file on my hard...thinking that is was like the old
> upgrade where the only files changed was in the windows folder not true.
> All
> programs have to be reinstalled and all music files and photo files are
> gone.
> Is there any way to recovery my lost or changed data?
>
> Fingers crossed!

I upgraded from Vista home basic. All the programs that were installed on
the computer prior to the upgrade are no longer installed. Like Office 2007
it is asking if I wan to install. All my email is gone. I was using Outlook
2007 All the trial version of software that had previously expire have been
reset. All my pictures and music files are gone.

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:

> Which version of Windows did you upgrade from? Your files and settings
> should carry over without any problems. Could you be specific by what you
> mean the upgrade changed every file? If there are some things missing, you
> could take a trip to Windows.old which is suppose to be located at the root
> of the drive.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "Jaggs" <> wrote in message
> news:FB640BF1-81FD-49FE-BF9F-...
> > My files were actually not backed-up before installing Vista Premium...the
> > upgrade changed every file on my hard...thinking that is was like the old
> > upgrade where the only files changed was in the windows folder not true.
> > All
> > programs have to be reinstalled and all music files and photo files are
> > gone.
> > Is there any way to recovery my lost or changed data?
> >
> > Fingers crossed!
>
>
>

Sounds like you did a full recovery of an OEM system not an upgrade, Your
Harddrive is set back to the day you first got your computer. Which means
all your old files are probibly gone. Check for a "Windows Old" folder on
the drive.

"Jaggs" <> wrote in message
news:56684DD8-D4F4-4AB4-A8EE-...
>I upgraded from Vista home basic. All the programs that were installed on
> the computer prior to the upgrade are no longer installed. Like Office
> 2007
> it is asking if I wan to install. All my email is gone. I was using
> Outlook
> 2007 All the trial version of software that had previously expire have
> been
> reset. All my pictures and music files are gone.
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
>
>> Which version of Windows did you upgrade from? Your files and settings
>> should carry over without any problems. Could you be specific by what you
>> mean the upgrade changed every file? If there are some things missing,
>> you
>> could take a trip to Windows.old which is suppose to be located at the
>> root
>> of the drive.
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>> "Jaggs" <> wrote in message
>> news:FB640BF1-81FD-49FE-BF9F-...
>> > My files were actually not backed-up before installing Vista
>> > Premium...the
>> > upgrade changed every file on my hard...thinking that is was like the
>> > old
>> > upgrade where the only files changed was in the windows folder not
>> > true.
>> > All
>> > programs have to be reinstalled and all music files and photo files are
>> > gone.
>> > Is there any way to recovery my lost or changed data?
>> >
>> > Fingers crossed!
>>
>>
>>

I agree with the previous comment, this sounds like a fully system recovery.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Jaggs" <> wrote in message
news:56684DD8-D4F4-4AB4-A8EE-...
>I upgraded from Vista home basic. All the programs that were installed on
> the computer prior to the upgrade are no longer installed. Like Office
> 2007
> it is asking if I wan to install. All my email is gone. I was using
> Outlook
> 2007 All the trial version of software that had previously expire have
> been
> reset. All my pictures and music files are gone.
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
>
>> Which version of Windows did you upgrade from? Your files and settings
>> should carry over without any problems. Could you be specific by what you
>> mean the upgrade changed every file? If there are some things missing,
>> you
>> could take a trip to Windows.old which is suppose to be located at the
>> root
>> of the drive.
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>> "Jaggs" <> wrote in message
>> news:FB640BF1-81FD-49FE-BF9F-...
>> > My files were actually not backed-up before installing Vista
>> > Premium...the
>> > upgrade changed every file on my hard...thinking that is was like the
>> > old
>> > upgrade where the only files changed was in the windows folder not
>> > true.
>> > All
>> > programs have to be reinstalled and all music files and photo files are
>> > gone.
>> > Is there any way to recovery my lost or changed data?
>> >
>> > Fingers crossed!
>>
>>
>>

That is what I was afraid of...there is no windows.old file. I thought for
sure I choose the option to do an upgrade and not a full install. Oh well
thank you both for your comments.

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:

> I agree with the previous comment, this sounds like a fully system recovery.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "Jaggs" <> wrote in message
> news:56684DD8-D4F4-4AB4-A8EE-...
> >I upgraded from Vista home basic. All the programs that were installed on
> > the computer prior to the upgrade are no longer installed. Like Office
> > 2007
> > it is asking if I wan to install. All my email is gone. I was using
> > Outlook
> > 2007 All the trial version of software that had previously expire have
> > been
> > reset. All my pictures and music files are gone.
> >
> > "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
> >
> >> Which version of Windows did you upgrade from? Your files and settings
> >> should carry over without any problems. Could you be specific by what you
> >> mean the upgrade changed every file? If there are some things missing,
> >> you
> >> could take a trip to Windows.old which is suppose to be located at the
> >> root
> >> of the drive.
> >> --
> >> Andre
> >> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> >> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> >> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> >> "Jaggs" <> wrote in message
> >> news:FB640BF1-81FD-49FE-BF9F-...
> >> > My files were actually not backed-up before installing Vista
> >> > Premium...the
> >> > upgrade changed every file on my hard...thinking that is was like the
> >> > old
> >> > upgrade where the only files changed was in the windows folder not
> >> > true.
> >> > All
> >> > programs have to be reinstalled and all music files and photo files are
> >> > gone.
> >> > Is there any way to recovery my lost or changed data?
> >> >
> >> > Fingers crossed!
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
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