System recovery

I used System recovery and now I want to reverse the process...I lost all my e-mail addresses and my pics...

If you have done System Restore, AFAIK, there is an option to "undo"

i used system RECOVERY, not systen restore...

System Recovery reverts your system to original condition, just like when you took the software / pc home from the store. You are now starting from scratch. All your personal stuff is gone unless files were saved in C:\Backup.

Edit: I have performed several recoveries from D: partition on this Vista pc and each time the system saved my personal files. I don't remember if that was an option or automatic.

that's depressing

that's depressing

All may not be lost.

After my first system recovery I thought I lost some personal files but soon discovered them after searching. Why not try that?

Edit: See post 8 below.

I have no idea how to do that...

Start → computer → (C:) → Backup. Open it up and see what's in there.

Edit: I seem to remember some or all personal files were still safe under User\kroozer and I didn't have to move them out of Backup. Maybe Backup was just a depository for System Files. It all happened about 9 months ago and can't remember the details. :unsure:

What operating system are you using Jean?

windows XP