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Waynes Posted messages 10 Status Member -  
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At the last startup, all my personal files (images, sounds, videos, docs...) are EMPTY 0 KB!!!

Basically, all the files in my documents are EMPTY!!!

Grrr... I ran a defrag but zero results!!!

Does anyone have an idea!?

Thanks, Waynes.
Configuration: Windows XP Home SP2 LifeBook 1.4MHz

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    jmp59 Posted messages 29286 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   6 349
     
    Hello,

    Has your PC caught a virus? How is it protected?

    See you.
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  2. Waynes Posted messages 10 Status Member
     
    F-Secure is my antivirus and it hasn't detected anything!!!

    So do I have a chance to recover my data?
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  3. jmp59 Posted messages 29286 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   6 349
     
    Very little. I know that there are software for that: Easy Recovery, Testdisk, ...
    But I've never used them and I don't know what they are like.
    Maybe also by doing a restore, although I doubt it.

    If you only have an antivirus but no Firewall, it's possible that a malicious person has come to take a look at your PC and has done something bad to you.
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  6. Waynes
     
    I tried and it didn't work... I'm going to format the PC!!!

    and start fresh... I'm really disgusted!!!

    THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP, next time I'm sure I'll have better luck!!

    Waynes
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  7. jmp59 Posted messages 29286 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   6 349
     
    Formatting will bring you nothing. Installing a firewall will be much more useful.

    Malicious actors who come to spy on and potentially damage your PC when you're connected, without installing viruses or spyware, are not detected by antivirus or anti-spyware programs.
    Following a hard drive change, I reinstalled ZoneAlarm on February 6th.
    I'm at 141,300 intrusion attempts, of which 14,650 are high-level alerts.
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    1. clivita
       
      Hello,
      As far as I'm concerned, I've just lost all my documents due to what I think was a hacking incident.
      Do you have any ideas for a low-cost recovery attempt because the software recovery options being suggested to me cost around 2000 euros...
      Thank you.
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  8. teutates Posted messages 19847 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   3 589
     
    Next time, make your regular backups ;-)

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    Toco y se gausos !!!
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  9. jmp59 Posted messages 29286 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   6 349
     
    1st principle to follow to recover deleted data: DO NOT USE THE DISK (or partition) from which you want to recover.

    €2,000! I don't know who gave you that figure, but it's definitely exaggerated. €600 should be the maximum.

    Go on Google, Advanced search, and in Exact phrase type Data recovery.

    You will have options.

    If the deleted data is vital and it's worth the expense, don't try to do anything yourself. It's very risky, and even specialists may not be able to do anything afterwards. Go through a specialized company.

    If you don't want to spend any money recover lost data
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