OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!

i losted alll my YUI STUFF!~! :sayw


=O =O =O =O =O =O =O =O =O =O

almost 20ish gigs.. of just YUI

on top of that 300 gigs of other stuff...

Movies.. TV series... music... pictures... EVERYTHING!!! >_< OMG SAVE ME!!!

OMG!!! Din u back it up??!!
btw, how did you lost it??

i was an idiot and formated the wrong drive!!

:sayw :shock =O

(aww..... *HUGS* no idea how i can help...)

Windows has a system restore program you should probably give it a try. I've never used it before, so im not 100% sure what it exactly "restores". There are also lots of programs online that you can download for data recovery.

no... system restore only recovers minor stuff...

not if u format a drive... :cry...

im looking online for other data restores...

OMG... :cry

all my FMA... all my Bleach... all my densha otoko... all my naruto.. NANA... Eva

Heroes session one
The office season 1 2 and 3

all my Beatles discography

ALLL MY YUI!!!! =O

poor brad....i feel sorry for you....
cant help..sorry...coz as far as i know,once you free the space,that means its gone...(not very sure bout this)
maybe u should wait for Kaoru, he's the com pro...

*HUGS TIGHTER HOPING BRAD WONT DO SUICIDE*

re find them on the net if you can wats lost is lost
get over it soon gd luk

:what

those are not very encouraging words....


you know how long its gonna take me to RE-find everything?!>?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!??!?!!

ITs easier just to stop being her fan....


(jk thats not gonna happen)

sigh... ill search for a way...

poor brad... there's nothin i can help but saying good luck in finding all your YUI stuffs back... man, i need to do some "backup-ing" when im free... if the same thing ever happen to me =O =O

omg :shock i just gotta say..that SUCKS and i feel for ya! i would be so frustrated and probably cry if i lost all my data...:damnpc

on the bright side at least you didnt lose your physical collection like from a fire!

good luck finding everything again... it'll take so much time but it's do-able!

*runs off and backs up data onto 2 other hard drives...*

Brad, come up to Toronto again with a portable/external hdd. At least I'll be able to give you most of not all VIDEOs. Pictures wise, I'm not as complete.

IM NOT GIVING UP!!!

i found a program...

now i need to "find" it...

anyone heard of a program called getdataback??

if you do then please give me the program! :please

There's this program called Scavenger.
It might not get all of them back.. But I'm sure u'll get most of them back.

------>Scavenger from download.com<--------

WHAT ?? YOU LOST ALL YUI's STUFF TOO ?
I don't think any program could help you to restore your lost files..
If only you lost it because you accidentally delete it, maybe..
But Formatted ?! Ouch !!
.. R.I.P
*runs to hardware store to buy new HD*

ouch man... i feel for u =O

if downloaded software can't do the trick, send the hard drive to a data recovery company and let the guys work their magic... not going to be cheap though

OoO good luck man!

OUCH! THAT'S GOTTA HURT!
to lost all YUI stuff JUST LIKE THAT. good luck finding a cure, buddy. :hee

try searching on torrent sites.

I looked on mininova and there are some

BECAREFUL they might be viruses. I warned you.

I........



FIX IT!!!! :good :good :good :good :good :good :good

i pulled an all nighter... but i finally found the right program... with the right crack... that found the right things...

that finally got the right serial... @@

im sooo tired...

but all for YUI...

...must... get...YUI... back...

now its 1/8 way done restoring..

im starting to see some of my pictures comming back..

:yoyo if there is a will theres a way!!!

(dont worry i am backing up all my files now... )

OMG!!! Brad...silly.

That's scary. Glad that you could restore your stuffs. ^_^

Brad...the getdataback software is usefull. it may help you out...

in the theory, a hardisk got 3 layers. mostly, ppl only can see the files in the 1st layer which is visible. once the file have been deleted, it would be in the 2nd layer of the cluster and of the 2nd layer are full, the files will automatically moved to the 3rd layer.

here's the point : once the file moved to the 3rd layer, it's a bye bye. the files can retrieve back if it's still in the 2nd layer. so, no matter formated or delete files also can be retrieve back. if you need my help, just let me know. i'll think of something.

if the file is in the 3rd layer cluster, it can still be retrieve but only with the file restoration company or the Police forensic. only these ppl have the proper tools for iot.

all i can say is, DONT WORRY, your files is still there if your hardisk cluster is large.

OH MAN i hate that when it happens.... but thank God you found a way.... oh man i would like die right there if it happened to me haha. i guess u can celebrate that u were able to get it back haha

I just can help you for the complete Beatles discography. Hope you recovered most of your files, if not all of them.

sigh im glad i got everything back i was about to punch myself in the nuts if i couldnt restore my drive

I guess thats what i get for getting a drive with the same name and size as my old one

But i got everything settled

2x 300 gig and a 500 gig internal drive with vista ultimate edition im a happy camper

amane, I'm don't think the "3 layers" thing is the correct terminology for explaining the harddisk, but it can certainly used as an analogy for explaining it to non-techie person.

Good stuff Brad. All is not lost. After recovery, you should go through the files (open them, play them, watch them, listen to them) and make sure the recovery process did make a full recovery of the files. Sometimes, they may be able to retrieve the filenames and size, but the actual link to the file may still be broken, rendering the file useless and unplayable.

i just used a simple theory to explain... it would get complicated if i used the techie words.

well, snake is correct. sometimes the files may be crashed, damaged or corrupted and it's unplayable. but, normally those things wont happen unless the file is removed during processing.

Eh ? It works ?
CONGRATS BRO ! So finally you got your YUI stuff back ?
But I thought that kind of software can't restore video files..

yeah... i went through most of them...

they all seem to work..

its okay about explaining the "layers" of a hard drive..

all i needed to know is if i could save it with a program...

and the answer was yes.. so im happy...

woah..i'm happy for you too, br4d137..

@amane..now, i know..so i can still recover my deleted files..

glad to hear u got your stuff back brad!

on the other hand... i hope no one ever retrieves my deleted p*** collection! :shock =O :sayw

edit: just kidding :la@

ill try working on my lost yui files too.. waaaah... but its not as much as brad lost... i think it is much feasible to just download them again.. hehe

huh??i guess there's quite alot of computer pros here huh...
then if according to kaoru's theory, i can delete my files which means saving it to the 2nd layer if i dun hav enough space in my hard disk???
then when i got space, i can retrieve it again from the 2nd layer???
does that mean when i format my com along wif the virus...the virus is still there in my com???
@@ @@ @@ @@ confusing....

EDIT: Just realize this is another long geeky post :sry Read when you really have some free time on your hand.



Umm ... this is where Amane's analogy doesn't work. There is no such thing as 2nd layer ... at least with current HDDs. I'll try to be not as technical.

Think of an HDD as a book. Everything below that is in brackets (), I try to use reference to a book to explain. Basically on an HDD, there is something like a database index (aka table of content) of a list of files stored on the computer.

However files (the text) are not necessarily stored in sequence (consecutive pages). Files can be spread out and stored all over the place and out of any order (part 1 in page 3, part 2 in page 100, part 3 in page 74, etc). But there is a link from the index (table of content) and points to part 1 (page 3) and then it has a link to point to part 2 (continue on page 100), etc.

When you delete a file, either direct delete or after emptying the recycling bin, what are you deleting is the the filename from the index (remove from table of content) and mark those respective sections as "not used" but often the actual data may not be erased (tagging page 3, page 100, page 74 as empty pages, but the original text is still on the page).

With these sections being marked as "not used" (empty pages), the HDD may write new file/data, such as copying or downloading files, into those sections overwriting the original data (put new text and overwrite the old text). If that happens, then the original file cannot be fully recovered.

But if you realize early enough and do a recovery, because the the data is still available (text still on the page), it is possible to recover the file by finding the first link to part 1 (finding page 3 is the first page) and follow the link sequence to find the rest of the data (sees there is a continue on page 100 and follows) and remark these sections as "used" (untag the page so it's not an empty page).

Formatting a HDD can erase data in different levels, depending on what kind of formatting. Quick Format usually only erase the index (table of content) but the data is still left behind (text remain on the pages). A Full Format will restructure the index and data sections (table of content and pages), but it still doesn't necessarily really erase data either. A Zero-fill Format, however, will erase index and data and most regular commercial software cannot recover anything from an HDD from this kind of formatting. But there are other high-tech expensive methods that can still recover data from it. FBI probably would use high-tech methods if they do want to go through an HDD for evidence.

For Brad, I'm guessing he only performed a Quick Format. That is probably why he can immediately recover his files and they are not broken/corrupted.

And to answer j.k's question ... No, deleting a file does not move it to a 2nd layer and open up space in the 1st layer. It just deletes the name and filesize from the index (table of content) and the HDD space counts only the files listed in the index. If you then fill your HDD with some other stuff, the new stuff may overwrite the spaces where the deleted files used to be, and the old files will not be recoverable.

And as for formatting to get rid of virus, unless you "want to recover" the virus, a formatted HDD, even if it's just Quick Format, would not have the link to the virus, even if the virus data still remains. And when you fill up your HDD again, new data should eventually overwrite the virus data. So you'll have nothing to worry about.

oh man theres no sleeping monkey

I guess this one will do :what

Jk i read the first 2 paragraphs ill take you word for the rest

wow...thanx alot snake!!!!
i just love it when i know something new....yay....

ahhh it all makes sense now...thanks =)

with that 2 layer analogy i thought i had more hidden HD space somewhere lol XD