System Repair will delete personal stuff?

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  1. Posts : 146
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64-Bit
       #1

    System Repair will delete personal stuff?


    I want to run a System Repair.
    Will this affect only my Windows folder or will this delete my personal stuff?
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  2. Posts : 8,135
    Windows 10 64 bit
       #2

    What "system repair" are you referring to? If you are talking about System Restore, it will not delete any user data or e-mails.
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  3. Posts : 146
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64-Bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    never mind I figured it out....
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  4. Posts : 1
    Windows 7 Home Premiuum
       #4

    Whattaya mean "never mind"! Aren't you gonna tell us what you figured out?
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  5. Posts : 908
    Vista Home Premium x86 SP2
       #5

    Actually, so that others can learn, when they read this thread, could you please tell us what sort of recovery you did, and whether it deleted your stuff or not. Thanks so much!

    Richard
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  6. Posts : 8,135
    Windows 10 64 bit
       #6

    Must have been what I posted.
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  7. Posts : 908
    Vista Home Premium x86 SP2
       #7

    fireberd said:
    Must have been what I posted.
    Yep. Unless a disaster occurred! Hopefully not.
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  8. Posts : 12
    Windows 7 x64
       #8

    Actually - I did System Repair from installation DVD it did this:

    - it deleted profiles of existing users, and data in Documents, Settings, Desktop,... all lost

    - programs were left ok, unless they did have some data connected to specific user profile

    !! be carefull !! - you'll lose personal certificates in IE (be it for bank, accessing some sites,...) - since they are connected to user profile.

    Oh! yeah: the graphic drivers were also gone.... :) - sound, mb, ok. (??)

    I made a export of certificates and put it on a flash drive, but it's lost (so...) - argh!!!
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  9. Posts : 10,994
    Win 7 Pro 64-bit
       #9

    Zorzi said:
    Actually - I did System Repair from installation DVD it did this:

    - it deleted profiles of existing users, and data in Documents, Settings, Desktop,... all lost

    - programs were left ok, unless they did have some data connected to specific user profile

    !! be carefull !! - you'll lose personal certificates in IE (be it for bank, accessing some sites,...) - since they are connected to user profile.

    Oh! yeah: the graphic drivers were also gone.... :) - sound, mb, ok. (??)

    I made a export of certificates and put it on a flash drive, but it's lost (so...) - argh!!!
    Although this thread is almost 1 1/2 years old, it sounds like your "System Repair" was a Repair Install. If it was, some of the things that will be reset to default or affected include Sounds, Services, Visual Effects, Drivers, Custom Themes, Gadgets, and Windows Updates.

    Repair Install
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  10. Posts : 12
    Windows 7 x64
       #10

    Thanks for reply - I'll check it out...

    I honestly am not sure - maybe I did Repair Install, but after all trouble (you know: 1 day of rebooting,.... ) - I went this route and it explicitly said somewhere: it will repair corruped win files (they were listed, if I remember correctly) and will not touch user settings... so: I went for it
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