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Windows 7 - ShadowExplorer - Recover Lost Files and Folders ShadowExplorer - Recover Lost Files and Folders How to Recover Lost Files and Folders with ShadowExplorer
Published by whs
12-19-2010
| ShadowExplorer - Recover Lost Files and Folders  Information ShadowExplorer is a tool to recover any file or folder from system restore points without the need to restore a whole partition. It obviously does not help if a whole partition, including the restore points, disappears. In that case, only imaging can help. It is, however, very handy if you erroneously deleted something and flushed the recycle bin or if you have a file that was somehow corrupted.
For seperate data partitions, I always recommend to enable system recovery too. Note that this works only with disk partitions where you have restore points. Files from USB sticks or SD cards you cannot recover with Shadow Explorer. With those you can try Recuva..
This video tutorial is for Shadow Explorer 0.8.
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12-20-2010
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#1 | | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 |
Thought it might be useful to have this link to System protection in Windows 7 rather than Vista as in the video. System Protection - Turn On or Off | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Hewlett-Packard/G62-107SA Notebook OS Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 330 @ 2.13GHz Motherboard Hewlett-Packard 1425 Memory 8 GB DDR3 Graphics Card Intel(R) HD Graphics Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays Builtin Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz Mouse Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000 Hard Drives 250 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
2TB Seagate GoFlex USB 2 Drive
1TB Iomega Prestige USB 2 Drive
1.5TB Iomega Prestige USB 2 Drive (Samsung)
1TB Iomega NAS. Internet Speed 10mbs |
12-20-2010
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#2 | | Vista and Windows7, sometimes Ubuntu and Fedora |
Thanks Kado, that is useful. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway - 2 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista and Windows7, sometimes Ubuntu and Fedora CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to 2.5GHz Quad Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse terrible devices, who wants them Hard Drives 5x HDD, 2x SSD, 6x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
12-30-2010
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Hi, my system was recently updated to Win 7 and the "IT" guy backed up my files on the network drive. when he reinstalled the files on my desktop not all of them were there. How can i recover those that werent saved. our computers only go back one month, the Ecel file I need is older than that. help! | My System Specs | | OS windows 7 Professional |
12-30-2010
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#4 | | Vista and Windows7, sometimes Ubuntu and Fedora |

Quote: Originally Posted by hr1 Hi, my system was recently updated to Win 7 and the "IT" guy backed up my files on the network drive. when he reinstalled the files on my desktop not all of them were there. How can i recover those that werent saved. our computers only go back one month, the Ecel file I need is older than that. help! If Windows 7 was installed, all Vista or previous system restore points are gone. So those will not help you. If you forgot to backup some files, I am afraid they will be lost for good - unless you have an image of the old system (which is probably not the case).
Always image, image, image Imaging with free Macrium | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway - 2 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista and Windows7, sometimes Ubuntu and Fedora CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to 2.5GHz Quad Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse terrible devices, who wants them Hard Drives 5x HDD, 2x SSD, 6x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 ShadowExplorer - Recover Lost Files and Folders problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:29 AM. |  |