Restoring an application or attribute(s) of an application to their original state.
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Ways to get around the restriction of only once creation of recovery disks?
On my Lenovo T400 with Windows 7, I am allowed only one time to create a set of recovery disks from the recovery partition. So I was wondering if there are some ways to get around this restriction, ...
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When creating a bootable USB drive with Tuxboot, error “the file does not have a program association with it for performing this action”
I was creating a bootable USB flash drive (of GParted) using Tuxboot on my Windows 7 x64 computer. I kept receiving the error during the "installing bootloader" phase: the file does not have a program ...
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Recovered Files with TestDisk, but File Names and Folder Structure is Bad
I used TestDisk to recover files from an internal hard drive which I connected externally to another PC. With PhotoRec all the file names are wrong and the original folder structure doesn't exist.
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Reading bad blocks from hard disk too slow in Linux
I'm trying to recover data from an old 320G hard drive (full of bad sectors) to a new one. I found that ddrescue is a good tool for this task due to it's smart algorithm. I have already done this once ...
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Reinstall Samsung OEM Windows 8, No Recovery Partiton or Disk
I have a recently purchased samsung NP540U3C that came with Windows 8 pre-installed. Windows stopped working and the recovery partition doesnt work anymore. I used RWeverything to find the Windows ...
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Where to download recovery disks for Windows
Where would I best go about downloading and finding Windows Recovery disks for Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8?
Do they fix most problems? What are they typically designed to do?
Are they different from ...
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How can I install Windows to my new hard drive if I lost my recovery cd that came with my pc?
The hard drive on my pc died and I had to replace it. My pc originally came with Vista and I upgraded to Windows 7. My pc is a Gateway and I can't find the recovery cd anywhere. I have the Windows 7 ...
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Recovering data from BitLocker-encrypted hard drive that no longer boots
I had a BitLocker-encrypted drive in my laptop that crashed last night. I have a new hard drive I am building in the laptop but there is some data on the old drive I want to try and recover. I have ...
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Is there any way to restore EXT4 partition
Is there any way to restore ext4 partition after formatting the entire hard disk then making two partitions of NTFS
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Lost partition on Macbook - how to recover the partition or data?
The partition seems to be lost - the disc is possible to detect but, seems like there is no partition on it. Would you recommend any software to recover the partition on the hard drive and then also ...
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1answer
28 views
Is there any way at all to bypass sector-level CRC when reading damaged CDs?
I'm trying to image damaged CDs, some of which have bad sectors in important areas. I know there are tons of software out there that will create a disk image even if they run into bad sectors. My ...
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Preserving Recovery Partitions
I've just bought a Samsung 530U3C notebook with Windows 8 preinstalled. I would like it to run some Linux distribution but at the same time to preserve recovery partitions so that I could hard reset ...
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How to recover boot options after deleting them with EasyBCD?
I have a dual-boot Asus notebook and I almost-accidentally deleted every boot option with EasyBCD.
Now I can only load Ubuntu, because there are no more boot options on the Windows partition.
Is ...
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Asus G53SX How to use the recovery partition
I am trying to use the recovery partition on my Asus G53SX laptop, but the instructions in the included booklet don't match up with what happens on the computer.
It says press F9 during bootup and ...
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How to recover a mac / audacity recording on mac? [duplicate]
I have a client who has been recording some audio using audacity on an apple mac.
They have lost their work and have asked me if there is anyway to recover the work they have done.
I know this is a ...
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Ways of recovering a missing .bash_history due to a 100% full disk?
Two Putty sessions were opened to a Debian 6 Linux. Log-files led to a full disk. The bash history of the entire shell sessions is missing, and even beyond that (This may be due to a blocked ...
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Deleted video file from spy glasses
please help me...
I have bought spy glasses - glasses with video camera. I use it for horse riding ;) and sometimes I have problems to turn it off. The it makes some mistake and the SD microCard seems ...
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Accidentally deleted windows event logs, what is file extension?
Hey I accidentally deleted windows logs I needed but I havent wrote anything to the disk and I have a third party file restore program so I was wondering if anyboddy knew the file extension of windows ...
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1answer
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Btrfs Undelete File
I would like to undelete a large file I deleted using the rm -r command on the directory it was located in. The file was on a 1TB usb external harddisk. Nothing was written to the disk after the file ...
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How to recover computer from log in screen
Not sure of a more appropriate Stack Exchange website, but I have a really urgent problem that needs fixing, as I am leaving to China soon.
Last night my computer shut down abruptly, and upon restart ...
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Reinstalling win8 using recovery disk
I bought a Samsung notebook ,win8 preinstalled . how I can make recovery disk or bootable PD that would be used after formatting my notebook to reinstall win8 , as CDs are made in other pc like dell ...
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Reopen recovered docs pane in MS Word 2003?
I hit the close button after choosing which doc to work with, now I can't remember how to get the window to reopen.
This is the pane that shows if your document got corrupted/word crashed and it ...
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Can Windows XP Recovery Console load drivers from a USB thumb drive?
Must the drivers for Recovery Console be provided via a floppy diskette, or can I provide them via a USB drive?
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Hard drive error - NTFS damaged
I am helping a friend recover data from a computer (lenovo). After what I was told was a hard shutdown, the computer does not get past the system repair screen. (Windows failed to start)
Booting off ...
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2answers
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Can I uninstall a program or driver from Windows 7 recovery tools?
I just installed Windows 7. The first thing I did after desktop was run a full system update. Upon reboot, BSOD. The message doesn't display long enough for me to read what it says - it flashes for ...
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Is there a way to recover deleted pictures from Mac
I am using Picasa 3.19 on Mac.
Not sure what me or my wife did but there are lot of pictures and videos missing from our computer. I sent few of these pictures to someone in an email (uploaded from ...
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How can I recover XFS partitions from a formatted HD?
I deleted the partition table of my HD. I wanted to format another one, but by mistake, I formatted the wrong one. Then I also created some new partition on it. Now I would like, if possible, to ...
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lost files on cut/paste to hard drive
Last night, I mounted the main hard disk in Linux Mint 14. And cut/paste a lot of files (about 8GB) from home folder to the mounted disk.
When the operation finished, I suspend my computer, and a few ...
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Encrypted Disk + chkdsk = Cannot boot into Windows
Here is the scenario my friend and I have:
Installed Norton Utilities and performed "optimize" (mistake 1)
Upon reboot, chkdsk runs and starts spitting out "replacing invalid security id with ...
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1answer
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How to access the Windows 8 recovery partition?
I upgraded my Asus UX32VD to a new SSD. Now I want to install Windows 8 again, but that is only on a recovery partition on the old HDD and I cannot acess that. Besides that I am not sure if that is ...
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how to undelete files on btrfs partition?
How do I undelete (recover) a deleted file on a btrfs partition?
I have not taken a snapshot yet, so I can't use that feature. I know there are some tools for other Linux file systems, but google ...
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Windows 8 doesn't boot up, only black screen and cursor
I had a Windows 7 and Ubuntu dual boot system, after upgrading to Windows 8 I uninstalled Ubuntu (deleted partition) and was getting a 'grub: no such partition' error.
I tried fixing by re-installing ...
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How to recover deleted file if it is still opened by some process?
$ cat important_file > /dev/null &
[1] 9711
$ rm important_file
$ killall -STOP cat
[1]+ Stopped cat important_file > /tmp/p
$ ls -l /proc/`pidof cat`/fd/
total 0
...
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toshiba hdd error: f3-f000-0018
My fiancées Toshiba Satellite computer had gotten a virus which won't allow her computer to start up past the windows flag. I used Toshiba recovery to reset it to factory defaults. After which I ...
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How can I repair access to the Windows 8 recovery (maybe EFI issue?)
Notebook is ASUS G55VW (1 ssd, 1 hdd)
issue is already described here
http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?28454-G55VW-F9-not-working-after-restore-WIN-8
to sum:
1. I backuped whole system with ...
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How can I restore my laptop from Windows 7 to its original Windows Vista recovery partition?
I bought my Acer laptop 4 years ago with Vista Home Premium x86. It has a recovery partition that I have used successfully in the past to format everything and reinstall Windows to factory settings.
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Scan formatted hard drive for ANSI txt file?
Is there any software that will allow me to undelete a text file encoded in ANSI? I know one line of the TXT file (so search would be useful). The hard drive was formatted using a quick format so the ...
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1answer
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Laptop hard drive replacement: losing Windows recovery?
I might soon have to change my hard drive for a new one
as it is starting to show signs of ceasing to work properly.
I am running Windows 7 and have a recovery partition on the
current hard drive from ...
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Stolen Macbook Pro, want to gain remote access
Hey guys I had a Macbook pro stolen. When I talked to the police they essentially told me there was nothing to do. Since then, I have read more about tracking down stolen macs and just last night ...
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Can someone recover “permanently” deleted files remotely via wifi?
I'm a newbie and I'm concerned about the safety of the files in my laptop. I recently deleted some confidential files, and I'm wondering if it is possible for someone to access my laptop via wifi and ...
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Windows 7 Home Premium recovering from iSCSI target?
I have a notebook with Windows7 Home Premium which unable to backup to a network drive, but can use an iSCSI device. For backup... :(
But... Is there any way to restore my system from the backup was ...
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Version control, file history and versioning for Microsoft Windows 7?
What Software allows me to go into the folder properties and enable file versioning / a file history, so that any overwrite can be undone?
Windows Vista and beyond do provide simple versioning ...
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What kind of image goes on the Recovery partition
I have installed Win 7 Pro on my OS partition and created a windows image file (.wim) after sysprepping my OS with /generalize and a custom unattend.xml file that works well for what I need.
I have ...
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1answer
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Samsung Recovery Solution - create a custom recovery partition
I've got a Samsung notebook with Samsung Recovery Solution installed. It can create a recovery images for later system restore.
The notebook has a service (factory) hidden partition, which can be ...
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1answer
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Getting Windows 8 System Image Recovery to recognize my backup
I have a bad feeling about Windows 8 backup already. I sure hope I'm just being plain dumb and somebody can enlighten me.
Short story: Windows 8 System Image Recovery does not find my system image. I ...
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1answer
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malware has infected PC with Windows 7 OS (64-bit), taken over admin account
and given itself inherited permissions. At the same time, the former owner of PC, myself, and the admin account created under my name is denied any services that have apparently been installed by ...
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Windows forces me to format hd
When I mount a harddrive to my computer, then it tells me I've got to format it, before using it.
I know that I once used it as a normal hd and it still contains data. As I've found out, the mfr could ...
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need to recover bios settings from bricked eee
I'm new in the computer world and.I just bricked my first laptop. I tried to power on the laptop without a cmos battery. Now only the power and wi fi lights are on. No monitor, nothing. Please help ...
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Reset root password of a VM
I removed (distrattament) my "sudo" user from sudo group user, I can't use root because I don't know a password for root.
I have an Ubuntu virtual machine and when I open Recovery Menu is limited ...
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Windows XP stuck on loading screen
Since yesterday my Windows XP install is stuck on the loading screen (XP logo and "progress bar" constantly moving). I waited more than one hour but nothing more happened.
Before this problem occured ...
