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Originally Posted by Key2gb  Okay, so I was just on my computer and the browser froze and a warning sign came up that said i might have a virus..then everything froze....I turned off my computer and turned it back on and pretty much all my shit is gone - word documents, music, wallpapers, bookmarks, etc.....All i want to know is that if I get it looked at, is there a chance I can get my stuff back?....i think I had about 8 Gigs free before this happened and now it says i have 10 gigs free...but for the amount of stuff that was deleted, there should be much more than that....does anyone have any advice?....
another problem is that i'm leaving the country on Saturday for 4 months so I need to get this taken care of ASAP and i'm afraid if i take it to IBM they won't get it back in time |
You mentioned IBM so I assume you have a ThinkPad or ThinkCentre. If you are running their free Rescue and Recovery program you can boot to the embedded OS and get ALL of your data back or do a non-destructive restore from a backup which does not overwrite your data. If you're not running the program try installing it (You can download it form Lenovo,com if you uninstalled it) and then creating the recovery media. You can then boot to the CD and you might be able to use the file restore to get your data back. Also, if you didn't blow away the factory preload try turning it off then turn it back on and immediately hit the blue ThinkVantage button. Sometimes the preload backs up with Rescue & Recovery by default. That program has saved my ass many times for various reasons.