[Maursh]

Hi there,

 

I am really hoping that someone can help me with this.  I have tried searching online for a solution but this situation seems a bit "unique"...

About a week ago my Desktop failed: BSOD, wouldn't reboot even in safe mode.  After about a day of trying, problem was unidentified and unresolved so I resorted to reinstalling Windows 8 from CD.  All good - old files were in Windows.old.  I didn't appreciate that they only stayed there for 28 days otherwise I might have taken more immediate action, but you live and learn.

 

My problem is that yesterday morning (6 Sept 2015), I booted up my PC and after a bit went off to shower.  When I returned, I found that it was in the process of updating to Windows 8.1 (grrrrrr).  This was irritating enough but this morning I have realised that the Windows.old has seemingly been completely overwritten.  It has a creation date of 6-Sept 2015 and there are no files to retrieve, no documents folder and so on.  Furthermore, I have looked to see if I can restore to a previous version (ie pre-upgrade) and there are no restore points.

 

At this point in time, I just would like to retrieve my files.  Any ideas or suggestions would be very greatly appreciated.

Edited by Maursh, 07 September 2015 - 12:11 AM.

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Hello Maursh ,

 

Here's some free software you can try:

Recuva 

TestDisk

 

Also, How to recover files after reinstalling Windows?

Edited by Dashing star, 07 September 2015 - 12:48 AM.

[Dashing star]

Hello Maursh ,

 

Here's some free software you can try:

Recuva 

TestDisk

 

Also, How to recover files after reinstalling Windows?

Edited by Dashing star, 07 September 2015 - 12:48 AM.

[Maursh]

Hi Dashing Star,

 

Thanks very much for the response.  I downloaded Recuva and was able to recover some files - it didn't seem to find them all though.   will try with TestDisk as well.

 

Thank you so much for your help!

 

Maursh

[Dashing star]

Thanks for letting me know! 

 

Files that are overwritten several time may not be recovered by Recuva!  Try TestDisk and post back!

[AlicePhoebe]

http://www.easeus.co...windows-10.html

Despite this, i think it is difficult to recover, do not expect too much.