hi i think that i virus deleted all of my files like photos, word documents etc from my laptop, i though that somehow the disk was reformatted but the weird thing is that all the programs that i downland like ares, msn messenger, etc still there. is there any way that i could recover my photos? its like the most important thing there..

I have a Toshiba Satellite A135 laptop. It has Windows Vista as the operating system. It is two years old.

In March of 2009 it started to act up. It would randomly lose browsing capabilities (firefox and internet explorer) after 30-60 minutes of being browsing. I could still use msn messenger. I think at that time pinging also worked fine. I would get this message: A cable is not plugged into the network adapter "Local Area Connection" or "www…whateverwebsiteIwastryingtoaccess" is not set up to establish a connection on port "World Wide Web service (HTTP)" with this computer. The only way to be able to browse again was to restart the computer.

I have tried disabling all add-ons. I’ve tried having windows repair it. I can’t remember if I’ve tried anything else.

Anyways, it seems to be getting worse, and I’ve also had Windows shut down unexpectantly and Explorer stop responding. Also, now when I lose browsing capabilities pinging the websites I was trying to access often does not work because it takes too long.

I use Zone Alarm and AVG. I have uninstalled and reinstalled AVG and apparently there are no threats or viruses.

Shuting down ZoneAlarm or AVG does not fix the problem.

Should I use the recovery disc? Will it help or should I just buy a new laptop?
I don’t understand the cable thing. Is it talking about an actual cable, because that happens when I’m only using wireless networks. I don’t have to be connected via ethernet or some other means.

—this message:A cable is not plugged into the network adapter.. tells me you need to check connections with router/ modem. could be lose or gone bad try to replace with another cable to see if that is the problem
I last defraged in July, but I tried to do it again the other day. It ran all night and wasn’t done in the morning (over 8 hours). I figured it would never finish so I cancelled it.

Can I recover deleted files off my Nokia N73? I accidentally deleted all my images and videos! They were all saved on my memory card. What software do I use to recover them? Pleeeeeease help me!
I can’t insert the memory card into my laptop because it doesn’t fit and I’m not looking to buy an adapter. Please help!!

I don’t have any problems with my system, I just want to improve it’s performance. I lost my HP recovery discs and I’m not in North America where I purchased my laptop. It’s impossible to get any service here for my Pavillion because it is North American and the HP centers here won’t help. Thanks for any help.

I have a sony Vaio, which never came with an installation disk.
I just had to have my western digital hard drive replaced by warranty.
My vaio recovery disks will not work this time around due to a bigger hard drive, but they did originally in 2008.
Being told motherboard may be dead, but bios runs fine.
Where can I get a windows XP installation cd, as I have a valid key code on my laptop, but sony offers no free service

My problem is I upgraded to windows 7 and before the trial ends in august I would like to be able to convert back to vista.

I have an external hard drive. Also I have other computers in the house hold. My vista came pre-installed on my laptop.

I was using my Acer Aspire 5100 today when all of a sudden it shut itself off. It is now displaying the message 0200 fixed disk failure 0. From what I understand, this means that my hard disk crashed. Thankfully, my computer is still under manufacturer’s warranty (I bought it on 6/09/07 and the warranty is for a year.) so I know that they will probably replace the hard disk. But I understand that all files and "software" are probably lost. Does this mean that they’ll send my computer back sans Windows Vista and all of the basic software that the computer came with? When I bought the laptop from Circuit City they didn’t give me any recovery disks so if I have it serviced and they have to replace the hard drive, am I screwed out of Windows Vista and the basic software that came with the computer? Or will they reload any software that originally came with the computer under my warranty? Any ideas?

I have bought Sony vaio - VGN-FS415B from UK 10 months back. I lost my warranty card as I was travelling a lot. Without this, I can not register my product with Vaio and without registering I can reach Support. I am in a dead lock.
1 month back, my vaio got crashed and forcfully I had to reformat the disk but I need to use my warranty facility to restore it back to factory condition. Another unfortuenate thing is I had not made recovery disk as well. Sony is the only stupid company whcichw ill not give us a recovery adisk ask users to preapre on their own.
Please understand my situation and help me to know from where I can get my vaio warranty number. On the laptop I could see only Service tag , SL Number and Windows License Key…but not warranty.

I made recovery disk for my windows vista home basic last year and tonight i wanna recover my laptop and when i restart my computer with the disk inside,the recovery disks dont load,help me please

My laptop was messed up…So I thought I should do a computer recovery(im not computer savvy, so I’m not sure what I did or if I should of done it ) anyway…My computer seems like it is back to normal except I cant connect to my wireless router. In fact, I dont even see my old program that let me search for wireless networks in the area-it’s gone.
My router is a Linksys, would my best bet be to just call Linksys customer service and have them connect me? Or is there something that would be easier and less time consuming?
The geek squad at best buy left a disk labeled "customizer 351" in my laptop when they previously had itto change the hard drive. Could I use this disk to help me? Or should I return it?
Anyway, my laptop is a Gateway…um and I’m just trying to connect to my wireless router after I did a full system recovery or reboot or whatever it’s called….if you need more info then feel free to e-mail me…any help would be great since I’m stuck using the interenet at mylibrary…or drivign an hour to my mothers house to use her computer…please help!
Any clue on how to install the wifi driver?
is it involved with my recovery disk? haha I am just so confused, I probably should of left my laptop all messed up….
alright well I put in the disk to install that stuff but it says "error 302" and I remmeber that happening the first time I tried settting itup….I’m gonna have to call Linksys I suppose…

Hi,

Mistakenly I’ve deleted (Shift+Deleted) a jpeg images containing folder from my desktop (Windows XP). Can anybody guide me how to recover it. This is today’s incident & I haven’t restarted or logged off my laptop yet.

Prompt reply will highly be appreciated.

Regards,
Jafar Khan
Camp: Kuala-Lumpur
Malaysia

I have Reinstalled windows xp on my laptop using a recovery disk how do I install Service Pack 3, My laptop has sp2 on it

I have a laptop that I’ve been trying to restore to its factory settings which is a Compaq Armada (I don’t know which one exactly) and it runs in Windows XP. I don’t have a recovery disk (except for the Service Pack) and I’m not sure if I’m capable of burning recovery disks. Does anyone know how to make recovery disks and/or restore it to its factory settings (step-by-step guide)?

I really want to just reset the whole laptop as if it was just bought brand new. And for some odd reason, the firewall settings cannot be found.

My laptop went through a Recovery Disk procedure. It was the laptop I used to install a wireless router. I have a cable modem for my internet service. I know that the router and modem still work perfectly cuz I used a different laptop to access my internet service using the WEP key I assigned previously. However, my original laptop doesnt connect to the internet service automatically anymore, and I have to type in the WEP everytime to gain access. How do I save the WEP on my original laptop? Or, do I have to go thru configuring my wireless router again?

So, my hard drive on my laptop died. It’s doing the clicking/not spinning up thing. I tried the whole freezer thing, yada yada…basically, I know it’s a mechanical thing and the only hope I have is to go to a data recovery service and get them to take out the data plates and put them in a new drive and recover the data. That said…I know that this process is expensive, but my data is important, and I have money. I am wondering just how expensive it is. I looked into it, saw some prices by the hour, and some "as low as !" prices, but does anyone have any "real" quotes? And if my hard drive is 80 GB and I only need maybe 5 GB recovered, will it cost less than getting the whole 80 recovered?
Just a note, I’m looking for dollar amounts, thanks everyone!

2 days ago i messed up with partition magic. after restarting my HP dv4-1106 laptop i cant boot my OS (vista). i cant even restore using the HP recovery partition. what i did is FORMAT the whole hardisk including the RECOVERY PARTITION, meaning i have a laptop with 100% free disk space.

is there a way to put back the original HP RECOVERY PARTITION?
if i use the recovery disk (3DVDs) would it restore the HP RECOVERY PARTITION?
can the HP SERVICE CENTER restore the HP RECOVERY partition?

I need to know if this is an easy problem to fix or if there is a cheap way under 0(AU) to get the data back. It is an 80GB hard drive with less than 25GB of data. Would software recovery work? Or is it a mechanical problem?
It is a SATA hard drive out of a laptop. I have attempted to plug it in using an external hard drive casing but nothing was detected… please please help!!

I am recent grad looking for a job. That means I need the laptop badly and don’t have much money to fix it. The hard disk, started giving off some really loud noises in the morning and by afternoon, BIOS wasn’t even detecting it. I am not sure how long it would take to fix this and how much a new one would cost. Same about data recovery too. Any suggestions or advice on this would be greatly appreciated.

My Laptop have recovery drive,but i don’t know restore Original Windows Vista from this drive
please help me.

I messed with my laptop and fucked it up. Now I need a recovery disc. I don’t mind torrenting it, I’m just too damn lazy.

When I power on my laptop the loading screen shows up but then goes to a screen that says windows error recovery. It gives me two options launch start up repair or start windows normally . I have tried both options multiple times and it both of them do not work. anyone know what to do?
I tried the f8 key and did safe mode and chose an earlier date where the computer was working fine but it went right back to the windows error recovery screen.

I have an Acer Aspire Notebook and I’ve started having problems by Windows XP having problems starting up, I never got to the "Welcome" screen. I had to buy the recovery DVD from my service center and I managed to re-install Windows but the next day when I wanted to start up my laptop, it started having the same problem again! I cannot even get the recovery disk to start! Any advice???

problem" pops up, but when I check it on my laptop, which is right behind me, it works fine. I lost everything on this one yesterday and had to start from square one by using a recovery disk. I updated with windows service pack 2 and other than that I don’t know what I should do to get it back to where it was before the virus shut it down.
Thanks for any info.

I have some confidential/private information in some of my files, so if i have a company do Data Recovery on my laptop that recently crashed are they going to be able to see all of my files?

I have all the drivers backed up on a usb flash drive so would it be okay to use a regular windows vista recovery cd instead of the one that came with my laptop?