From: Robersabel on
Had to perform recovery with Dell Computer XP SP3 after discovering 4 viruses
and 3 Trojans. Lost all data.

Is it possible to recover photographs, music, and files?

Robert
From: GettingByOk on
That depends on whether or not any of your files were overwritten. If you
have a single drive it's easier, if you have a RAID set it's harder. There
are data recovery services that are expensive but can be worth it if your
data is valuable enough.

Do you have a backup you can use?

Robert

"Robersabel" wrote:

> Had to perform recovery with Dell Computer XP SP3 after discovering 4 viruses
> and 3 Trojans. Lost all data.
>
> Is it possible to recover photographs, music, and files?
>
> Robert
From: GettingByOk on
Also, for right now until you figure out what you need to do I wouldn't write
anything to your disk(s) with the lost data. You might consider buying a new
internal and/or external disk, installing your operating system on that one
and using it until you can recover as much as possible of the data you lost.

"Robersabel" wrote:

> Had to perform recovery with Dell Computer XP SP3 after discovering 4 viruses
> and 3 Trojans. Lost all data.
>
> Is it possible to recover photographs, music, and files?
>
> Robert
From: GettingByOk on
Sorry for peppering you with replies to this but you might also consider
checking your Help and Support item in your Start menu + Googling around for
Recovering Data or Data Recovery or other phrases that can help you see
what's possible.

"Robersabel" wrote:

> Had to perform recovery with Dell Computer XP SP3 after discovering 4 viruses
> and 3 Trojans. Lost all data.
>
> Is it possible to recover photographs, music, and files?
>
> Robert
From: LD55ZRA on
No because by using Dell's recovery CD, you have lost everything unless you
are prepared to pay about $1,500 minimum for recovery specialists to even
pick up a phone to talk with you!.

I use Norton Ghost 15 (cost me $40) and it does all the backups for me
automatically on an external HD (cost me another $35).

hth

"Robersabel" <Robert> wrote in message
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> Had to perform recovery with Dell Computer XP SP3 after discovering 4
> viruses
> and 3 Trojans. Lost all data.
>
> Is it possible to recover photographs, music, and files?
>
> Robert