There are more than 80% people in this world who are using Windows systems. Yes, Windows systems are really powerful and easy to use. It sets nearly all default settings for users, so people don’t need to set them one by one. Here comes a big problem: among these users, most of them don’t know how to change Windows settings to meet their own special requirements.
In most cases, this won’t cause any problem, however, sometimes it happens. There is a fatal one: people use “My Documents” a lot during the daily computer use, and this folder is located at system drive. Once the system is crashed, seldom users will remember there are a lot of important files in “My Documents”. So they format the system drive, and reinstall the Windows again. Or usually they use some system backup image, such as Norton Ghost, to restore system drive. And then, after the system is launched, they found nothing in “My Documents”. Till then, they knew that all the files in “My Documents” are lost. Wow, a terrible disaster.
How to recover files after reinstalling Windows?
Reinstalling Windows may not lead to permanent data loss. Lost files can be recovered with data recovery software unless the lost files are overwritten. If you want to recover lost files after reinstalling Windows, please stop using the hard disk and make sure you do not save any data to the hard disk, as this would cause data to be overwritten and permanent data loss. Once the data is overwritten, it is little chance to recover lost files after reinstalling Windows by any data recovery software.
Why do we need to recover files after reinstalling Windows?
You would go to reinstall Windows due to these reasons: Windows system files or boot files are deleted or corrupted; Windows registry has been corrupted; hardware failure causes Windows system crash; fail to remove the virus/spyware; a fresh Windows installation; Windows system upgrades or updates; and other unknown reasons which cause Windows system unbootable. When you are in the process of reinstalling Windows system, you may suddenly remember some important files are in the “My Document”, system partition or on the desktop. After Windows reinstalled, you only find these important files have been lost.
Usually when you reinstall Windows, ‘Documents and Settings’ folder will be reinitialized while the files in that folder will be deleted, and all other previous files will be lost in the system partition. However, these deleted files are recoverable unless they are overwritten.
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