Hi!
I recently had a problem with my computer registry. Every time I would turn it on I would get the \windows\System32\Config\System corrup or missing. So I followed the guidelines in the microsoft help guide on how to solve it.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545/en-us
Problem is I deleted the bakup files created at the beginning of this procedure to recover my registry. The computer works fine but it went back to default so most the programs I had installed and the folders I had created are gone.
Is there a way to recover the following files?
\windows\system32\config\system
\windows\system32\config\software
\windows\system32\config\sam
\windows\system32\config\security
\windows\system32\config\default
I know the repair has the default ones which I used to recover but since I deleted these files I had previously to my defaults I don’t know if there is any folder where this files could also be copied.
Any idea as to what should I do to recover them? Thanx!
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Filed under: Windows Repair Software
If you want to give me your email I can send them to you or just get them from your other computer.
You have very small chance of being able to recover the files.
When a file is deleted, it isn’t physically removed from the disk – it just has its entry in a kind of "table of contents" marked as invalid and the space which was occupied by the file is flagged as available for use.
Sounds good so far, right? But – and this is the kicker – as you continue to use your computer, the space which was taken up by the file can get overwritten by other data. As far as the computer is concerned, the space is "free". The longer it has been since the files were deleted, the less chance there is of recovery.
There are programs available, such as WinUndelete, which can restore files which have not yet been overwritten, but I would not hold out much hope of recovering all the files.
http://www.winundelete.com
Note that I have not used the above program and am providing the link for convenience only. Use at your own risk.
Cant BRO
You can try to recover these files with Easy File Undelete:
http://www.munsoft.com/EasyFileUndelete/
It uses unique modern algorithms to recover files that other software either recovers incorrectly or is unable to detect.